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1891–1970
Rev. James Myles Hinton Sr. (1891–1970) was an American minister, businessperson, and civil rights leader.
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The Reverend James Newton Gloucester was an African-American clergyman and businessman who was a supporter of abolitionist John Brown. Like his father, Gloucester was a Black Presbyterian pastor. In 1849 he founded Siloam Presbyterian Church. He and his…
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James Presley Ball Sr. (c. 1825 – May 4, 1904) was an African-American photographer, abolitionist, and businessman.
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James R. Ford (December 1, 1925 – October 11, 2017) was an American educator, politician, and businessman. In 1972, Ford became the first African-American mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, and the first Black mayor of a U.S. state capital city. He later…
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James Rucker is the co-founder of Color of Change, an online activist organization that aims to strengthen the political voice of African Americans in the United States. The organization was founded by Rucker and Van Jones in the wake of Hurricane Katrina,…
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James Shelton Hathaway (March 29, 1859 – February 17, 1930) was an American educator, academic administrator, and publisher. He was the two term president of the Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Persons (now Kentucky State University)…
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James Wormley (January 16, 1819 – October 18, 1884) was the owner and operator of the Wormley Hotel, which opened in Washington, D.C., in 1869. He was reported in 1865 to have been at the bedside of Abraham Lincoln when he died, but that claim has been…
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Jamia Ayanna Fields (born September 24, 1993) is an American soccer forward and defender who is currently a free agent. Off the field, Fields is an entrepreneur and creative director behind Stoic Los Angeles, a high-fashion streetwear brand. In addition to…
1946–
Jamie Foster Brown (ca. June 26, 1946) is the former owner and publisher of Sister 2 Sister magazine, which ran from 1988 to 2014. Newsweek called it the "African-American version of People magazine." As an entertainment journalist, Brown wrote a regular…
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Jamie Moses is a Canadian politician who is the current Minister of Economic Development, Investment and Trade and Minister of Natural Resources for Manitoba since October 18, 2023. Since 2019, he has represented the St. Vital electoral district in the…
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Jamila Rowser is an American writer and publisher. She created the blog Girl Gone Geek (2010–2016), which was devoted to "nerd culture" topics like cosplay, video games, and anime. Rowser founded Black Josei Press as a publishing platform for Black and…
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Jan-Michelle Lemon Kearney is an American businesswoman, attorney, and politician currently serving as Vice Mayor of Cincinnati, a position she has held since January 2022. A Democrat, she has been a member of the Cincinnati City Council since March 2020.…
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Jana Fleishman is an American talent agent and business executive. She is currently the head of communications and executive vice president of strategic marketing and business development at Roc Nation. Fleishman began her career as an intern in the…
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Jane Johnson Endsley (c. 1848–1933) was a successful Dallas businesswomen and community leader. A former slave, Endsley eventually ran one of the city's largest railroad-yard coal and log businesses.
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Janee Michelle (born Geneva Leona Mercadel; 1946), also known as Gee Tucker, is an American actress, former model, dancer, and businessperson, best known for her role in the 1974 horror film The House on Skull Mountain. Her acting and modeling career has…
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Janelle Sojourner Bynum (née Irick; born January 31, 1975) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the…
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Janet E. Jackson is a former American judge, United Way of Central Ohio president, and Columbus Civilian Police Review Board chair.
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Janet Rita Bashen (née Emerson; born February 12, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, business consultant, and software inventor. Bashen is best known for patenting a web-based EEO software application, LinkLine, now known as Nalikah, to assist with equal…
1952–
Janice Bryant Howroyd (born September 1, 1952) is an entrepreneur, businesswoman, and author. She is founder and chief executive officer of The ActOne Group, the largest privately held, minority-woman-owned personnel company founded in the U.S. Howroyd is…
1953–
Janis Faye Kearney (born September 29, 1953) is an American author, lecturer, and publisher. She served as a personal diarist to President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 2001.
ca. 2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA round, plastic hair cream container for Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter. The container has clear body (2014.269a) with a black round lid (2014.269b). The container body has a light tan label with the name of the product in green and black text in…
1989–
Jared Green (born April 1, 1989) is an American former football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers and for the Southern Jaguars, and signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted…
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Jaren Walter Jackson Sr. (born October 27, 1967) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Incarnate Word Cardinals of the Southland Conference. A shooting guard born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jackson…
1983–
Jaron Marquis Garrett (born July 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Jaron Marquis or J. Marquis, is an American rapper, actor, entrepreneur and investor based in Los Angeles. He co-founded Dreamapolis, an Indianapolis-based start-up accelerator, and…
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