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Jamil Jivani (born October 24, 1987) is a Canadian politician who has been a member of Parliament (MP) since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, Jivani represents Bowmanville—Oshawa North. He was first elected to represent Durham in a 2024…
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Jamil Smith (born September 23, 1975) is an American print and television journalist. After working as an essayist at the Los Angeles Times, he became the editor-in-chief of The Emancipator in November 2023. His reporting and commentary deal with a range…
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Jamila Bey (born 1976) is an American journalist and public speaker. She was host of a weekly radio program The Sex, Politics And Religion Hour: SPAR With Jamila on Voice of Russia, and writes for The Washington Post's blog, She the People. Before working…
April 27, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.9.1a, 2011.174.9.1b, 2011.174.9.1c, and 2011.174.9.1d. Jamila Jones recalls participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio,…
1975–
Jamila Wideman (born October 16, 1975) is an American lawyer, activist, and former professional basketball player. She is the daughter of author John Edgar Wideman. She was most recently the general manager of the WNBA team, Washington Mystics.
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Jamilah Nasheed (born Jenise Williams; October 17, 1972) is an American politician from the state of Missouri. Nasheed formerly represented the fifth district in the Missouri Senate, and formerly served in the Missouri House of Representatives. She is a…
1918–2022
Jamye Coleman Williams (December 15, 1918 – January 19, 2022) was an American activist for social reform and justice, a scholar, and a leader within academe and the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.).
Biography
Jan-Michelle Lemon Kearney is an American businesswoman, attorney, and politician currently serving as Vice Mayor of Cincinnati, a position she has held since January 2022. A Democrat, she has been a member of the Cincinnati City Council since March 2020.…
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Jan C. Perry (born June 8, 1955) is an American politician from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she served on the Los Angeles City Council from 2001 to 2013.
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Janaya Khan is a social activist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Khan is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto as well as an international ambassador for the Black Lives Matter Network. Kahn is non-binary.
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Jane Johnson (c. 1814-1827 – August 2, 1872) was an African-American slave who gained freedom for herself and her two sons on July 18, 1855. Pennsylvania had abolished slavery within the state in the 1840s, but her enslaver, John H. Wheeler, voluntarily…
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Jane Clark Putnam was a prominent abolitionist in Boston. She came from a family considered to be part of the educated Black elite of the northern states. She was the wife of George Putnam and the mother of the noted educator Georgiana Frances Putnam.…
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Jane Rose Waring Roberts (née Waring; c. 1819 – January 10, 1914) emigrated as a child with her free African American family to the Colony of Liberia, where she was educated and grew up as a member of the Americo-Liberian community. She married politician…
1947–
Jane Williams-Warren (born 1947) served as the second female African-American mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, from 2017 to 2018.
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Janeé L. Ayers (born October 10, 1981) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. In 2015, Ayers was appointed to Detroit City Council as an at large member after the resignation of Saunteel Jenkins, and elected for the remainder of the…
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Janeese Lewis George (born April 30, 1988) is an American lawyer, politician, and activist from Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 4 and a member of the Democratic Party. Elected in November 2020, she…
Biography
Janelle Anyanonu is an American politician serving as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives for the 19th district. Elected in November 2022, she assumed office on January 1, 2023.
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Janelle Sojourner Bynum (née Irick; born January 31, 1975) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the…
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Janelle K. Sarauw is a U.S. Virgin Islander politician and former educator who served as senator in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands from the St. Thomas-St. John District, from 2017 to 2023.
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Janet Buckner is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Colorado Senate representing District 29, which includes a part of Aurora in Arapahoe County. During the 2020 reapportionment process, Buckner's residence moved from senate…
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Janet Jessica Daby (née Sarju; born 15 December 1970) is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East since 2018. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from July 2024…
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Janet L. Mitchell (March 15, 1950 - September 1, 2019) was an American physician known for her advances in perinatal HIV/AIDS treatment. During the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. Mitchell developed protocols for health treatment of pregnant…
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Janet Mock (born 1983) is an American writer, television producer, and transgender rights activist. Her debut book, the memoir Redefining Realness, became a New York Times bestseller. She is a contributing editor for Marie Claire and a former staff editor…
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Janete Rocha Pietá is a Brazilian politician, teacher, and architect. She was a member of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies representing São Paulo for the Workers' Party from 2007 to 2015. In 2016, she was elected to the City Council of Guarulhos.
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