James Milton Turner (1840 – November 1, 1915) was a Reconstruction Era political leader, activist, educator, and diplomat. As consul general to Liberia, he was the first African-American to serve in the U.S. diplomatic corps.
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1840 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
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1 November 1915 (aged 75) Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.
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