Draft:James W. Jacks

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James W. Jacks died December 5, 1921) served as president of the Missouri Press Association.

He bought the Montgomery Standard in 1881.

In response to a letter to American journalists seeking support for anti-lynching efforts, he wrote a scathing racist broadside to anti-lynching activist Florence Balgarnie. National Organization of Afro-American Women

He was buried at Montgomery City Cemetery. He had two sons and a daughter

He was born in Monroe County, Missouri, part of the Little Dixie region. His father was a native Kentuckian who was allied with the Confederacy. He became part owner of a book publisher in St. Louis that printed John Newman Edwards’ “Noted Guerrillas” about subjects including William Quantrill, “Bloody Bill” Anderson, and the James brothers.