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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…
1836–1883
James Henri Burch, often written as J. Henri Burch, (1836 – July 29, 1883) was an African-American state legislator in Louisiana during Reconstruction, the years after the Civil War. He represented East Baton Rouge Parish in both the state's House of…
1944–
Jane J. Phillips (born April 2, 1944), known as J. J. Phillips, is an African-American poet, novelist and civil rights activist. Her best known work is the novel Mojo Hand, first published in 1966, the story of a light-skinned upper-class young woman from…
1930–2008
J. L. Chestnut Jr. (December 16, 1930 – September 30, 2008) was an author, attorney, and a figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He was the first African-American attorney in Selma, Alabama, and the author of the 1991 autobiographical book, Black in Selma:…
Biography
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…
Biography
J. Lee Hill Jr. is an ordained minister. He was the first Missioner and Canon for Racial Justice and Healing in The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, appointed by the XIV Bishop of Virginia.
1881–1954
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…
1890–1969
J. Mercer Burrell (November 21, 1890 – June 15, 1969) was an American civil rights leader, lawyer, and politician. He was one of the first Black state legislators in New Jersey. He was the defense attorney for the Trenton Six in 1951.
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Julianna Michelle Childs (born 1966) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was previously a United States district judge of the United…
1863–1931
John Milton Waldron (May 19, 1863 – November 20, 1931) was a clergyman and civil rights leader in the United States. He led the NAACP's Washington D.C. branch. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.
1853–1917
Jacob N. Donohoo (December 16, 1853 – November 11, 1917) was an American state politician and banker in Arkansas. He served several terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives after first winning election in 1876 when he was 22. He helped fundraise for…
1894–1974
Josephus Pius Barbour (June 8, 1894 - January 5, 1974) was an American Baptist pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Chester, Pennsylvania who served as an executive director of the National Baptist Association and editor of the National Baptist Voice…
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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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Juanita Sandra Bartlett (born January 6, 1966) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 32 since 2019.
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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…
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James Steward Davis (October 11, 1890 – disappeared on April 15, 1929) was an American lawyer and political activist in Baltimore, Maryland. During the 1920s, Davis worked as a highly respected trial lawyer as well as a campaign organizer for W. Ashbie…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “J.W. Burne vs. City Council, clerk, mayor, etc. of the city of Titusville, Florida, 1946” (Text).
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J. W. McFarland was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Rankin County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He married Mary Birdson in 1870. Wilson Hicks also represented the county at that time.
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John Wesley Caradine (February 16, 1846 – ) was an American farmer and state legislator from Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He was the first state representative for Clay County, Mississippi after it…
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Ja'Mal Green (born August 9, 1995) is an American community activist from Chicago, Illinois. A Black Lives Matter activist, he was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Chicago in 2019 and 2023.
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JA Moore is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 15th District (Berkeley & Charleston Counties), serving since 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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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…
1949–
Jack Bruce Johnson (born April 3, 1949) is a former American politician and lawyer. He was a Maryland state's attorney and was, from 2002 to 2010, the county executive of Prince George's County, Maryland. He was elected state's attorney in November 1994…
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