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Jennifer White-Johnson is an American artist and activist living in Baltimore, Maryland. As a disabled Afro-Latina artist with ADHD and Graves' Disease she uses graphic design and photography as a means to discuss the intersection of disability rights and…
Biography
Jenny Jules is an English actor. She started her acting career as a member of the youth theatre programme at the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, London. Her career has been closely linked with the Tricycle Theatre where she has acted numerous times; her…
1719–
Jenny Slew (c. 1719 – after 1765) was one of the first enslaved Black Americans to sue for her freedom, and the first person to succeed through trial by jury. Her lawyer was Benjamin Kent.
1991–
Jeramey Anderson (born December 6, 1991) is an American politician serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 110th district.
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Jeremiah A. Brown (November 14, 1841 – March 28, 1913) was an American politician and civil rights activist in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio. Early in his life, Brown worked on steamboats with Mark Twain. He later moved to Cleveland, where he was…
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Jeremiah Burke Sanderson (August 10, 1821 – August 19, 1875) was an American abolitionist, pastor, and advocate for the civil and educational rights of Black citizens in the United States. Growing up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Sanderson in his early…
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Jeremiah Haralson (April 1, 1846 – disappeared 25 March 1895) was a politician from Alabama who served as a state legislator and was among the first ten African-American United States congressmen. Born into slavery in Columbus, Georgia, Haralson became…
1838–1905
Jeremiah J. Hamilton (July 1, 1838 – 1905) was a school founder, carpenter, political organizer, and legislator in Texas. He was born a slave July 1, 1838 in Tennessee then taken to Texas in 1847. He served as the secretary of the Texas State Central…
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Jeremiah M. P. Williams (died June 24, 1884) was a Baptist preacher and state legislator in Mississippi. He served several terms in the Mississippi Senate during and after the Reconstruction era. He represented Adams County, Mississippi. He was one of the…
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Jeremiah Alvesta Wright Jr. (born September 22, 1941) is an American Mainline Protestant minister who is pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, a congregation he led for 36 years, during which its membership grew to over 8,000…
1995–
Jermain Jackman (born 10 January 1995) is a British singer and political activist. He won the third series of the BBC television singing competition The Voice UK in 2014. His self-titled debut album, Jermain Jackman, was released on 23 March 2015.
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Rev. Jermain Wesley Loguen (February 5, 1813 – September 30, 1872), born Jarm Logue, in slavery, was an American abolitionist and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and an author of a slave narrative. After escaping slavery in…
1954–
Jerome Amos Jr. (born 1954) is an American politician, teacher and former machinist who has represented the 62nd district in the Iowa House of Representatives since January 2023, which consists of parts of northeast Black Hawk County, including much of…
1966–
Jerome Conley (born 1965, Muncie, Indiana) is a former Mayor of Oxford, Ohio. He is the Dean of University Libraries at Miami University. Appointed in 2013, Dean Conley has been working for Miami University in several capacities starting in 1992.
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Jerome Foster II (born May 9, 2002) is an American environmental activist. He is the youngest-ever White House advisor in United States history, as a member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council within the Biden administration. Foster…
1916–1985
Jerome Heartwell "Brud" Holland (January 9, 1916 – January 13, 1985) was an American university president and diplomat. He was the first African American to play college football at Cornell University, and was chosen as an All American in 1937 and 1938. He…
1902
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA book of sheet music with songs by William Jerome and Jean Schwartz. The "Comic Song Folio" was published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Company. The front cover is printed in orange, dark green, and black with a floral vine behind two black-and-white…
1939–2026
Jerome Smith (May 21, 1939 – August 21, 2026), nicknamed "Big Duck", was an American civil rights activist.
1918–2017
Jerry Alexander Moore Jr. (June 12, 1918 – December 19, 2017) was an African-American Baptist minister and politician in Washington, D.C.
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Jerome Austin Browne (born February 13, 1966), nicknamed "the Governor", is an American former second baseman who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Jerry Butler Jr. (December 8, 1939 – February 20, 2025) was an American soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and politician. He was the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of…
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Jerry L. Demings (born June 12, 1959) is an American politician and former law enforcement officer serving as the fifth mayor of Orange County, Florida since 2018. He is the first African American to hold the position. A member of the Democratic Party, he…
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Arnold Raymond Cream (January 31, 1914 – February 25, 1994), best known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1930 to 1953. He held the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), National Boxing Association (NBA), and…
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Jesse Brown (March 27, 1944 – August 15, 2002) was an American politician and Marine Corps veteran who served as the second United States secretary of veterans affairs under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997.
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