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1918–2022
Jamye Coleman Williams (December 15, 1918 – January 19, 2022) was an American activist for social reform and justice, a scholar, and a leader within academe and the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.).
Biography
Jan Simpson is a Barbadian-Canadian trade unionist. She has been president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) since 2019. Simpson's family emigrated from Barbados to Toronto when she was 3.
1952–
Jan Wade (born 1952) is a Canadian artist known for her work in mixed-media assemblage, painting, sculpture and textiles. Wade draws inspiration from her personal history as a Black Canadian woman with a mixed cultural background. In 2022 her solo…
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Janaya Khan is a social activist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Khan is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto as well as an international ambassador for the Black Lives Matter Network. Kahn is non-binary.
1908–2007
Appointed to New York City’s Domestic Relations Court in 1939, Bolin served for four decades and worked to end racial discrimination in probation and child-placement practices.
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Jane Eleanor "Nellie" Datcher (1868 – February 24, 1934) was an American botanist and the first African-American woman to earn an advanced degree from Cornell University in 1890. She worked as a teacher at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. and was a…
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Jane Johnson (c. 1814-1827 – August 2, 1872) was an African-American slave who gained freedom for herself and her two sons on July 18, 1855. Pennsylvania had abolished slavery within the state in the 1840s, but her enslaver, John H. Wheeler, voluntarily…
Biography
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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Jane Elizabeth Manning James (1822 – April 16, 1908), fondly known as "Aunt Jane", was an early African-American member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and traveled to Utah as a pioneer. She lived with Joseph Smith and his…
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Jane Clark Putnam was a prominent abolitionist in Boston. She came from a family considered to be part of the educated Black elite of the northern states. She was the wife of George Putnam and the mother of the noted educator Georgiana Frances Putnam.…
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Jane Rose Waring Roberts (née Waring; c. 1819 – January 10, 1914) emigrated as a child with her free African American family to the Colony of Liberia, where she was educated and grew up as a member of the Americo-Liberian community. She married politician…
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Janelle Monáe Robinson ( jə-NEL moh-NAY; born December 1, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. She has received ten Grammy Award nominations, and is the recipient of a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Children's and Family Emmy…
1973-10-22
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Janet Adeoye. Native of Ikare near Ileshe. 18B Idomole St. off Igood St.. #103. Monday afternoon".
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Janet Jessica Daby (née Sarju; born 15 December 1970) is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East since 2018. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from July 2024…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Janet Smith at church, Harare (Zimbabwe)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Janet Smith in front of her and Mr. Ian Smith's home, Harare (Zimbabwe)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Janet Smith with other women at church, Harare (Zimbabwe)” (Negatives (photographic)).
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Janice Burgess (March 1, 1952 – March 2, 2024) was an American television executive, screenwriter and producer for Nickelodeon. She created the Nick Jr. series The Backyardigans and worked as a writer and story editor for Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club.
Biography
Janice McKenzie Cole is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina (1994–2001) under President Bill Clinton. During her tenure as U.S. Attorney, she helped introduce five communities to the…
1956–2024
Janice Cooke was an American television director and producer. She began her professional career as an associate producer on the series Fantasy Island in 1980. Followed by a number of other television producing credits in Blue Thunder, Our Family Honor,…
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Janie Porter Barrett (née Porter; August 9, 1865 – August 27, 1948) was an American social reformer, educator and welfare worker. She established the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, a pioneering rehabilitation center for African-American…
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.
1951–2024
Janis Scott (1951–2024), also known as the "Bus Lady" of Houston, was an arts patron and transportation advocate.
1987
Janiva Ellis (born 1987) is an American painter based in Brooklyn, NY and Los Angeles, CA. Ellis creates figurative paintings that explore the African-American female experience, while incorporating her journey of self-identity within the Black community.
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