John Arthur Peoples Jr. (born August 26, 1926) is an American former educator who was President of Jackson State University from 1967 to 1984.
During this period, he earned a PhD in higher education from the University of Chicago, graduating in 1961.
[3] In 1970, police fired 150 rounds of ammunition into a women's dormitory on campus, killing two students and injuring 12 more.
[5] During his career, Peoples was director of the American Association of Higher Education from 1971 to 1974, and served on the National Endowment for the Humanities committee.
He received the National Black College Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.