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J. R. Clifford (September 13, 1848 – October 6, 1933) was West Virginia's first African-American attorney. Clifford was also a newspaper publisher, editor and writer, school teacher, and principal. He was a Civil War veteran, grandfather, as well as a…
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John Robert Edward Lee Sr. (January 26, 1864 – April 6, 1944) was an early leader in African-American education. He served as the third President of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, a historically black college, from 1924 to 1944.
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James Rodney Richard (March 7, 1950 – August 4, 2021) was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed starting pitcher for the Houston Astros from 1971 to 1980. Richard led the National…
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J. Rhodes is a music producer, composer, filmmaker, artist, author, public speaker, and educator. He co-wrote and produced, Welcome to America, recorded by Lecrae, which charted at #16 on Billboard's Hot Gospel chart and earned him a Dove Award in 2015. He…
1983–
Samuel J. Cook, III is an American playwright, journalist, educator and writer currently serving as director of the 7th Ward Neighborhood Center in New Orleans, a non-profit organization designed to improve quality of life conditions for residents of New…
1906–1988
J. Saunders Redding (October 13, 1906 – March 2, 1988) was an American professor and author. He was the first African American faculty member in the Ivy League.
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John Sella Martin (September 27, 1832 – August 11, 1876) escaped slavery in Alabama and became an influential abolitionist and pastor in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an activist for equality before the American Civil War and travelled to Britain to…
1962–
J. Yolande Daniels (born 1962) is an American architect, designer and educator. She is a founding principal of studioSUMO, an architecture firm that speaks to socio-cultural landscapes through design.
1942–2015
Ja Arthur Jahannes (August 25, 1942 – July 5, 2015) was a professor at Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia and the pastor of the Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church in Savannah. He was a prolific playwright, music composer, essayist, and poet, a…
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Ja'Kobe Tharp (; born September 30, 2005) is an American athlete specializing in the high hurdles. As of 2026, he holds the current world record in 110 meters hurdles, with a time of 12.75 seconds set at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships. He won the…
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Jabari Asim (born August 11, 1962) is an American author, poet, playwright, and professor of writing, literature and publishing at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the former editor-in-chief of The Crisis magazine, a journal of politics,…
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Jabari Brisport (born August 9, 1987) is an American politician, activist, and former public school teacher. He is the state senator for New York's 25th State Senate district in Brooklyn, and the first openly gay person of color to be elected to the New…
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Jacinta Maria de Santana (c. 1870 – 26 November 1900) was an Afro-Brazilian woman. After her death, her body was embalmed by the coroner Amâncio de Carvalho and used as teaching material at the São Paulo Law School, before its affiliation with the…
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Jack Bush is an American football coach. He currently serves as the outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi. Bush served as the head football coach at Central State University…
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Jack Justin Crawford (born 7 September 1988) is an English former professional American football defensive end. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL draft.…
1921–1988
Jack E. White (July 24, 1921 – July 2, 1988) was an American physician and cancer surgeon. He was the first African American to train in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. White later directed the cancer center at Howard…
1939–2017
Jack Felder (June 14, 1939 – December 3, 2017) was an American biochemist, research, lecturer, activist, educator, historian, and a germ warfare specialist. He was a self published author. He was a United States of America germ warfare specialist from 1962…
July 18, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.34.1a, 2011.174.34.1b, 2011.174.34.1c, 2011.174.34.1d, 2011.174.34.1e, 2011.174.34.1f, 2011.174.34.1g, 2011.174.34.1h, and 2011.174.34.1i. Jack Greenberg, J.D. remembers attending Columbia…
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James Roosevelt Hadley (born 1936) is the founder and curator of the Jack Hadley Black History Museum in Thomasville, Georgia. He formerly served in the United States Air Force.
1949–1991
John Wesley Claver "Jack" Jones (November 12, 1949 – March 5, 1991), was an American journalist and the first African-American news anchor in the Philadelphia television market. He was the first television news anchor to be born, raised, and educated in…
1962–
Jack Warren Pierce (born September 23, 1962, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey) is an American former hurdling athlete Raised in Woodbury, New Jersey, he graduated Woodbury High School in 1980. He attended the Morgan State University on a track scholarship. He…
1921–1976
Jack S. Brayboy (May 2, 1921 – September 1, 1976) was an American football player, coach, teacher, and university administrator, all at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brayboy was a three time "Negro All-American" and was…
Biography
Jack Thomas is an American former academic administrator who served as the 9th president of the Central State University from 2020 to 2023. Previously, he served as the 11th President of Western Illinois University from 2011 to 2019. He was the first Black…
1828–1897
John Henry "Jack" Yates (July 11, 1828 – December 22, 1897) was an American freedman, minister, and community leader. Born enslaved in Gloucester County, Virginia, on July 11, 1828, Yates was taught to read at an early age by his enslaver's child. He…
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