A periodical titled “Ivy Leaf: Summer 2001” published by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The cover is green and has an image of a hands holding up the earth. The cover also says "UNDERGRADUATES TAKE CHARGE AND BLAZE NEW TRAILS! Sixth Public Policy…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.133.3.27
A periodical titled “Ivy Leaf: Summer 2004” published by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The cover has an image of flower. The cover also says “SPIRIT of AKA.”.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.133.3.30
The Winter 2000 edition of the Ivy Leaf periodical published by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The cover has an image of a large group of women in front of the U.S. Capitol building. The cover also says “THE MILLENNIAL PUBLIC POLICY CONFERENCE.”
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.133.3.28
Ivy Ruth Taylor (born June 17, 1970) is the former Mayor of San Antonio, Texas from 2014 through 2017, and the former president of Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi from 2017 through 2023. The former politician and urban planner was a nonpartisan…
Iyanla Vanzant (born Rhonda Eva Harris; September 13, 1953) is an American inspirational speaker, lawyer, New Thought spiritual teacher, author, life coach, and television personality. She is known primarily for her books, her eponymous talk show, and her…
Izabella Lourença de Amorim Romualdo, better known as Iza Lourença (born 1 September 1993 in Belo Horizonte), is a Brazilian politician. She holds a degree in Social Communication from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and is a city councillor…
Jeffrey Alan Thomas (May 8, 1950 – April 15, 2007) was an American film and television actor. He was best known for playing the recurring role of Jeff Bennett, the Sunshine Cab's assistant dispatcher in the American sitcom television series Taxi. Thomas…
J. C. Morgan (born April 30, 1982) is an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Millersville University of Pennsylvania, a position he held from 2018 until 2025. He also coached for Lewisburg Area High School, Moravian, and…
Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained attention as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape,…
James Dallas Bowser (February 15, 1846-January 1923) was a journalist and educator in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the principal of Lincoln School there from 1868-1879 and later the principal of Attucks School. He was a civil rights leader in the city and…
Jesse Delano Ellis II, commonly known as J. Delano Ellis, (December 11, 1944 – September 19, 2020) was an American Protestant religious leader and progenitor of unity among African American Pentecostals with Trinitarian and nontrinitarian affinities…
Jesse Ernest Wilkins Jr. (November 27, 1923 – May 1, 2011) was an American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician. A child prodigy, he attended the University of Chicago at the age of 13, becoming its youngest ever student. His graduation…
J. H. Johnson was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented DeSoto County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives 1872–1875. He was an abolitionist from Ohio who assisted people in their escape from slavery. He served as a trustee…
J. Harold Brown (1902 – September 17, 1982) was an American composer and musician best known for his production of The Saga of Zip Zan Rinkle, about a man who sleeps between 1948 and 1968 to witness large cultural changes in the United States. He trained…
Jerry C. "J. J." Davis (born October 25, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played during four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals. He was drafted by the Pirates in the…
Thomas Joseph McCleskey Jr. (born April 10, 1970) is an American football coach and former player who is the defensive backs coach for the Tulane Green Wave. He played professionally as a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). McCleskey…
J.L. King is a New York Times best selling author, publisher, and HIV/STD activist. Subjects of his work include the nature of human behavior, effects of health issues on minorities, and sexual orientation and its impact on schools. King's first book, On…
James LeRoy Baxter (June 13, 1881 – December 9, 1954) was an American dentist, oral surgeon and state legislator in New Jersey. He was elected to represent Essex County, New Jersey in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1928. Born in Newark, New Jersey on…
James Marshall Shepherd is an American meteorologist, professor at the University of Georgia's Department of Geography, director of the university's atmospheric sciences program, and 2013 president of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). In 2020 he…
John Mason Brewer (March 24, 1896 – January 24, 1975) was an American folklorist, scholar, and writer noted for his work on African-American folklore in Texas. He studied at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, and Indiana University Bloomington, while he…
This 16mm color film is one of ten home movies shot by J. Max Bond Sr. from 1930 to 1960. The footage mainly focuses on family, travel, and educational institutions with which J. Max Bond, Sr. was associated. Consists of: 16mm Film (a) and Original 400…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.16.2.1ab
This 16mm color film is one of ten home movies shot by J. Max Bond, Sr. from 1930 to 1960. The footage mainly focuses on family, travel, and educational institutions with which J. Max Bond Sr. was associated. Consists of: 16mm Film (a) and Original 400…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.16.3.1ab
Jay Mayo "Ink" Williams (September 25, 1894 – January 2, 1980) was a pioneering African-American producer of recorded blues music. Some historians have claimed that Ink Williams earned his nickname by his ability to get the signatures of talented…
J-Mee Samuels (born May 20, 1987) is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters. He participated for the United States at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, running in the 100 meters and 4 × 100 metres relay. Samuels attended Mount…
