Draft:James N. Eaton Sr.

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James Nathaniel Eaton Sr. (September 14, 1930 - October 26, 2004) was a history professor and black history research center founder.

He was born in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Van De Vyver School, a Catholic school for African Americans in Richmond's Jackson Ward section, in 1948. He received his B.A. from Fisk University in 1952 and his M.A. in 1959. He received his L.H.D. from Florida Memorial College in 1997.

He was a founder, curator and director of the Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum.