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- Birth nameJames Alexander Hood
- James Hood was born on November 10, 1942 in Gadsden, Alabama, USA. He was a writer, known for Black Mirror (2011), The Pretenders: Greatest Hits (2000) and Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963). He was married to Norma Turner and Carolyn Ragland. He died on January 17, 2013 in Gadsden, Alabama, USA.
- SpousesNorma Turner (divorced, 2 children)Carolyn Ragland (divorced, 1 child)
- He was one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to Governor George Wallace's infamous stand in the school house door in 1963.
- He went on to receive his doctorate in 1997 at the University of Alabama.
- Now a retired educator living in Madison, Wisconsin.
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