James Herndon (musician)
James Herndon may refer to: *James Herndon (writer) (1926–1990), American writer and educator * James Herndon (drag queen) (1892–1983), American drag queen * Jimmy Herndon (born 1973), American football player *J. Marvin Herndon __NOTOC__ James Marvin Herndon (born 1944) is an American interdisciplinary scientist who earned his BA degree in physics in 1970 from the University of California, San Diego and his Ph.D. degree in nuclear chemistry in 1974 from Texas A&M Univers ...

James Herndon (writer)
James Herndon (1926–1990) was an American writer and educator. He is best known for two memoirs of teaching, ''The Way It Spozed To Be'' and ''How To Survive In Your Native Land.'' He is considered one of the influential 1970s writers on education, among the ranks of John Holt, George Dennison, Jonathan Kozol, Paul Goodman, and Herbert Kohl.(No author."Books: Notable" (review of ''How to Survive in Your Native Land'') ''Time'', May 31, 1971. Subscription needed to access full article text. Retrieved 15 July 2013.William van Til"Crucial Issues in Secondary Education,"''Theory into Practice'' 15:3, The High School / Promises to Keep (June 1976), pp. 183-190. Link shows only first page to nonsubscribers; however, the reference to Herndon appears in that preview. Retrieved 15 July 2013.Claudia MitchellReview of ''Feminist Engagements: Reading, Resisting, and Revisioning Male Theorists in Education and Cultural Studies''(Kathleen Wiler, Ed.; New York: Routledge, 2001), ''McGill Jour ...
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James Herndon (drag Queen)
Sweet Evening Breeze (Born James R. Herndon, July 2, 1892 – December 16, 1983), known also as Miss Sweets or Sweets, was an American drag queen. She was one of Lexington, Kentucky's first notable drag queens and is credited with promoting the city's early drag scene and culture. Born in Scott County, Kentucky on July 2, 1892, Herndon moved to Lexington when he was a child and was rumored to have been left by his uncle at the city's Good Samaritan Hospital. Herndon spent much of his childhood there, before eventually working his way up to the position of head orderly at the same hospital. Arrest In the 1960s, Sweets, along with a teenage fellow aspiring drag artist, were arrested in downtown Lexington under violation of the city's cross-dressing ordinance, which prohibited men in particular from donning women's clothes and/or makeup.Jeffery Alan Jones. "''Hidden Histories, Proud Communities: Multiple Narratives in the Queer Geographies of Lexington, KY, 1930–1999." (D ...
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