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1969–
Jeffrey Lavern McNeely (born October 18, 1969) is an American former center fielder/designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1993 season. Listed at 6' 2", 190 lb., McNeely batted and threw…
1985–
Jeffrey Issack Porter (born November 27, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 110-meter hurdles. He has a personal best of 13.08 seconds for the event. He gained a spot on the American Olympic team by coming third at the 2012…
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Jeffrey Glen Stone (born December 26, 1960) is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox. Stone was…
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Jefferson Cobb Walker (July 4, 1845 – 1920) was an American minister, laborer, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Monroe County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He was born in Mississippi. He was…
1955–
Jeffrey Banks (born November 3, 1955) is an American fashion designer and author, who has been described as a major black fashion maker.
1950–
Jeffrey Conrad Stewart (born 1950 in Chicago) is an American Professor of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He won the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book The New Negro:…
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Jeffrey C. Williams is an American fashion designer. He won the second season of the Bravo reality series The Fashion Show.
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Jehiel C. Beman (1791–1858) was an African-American 19th-century minister and abolitionist. He was a leader for suffrage and temperance, and he was an agent for the Underground Railroad in Connecticut. His son Amos Beman was also a prominent abolitionist.
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Jemal Pierre Johnson (born May 3, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player. In a 15-year career, he scored 53 goals in 391 league and cup appearances. He started his career at Premier League club Blackburn Rovers, making several appearances…
1976–
Joanne Gairy, better known by her stage name Jemeni, is a singer, actress, writer, activist, broadcaster and community worker. She was born in Grenada and grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario and now lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Jennie B. Moton (1879-1942) was an American educator and clubwoman. As a special field agent for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) in the 1930s and 40s, she worked to improve the lives of rural African Americans in the South. She directed…
1830–1881
Jennie Carter (after first marriage, Correll; after second marriage, Carter; pseudonyms, Anna J. Trask and Semper Fidelis; c. 1830 – August 1881) was an American journalist and essayist who wrote for the California African-American newspaper The Elevator…
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Jane Serepta Dean (April 15, 1848 – May 3, 1913) (nicknamed "Jennie" or "Miss Jennie") was born into slavery in northern Virginia, freed as a result of the American Civil War, and became an important founder of churches and Sunday Schools for African…
1922–2018
Dr. Jennie Mae Rucker (née Walker, 1922 – 2018) was a librarian and educator in Denver, Colorado. She was one of the founding faculty of the Community College of Denver, and was inducted into the Blacks in Colorado Hall of Fame.
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Jennifer Bates (born 1972 or 1973) is an American labor organizer known for her role in leading Amazon worker organization in Bessemer, Alabama.
1999
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photographic print of Jennifer looking through plastic as she walks the runway at the Eric Bazaar Ball in Brooklyn in 1999. Jennifer appears on the left side of the image, looking past the camera towards the right of the frame. She wears…
Biography
Jennifer Freeman is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Claire Kyle in the sitcom My Wife and Kids (introduced in season 2), and her film roles in You Got Served (2004) and Johnson Family Vacation (2004).
1951–1989
Jennifer Hodge de Silva (28 January 1951 – 5 May 1989) was a Canadian filmmaker. Her film, Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community, revealed tensions between and police and residents of the Jane and Finch neighbourhood of Toronto, who are mainly immigrants…
1945–
Jennifer Jackson (born February 6, 1945) is an American model who was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1965 issue. She was the first black Playmate of the Month and was photographed by Pompeo Posar. Jackson also worked as a…
1946–
Jennifer Karen Lawson (born June 8, 1946) is an American civil rights activist, and Senior vice president at PBS. A brief autobiographical statement from Lawson can be found at the Civil Rights Movement Archive.
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Jennison Machisti Myrie-Williams (born 17 May 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Hellenic League Premier Division club Roman Glass St George. Myrie-Williams began his career at Bristol City, progressing through the club's…
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Jeremiah Burke Sanderson (August 10, 1821 – August 19, 1875) was an American abolitionist, pastor, and advocate for the civil and educational rights of Black citizens in the United States. Growing up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Sanderson in his early…
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Jeremiah Alvesta Wright Jr. (born September 22, 1941) is an American Mainline Protestant minister who is pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, a congregation he led for 36 years, during which its membership grew to over 8,000…
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Jeremy Ray Meeks (born February 7, 1984) is an American fashion model, actor, and former gang member. A former member of the Crips street gang, Meeks was arrested in 2014 during a gang sweep called Operation Ceasefire in Stockton, California. Afterward,…
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