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1942–
JoAnne Favors (born August 27, 1942) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 28th district, which is composed of part of Hamilton County. She has served as a state representative since she was…
1930–2005
Joanne Grant (March 30, 1930 – January 9, 2005) was an African-American journalist and Communist activist. She was a reporter for the National Guardian, where she covered the American Civil Rights Movement in the American South in the 1960s. She was the…
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Joanne Ninive Smith is a first-generation Haitian-American social worker and activist born and raised in New York City. She is the executive director and founder of the Brooklyn-based non-profit organization, Girls for Gender Equity. Smith has organized…
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Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒwɐˈkĩ beneˈdʒitu bɐʁˈbɔzɐ ˈɡomis]; born October 7, 1954) is a former Justice of the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil. He served as the president of the court (Chief Justice) between 2012 and 2014.…
1929–2020
Dame Jocelyn Anita Barrow (15 April 1929 – 9 April 2020) was a British educator, community activist and politician, who was the Director for UK Development at Focus Consultancy Ltd. She was the first black woman to be a governor of the British Broadcasting…
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Jocelyn Mitnaul Mallette is an American lawyer, politician, and retired military officer. She served in the United States Air Force as an intelligence officer and wing executive officer before becoming an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate at Seymour Johnson…
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Joseph Black (February 8, 1924 – May 17, 2002) was an American professional baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Elite Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Redlegs, and Washington Senators. Black became…
1944–2013
Joe C. Gardner (April 6, 1944 – February 4, 2013) was an American politician. From Batesville, Mississippi, Gardner was a Vietnam War era veteran and a hospital chaplain at Tri Lakes Hospital. Gardner served in the Mississippi House of Representatives for…
1945–
Joe William Denning (born 1945) is an American mayor, City commissioner, and police officer who served as the first African-American mayor of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Denning is a graduate of the Kentucky State Police…
1951–
Joseph Dwain Deshotel (born December 3, 1951) is an American attorney, politician, and businessman who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 22nd district between 1999 and 2023.
1933–2018
Joe Ellis Brown (May 24, 1933 – January 7, 2018) was an American schoolteacher and politician. Born in Anderson County, South Carolina, to Prue Ellis and Elouise Grant-Brown, he played football at Allen University and obtained a master's degree at South…
2000–
Joe Louis Reed Sr. (born 1938) is an American politician, activist and educator. He is the current Vice-Chair of Minority Affairs of the Alabama Democratic Party and, since 1979, chair of the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC). He also served as president…
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Joseph Madison (June 16, 1949 – January 31, 2024) was an American Talk radio host and activist heard on the SiriusXM show Urban View. He advocated on voting rights, genocide, anti-lynching and other issues, seeking to mobilize his listeners. He served on…
1933–2019
Joe Wesley Overstreet (June 20, 1933 – June 4, 2019) was an African-American painter from Mississippi who lived and worked in New York City for most of his career. In the 1950s and early 1960s he was associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement.…
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Joseph Pinion III (born August 11, 1983) is an American former television host, businessman, and activist. A member of the Republican Party, he was the nominee of the Republican and Conservative parties in the 2022 United States Senate election in New…
1941–2016
Joe Russell Hicks (July 13, 1941 – August 28, 2016) was an African-American political commentator and community activist. He was vice president of Community Advocates Inc., and served as the executive director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations…
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Joseph Bernard Rogers (July 8, 1964 – October 7, 2013) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Republican Party and unsuccessfully mounted congressional…
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Joel Fluellen (December 1, 1907 – February 2, 1990) was an actor and an activist for the rights of African Americans. He appeared in the films The Jackie Robinson Story, Perils of the Jungle, Duffy of San Quentin, Sitting Bull, Friendly Persuasion, Monster…
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Joel W. Lewis was a prominent African-American businessman and abolitionist. He was among the best known and respected reformers in antebellum Boston. He was the son of Job Lewis (?–1797), a former slave who served in the Continental Army. He was a brother…
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John A. Arneaux (born 1855) was an American Shakespearean actor and journalist in New York City. From 1884 to 1886 he was editor and owner of the New York Enterprise which had the largest circulation of any African American newspaper in the country at that…
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John Anthony Bell (born 1929) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator, and later a civil rights officer in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, with broad authority over several states.
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John A. Chestnut (also spelled Chesnut) was a delegate to the 1868 Constitutional Convention of South Carolina. He also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives. His grandfather was freed by Col. James Chestnut. He, S. G. W. Dill, and Justus…
1943–1993
John Augustus Wilson (September 29, 1943 – May 19, 1993) was an American politician. He served as the first Councilmember of the D.C. Council from the District of Columbia's Ward 2, as well as Chairman of the D.C. Council. The John A. Wilson Building, in…
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John Adams Hyman (July 23, 1840 – September 14, 1891) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1875 to 1877. A Republican, he was the first African American to represent the state in the House of Representatives. He was elected from North Carolina's…
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