James Morris Webb

James Morris Webb was an American Christian minister associated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church and was active in the early decades of the 20th century. Library and catalog sources consistently connect him with religious writing and public speaking focused on Black history, biblical interpretation, and African heritage.

He is best known for The Black Man, the Father of Civilization, Proven by Biblical History, a work that argues for the central place of Africa and people of African descent in ancient and biblical history. His name is also linked in library records to Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association, placing him within a wider movement of Black religious and political thought.

Reliable biographical detail on his personal life appears to be limited, so basics such as exact birth and death information are not consistently confirmed across the sources reviewed. What does come through clearly is his role as a minister-author whose work spoke to questions of race, religion, history, and pride during a pivotal period in African American intellectual life.