Talk:James F. Blake

message: In my opinion, this is an article for someone who is not of the requisite notoriety usually required for a separate Wikipedia article, and no more worthy than dozens of other mostly ancillary people who were involved in the Rosa Parks arrest or trial, including the policeman who arrested her, the judge in the trial, the guy who put the gas in the bus, etc.68.207.148.21 (talk) 16:35, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Let's not Diminish Mr. Blake's 'Contribution' to the Civil Rights movement

message: He lived entirely too long.
::That's a pretty terrible thing to say about anyone. -Silence 21:01, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not very nice, but he was probably pretty disgraced by the 1970s when society in general looked down on his actions. Imagine forever being known as the guy who tried to make Rosa Parks stand.
66.75.49.213 04:56, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

text: But he didn't need to leave her in the rain, especially after she paid the fare. That's more or less stealing her money.-Babylon pride (talk) 01:34, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bash bash

message: This bit "That damn bus was full and she wouldn't move back. I had my orders." links to the Superior Orders article which discusses the Nuremberg defence. Seems odd. He was just a bus driver.
I removed it. Seems inflammatory and unsubstantiated. Jbmcb (talk) 03:01, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: I had my orders

message: One day in 1943, Parks boarded his bus and paid the fare. She then moved to her seat but Blake asked her to follow his rules and enter the bus again from the back door. Parks walked off but did not board again
:: Currently the implication is that Parks refused to take the bus ride she had already paid for.
:: However, one of the other sources for this article (The Guardian) implies Parks was left behind intentionally by Blake in an apparent petty action
::This wording is clearly inaccurate.  It whitewashes James' actions, and vioates the NPOV of Wikipedia.  Contrast it with the description of the same incident from the entry on Rosa Parks: As she began to exit by the front door, she dropped her purse. Parks sat down for a moment in a seat for white passengers, apparently to pick up her purse. The bus driver was enraged and barely let her step off the bus before speeding off. Rosa walked more than five miles home in the rain.
I changed this wording to be more accurate. T-bonham 09:44, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parks voluntarily leaves? 

message: The info on the earlier Parks - Blake run in is somewhat unclear and contradictory. According to this article which is supported by the Guardian article she paid, tried to go to her seat but was ordered to get off and reboard at the back which she did at which point he drove off before she could reboard at the back. According to the Rosa Parks article, she dropped her purse and sat on a 'white-only' seat while picking it up. This infruated him so much that he drove off without her when she got off to reboard at the back. Of course perhaps both of these happen but it would be best if this could be clarified with further sourcing hi im willie
. Nil Einne 14:17, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Regardless, still makes him a nasty excuse for a human being. - 149.135.146.49 (talk) 20:24, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earlier Parks - Blake run in 

message: I heard he was in the KKK  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.20.3.133 (talk) 19:44, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Klan 

message: What was his middle name?? I dont know why but it bothers me when it puts just a letter for a middle name and never once explains or tells what the name is.
I cannot find it anywhere and it would actually be of great help for something I am writing for a class at school.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.203.244.121 (talk) 17:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably too late for your book report, but I managed to resolve the mystery. The middle name was Fred. gidonb (talk) 12:30, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name? 

message: What ethnicity was Blake? This seems pertinent to the segregation issue. (I'm not American, I have little knowledge of American history) Andrew Oakley (talk) 15:01, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blake's race? 

message: If blake was in the Army during WWII, how could he have kicked Parks off of a bus in 1943?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ftbnubs123 (talk • contribs) 19:31, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's possible he was drafted later on; the war in Europe didn't end until April/May 1945. It also doesn't say when in 1943 that the first encounter happened. It's also possible he had already put his year in; we entered the war on December 7, 1941. It's pretty obvious that Parks and Blake would have been quite familiar with each other by 1955 in such a small city if she rode the bus daily for at least 12 years.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.1.156.204 (talk) 08:21, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  False information? (Possibly) 

message: Is it possible the 1943 Parks/Blake encounter was actually from 1953?
DulcetTone (talk) 16:39, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  1943 event date  

message: Nothing inherently wrong, but I'm somewhat amazed that there was a 12-year span between the "James Blake drove away leaving Rosa Parks standing there" incident, and the famous 1955 incident.  Also, the article notes that James Blake served in the European theatre of WW2; is the 1943 date verifiably correct?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.56.24 (talk) 09:33, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year of first encounter? 

message: I always wonder what it must be like to be remembered like this. 
Did he have family? Did he have a child or a wife?
Would anyone care?
I hope someone remembers who he was to the people he loved.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.193.7.32 (talk) 00:21, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor guy. 

message: I found his enlistment record, but I'm not convinced the URL is concise nor stable enough to use. He enlisted on December 23, 1943, and his Army serial number is 34916575. http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=115&cat=all&tf=F&q=James+Blake&bc=&sort=24983%20desc&rpp=50&pg=1&rid=5290128&rlst=6037676,8252568,5290128,7983544,4569979,2305322,2297681,5438697,5336671,5335899
Krushia (talk) 20:34, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Army service info 

message: I added some data from Blake's enlistment record, which someone has already posted a link to. I considered his marital status and education as relevant to the article, as well as the "Component of the Army" field: 7 - Enlisted Men (selectees), which means he was drafted. Being drafted doesn't mean anything about his service, of course, but it does mean he did not enlist voluntarily.
He was inducted at Fort McClellan, Alabama, which might be of some interest because the camp is named after Union Civil War General George B. McClellan. I couldn't find any other information using his Army serial number.
Roches (talk) 10:44, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Data from enlistment record 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: When he “called the company” was it by radio, or is he using a roadside public phone? Did he call the police just after the boss, or after kicking her off, or even later?  MBG02 (talk) 04:24, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phone call 

message: In Rosa Parks page 
"One day in 1943, Parks boarded a bus and paid the fare. She then moved to a seat, but driver James F. Blake told her to follow city rules and enter the bus again from the back door. When Parks exited the vehicle, Blake drove off without her.[30] Parks waited for the next bus, determined never to ride with Blake again.[31]"
But this page says
"Years before, in 1943, Parks had boarded a bus driven by Blake. She entered the front door of that bus and paid her fare—as she continued on to take a seat, Blake told her to disembark and enter the bus again from the back door, a rule imposed by some drivers. She got off and decided to wait for the next bus rather than enter through the rear door."
I am not sure which of the provided information is right. Kindly make the necessary edit in whichever page necessary. LakshmanReddy72 (talk) 13:17, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction in James F. Blake and Rosa Parks Wikipedia page 

message: Lol lmao 69.80.134.225 (talk) 23:09, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  I didn’t know “racist” was an occupation