James Thomas Rapier (13 November 1837 – 31 Mei 1883) adalah seorang politikus Afrika-Amerika asal Alabama pada Era Rekonstruksi. Ia menjabat sebagai anggota DPR Amerika Serikat dari Alabama, dalam satu masa jabatan dari 1873 sampai 1875. Lahir merdeka di Alabama, ia meraih perguruan tinggi dan gelar hukum di Skotlandia dan Kanada sebelum bekerja di Tennessee.[1]
Referensi
^Howard N. Rabinowitz, ed., Southern Black Leaders of the Reconstruction Era (1982), pp. 79-100.
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