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Sports & Achievement

Joe Pittman (baseball)

1954–2014

Joseph Wayne Pittman (January 1, 1953 – June 13, 2014) was a backup infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants in parts of three seasons spanning 1981–1984. Listed at 6 feet 1…

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Civil Rights

Joe R. Hicks

1941–2016

Joe Russell Hicks (July 13, 1941 – August 28, 2016) was an African-American political commentator and community activist. He was vice president of Community Advocates Inc., and served as the executive director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations…

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Arts & Performance

Joe Ray

1944–

Joe Ray (born 1944) is an American artist based in Los Angeles. His work has moved between abstraction and representation and mediums including painting, sculpture, performance art and photography. He began his career in the early 1960s and belonged to…

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Sports

Joe Reliford

1939–2022

Joe Louis Reliford (November 29, 1939 – May 2, 2022) was an American Minor League Baseball batboy who became the youngest person to participate in a professional baseball game on July 19, 1952. He was inserted into a game for the Fitzgerald Pioneers of the…

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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads

1983

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An independent film with the title Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film, which is famed director Spike Lee's first feature film, was submitted as his thesis while…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.22.1a
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Sports

Joe Willock

1999–

Joseph George Willock (born 20 August 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United.

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Biography & Culture

Joel Anker

Born 2004

Joel Anker (born 11 October 2004) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southern League Premier Division Central club Banbury United. He is a former graduate of the academy of EFL League One club Milton Keynes Dons.

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Sports

Joel Kasubandi

1993–

Joel Kasubandi (born 25 May 1993) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish club Clydebank. Having moved to Scotland as a child, he began his professional career with St Mirren before making his senior debut for Greenock Morton in 2012.…

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Sports

Joel Latibeaudiere

2000–

Joel Owen Latibeaudiere (born 6 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Coventry City. Born in England, he plays for the Jamaica national team.

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Sports

Joey Benjamin

1961–2021

Joseph Emmanuel Benjamin (2 February 1961 – 8 March 2021) was a St Kitts–born English cricketer who played in one Test match and two One Day Internationals in 1994 and 1995. He also played county cricket for Warwickshire and Surrey County Cricket Clubs…

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Sports

Jofra Archer

1995–

Jofra Chioke Archer (born 1 April 1995) is an English cricketer who represents England in all formats as a right-arm fast bowler. In domestic cricket he plays for Sussex as well as a number of T20 franchises. Archer was a member of the England squad that…

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Clothing - Costume

Jogging outfit worn by Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope on Scandal

2012

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Jogging outfit worn by Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope on Scandal. .1 White Lulemon “Forme” style jacket. The jacket is mid-hip in length. It has long sleeves with thumbholes at the bottom. There is a zipper going down the front center of the jacket and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.90.21.1-.3
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Arts & Performance

Johanne Harrelle

1930–1994

Johanne Harrelle (January 29, 1930 – August 4, 1994) was a Canadian actress, model, and writer, and the first black woman to rise to prominence in Quebec and Canada's fashion world. She played a fictionalized version of herself in Claude Jutra's first…

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Architecture

John A. Lankford

1874–1946

John Anderson Lankford (1874–1946) was an African American architect, engineer and educator. Based in Washington, D.C., he designed churches and institutional buildings and supported professional opportunities for Black architects and builders.

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Music

John A. Ross (composer)

1940–2006

John Andrew Ross (December 15, 1940 – June 12, 2006) was an African American jazz musician, composer, musical director, and choral conductor. Ross was born and raised in Roxbury, Massachusetts and remained in the Boston, Massachusetts area for his whole…

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black-and-white photographs

John A. Williams

March 26, 2008; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of John A. Williams III. He is wearing a dark colored baseball cap, glasses and a dark colored shirt with a light colored collar. The print is inscribed on the back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.27
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Military

John Africa

1931–1985

John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart; July 26, 1931 – May 13, 1985), was an American social activist who was the founder of MOVE, a Philadelphia-based, predominantly African American organization active since the early 1970s. He and his followers were killed…

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Sports

John Akinde

1989–

Job Ayo Akinde (born 8 July 1989), known as John Akinde, is an English professional footballer who plays for National League South club Folkestone Invicta. He previously played for Barnet from 2014 to 2018 and for Lincoln City from 2018 to 2020. In the…

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Civil Rights

John Albert Williams

1866–1933

John Albert Williams (February 28, 1866 – February 4, 1933) was a minister, journalist, and political activist in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born to an escaped slave and spoke from the pulpit and the newspapers on issues of civil rights, equality, and racial…

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Civil Rights & Community

John Alcindor

1873–1924

John Alcindor (8 or 9 July 1873 – 25 October 1924) was a physician and activist from Trinidad who settled in London. He is known for his role in the African Progress Union, of which he became president in 1921.

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Business & Enterprise

John Alexander Somerville

1882–1972

John Alexander Somerville, D.D.S. (1882 – February 11, 1972) was an African American Civil rights activist, dentist, and entrepreneur. A well-known community figure in Los Angeles, Somerville was an accomplished dentist who went on to co-found the Los…

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Biography & Culture

John Andrew Bowler

1862–1935

John Andrew Bowler (March 1, 1862 – October 7, 1935) was an American educator and Baptist minister. He was the first minister of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia and was one of the organizers for the first school for African Americans in…

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Sports & Achievement

John Bates (basketball)

1938–2015

John H. Bates (December 13, 1938 – December 16, 2015) was an American college basketball coach, known for his time at Coppin State University, where he coached the team to a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) championship and led the…

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Civil Rights

John Berry Meachum

1789–1854

John Berry Meachum (May 3, 1789 – February 26, 1854) was an American pastor, businessman, educator and founder of the First African Baptist Church in St. Louis, the oldest black church west of the Mississippi River. At a time when it was illegal in the…

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