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Joseph H. Holland is an American businessman, real estate developer, attorney, public servant, author, and civic leader. Holland was selected by Governor George Pataki to serve as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Housing and Community…
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was an African American merchant who emigrated to Liberia in 1829, where he became a politician. Elected as the first (1848–1856) and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after independence,…
1942–2021
Joseph Louis Searles III (January 2, 1942 – July 26, 2021) was the first black floor member and floor broker in the New York Stock Exchange. Searles was born in Asheville, North Carolina. He graduated and played football at Kansas State University, then…
1772–1820
Joseph Lewis (1772–1820), sometimes spelled Joseph Louis or Joseph Lewes, was a fur trader who was known for being among the first people of African descent to live in Western Canada. He was also known by the alias Levy Johnson or Levy Johnston. He was…
1940–
Joseph M. Suggs Jr. (born August 1, 1940) is an American politician who served as Connecticut State Treasurer from 1993 to 1995.
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Joseph Roosevelt Houchins (August 9, 1900 – January 5, 1990) was an American labor economist, attorney, and academic. He was a member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Black Cabinet, a leader of the Division of Negro Affairs in the United States Department of…
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Joseph Henry Parson Westbrook (February 20, 1878 – September 23, 1939) was a businessman, community leader, and civil-rights activist in Denver, Colorado. An African American physician and dentist who had moved to Denver from Hernando, Mississippi,…
1894–1982
Josephine (Josie) Bond Hebron (November 22, 1894 – February 1982) was a traveler, businesswoman, and writer/publisher who was African-American. She was the cousin of composer and pianist Carl Rossini Diton and sister of composer and pianist John Harvey…
1920–2011
Josephine English (December 17, 1920 - December 18, 2011) was an American gynecologist who was the first black woman to open a private practice in New York. She was also known for her work in real estate and health care, in addition to her philanthropy…
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Josephine Napoleon Leary (1856–1923) was an American businesswoman and real estate entrepreneur from Edenton, North Carolina. The J. N. Leary building, a large commercial property in Edenton built in 1894, features her name on the pediment.
1842–1924
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (née St. Pierre; August 31, 1842 – March 13, 1924) was a publisher, journalist, civil rights leader, suffragist, abolitionist, and editor of the Woman's Era, the first national newspaper published by and for African-American women.
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Joshua Thomas Aderele Babarinde (born 20 June 1993) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and social entrepreneur who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne since 2024.
1941–
Joshua Smith (born April 8, 1941) is an American businessman and former chairperson of the Commission on Minority Business Development.
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Josiah Homer Blount (September 17, 1860 – December 15, 1938) was an American teacher, farmer, businessman, and fraternal order leader who was the first African-American to run for Governor of Arkansas.
c. 1810
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Journal and manifest of Benjamin. S. Olney on board Ship I.s.I.s.” (Text).
November 2, 1941-October 21, 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA journal used by the Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church. The journal has a black cover, red spine, and gilt lettering on the cover that says “Journal.” The interior pages of the journal contain both ink and graphite inscriptions regarding church activity and…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume "Journal of Business," March 1868 and July–November 1868 (221), is arranged chronologically. The March 1868 section relates to business transacted by those who had complaints concerning labor, labor contracts, and crime. The July–November…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume journal of business, August 1866–April 1867 (146), is arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume journal of business, September–November 1865 (190), is arranged chronologically. The volume contains notations concerning daily activities of the Bureau and actions taken.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume "Journal of Business," November–December 1868 (283), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a "report of indigent and destitute whites and freed people in the Parish of St. Mary, Louisiana, applying for relief,"…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume "Journal of Business," May 1867–November 1868 (295 ½), is arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume "Journal of Business," January–August 1868 (303), is arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume "Journal of Business," January–December 1867 (315), is arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single–volume "Journal of Business," April 1867–September 1868 (333), is arranged chronologically.
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