And James is a leading Black voice in New York.

詹姆斯是纽约黑人的主要代言人。

A strong advocate of education and of challenging Jim Crow laws, he clashed with another leading black intellectual of the time, Booker T. Washington, who advocated compromise with the predominantly white political system.

作为教育和挑战吉姆·克劳法的坚定倡导者，他与当时另一位领先的黑人知识分子布克·T·华盛顿发生冲突， 布克·T·华盛顿主张与以白人为主的政治制度妥协。