Jessie Bennett Sams was born in 1909 in Alachua, Florida, educated at Florida A. & M. College in Tallahassee, and undertook graduate work at the University of Southern California a...view moreJessie Bennett Sams was born in 1909 in Alachua, Florida, educated at Florida A. & M. College in Tallahassee, and undertook graduate work at the University of Southern California and the University of Colorado before becoming an elementary school teacher in Los Angeles. When not teaching, Sams was a writer, painter, and worked extensively in ceramics.view less