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John Burton
1910–1992
John H. Burton (July 18, 1910 – January 30, 1992) was an American politician who served as the first African-American mayor of Ypsilanti.
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John C. Anderson
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John C. Anderson (c. 1942 – October 3, 1983) was a member of the Philadelphia City Council from 1979 to 1983. Although it was not widely known at the time, Anderson, a Black gay man, was the first person from the LGBTQ community to serve on the council. In…
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John C. Dancy
1857–1920
John Campbell Dancy (May 8, 1857 – December 5, 1920) was an American politician, journalist, and educator in North Carolina and Washington, D.C. For many years he was the editor of African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion church newspapers Star of Zion and…
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John C. Daniels
1936–2015
John C. Daniels (April 25, 1936 – March 14, 2015) was an American politician who served as the mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, from 1990 until 1994.
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John C. Rollins
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John C. Rollins was a state legislator in Arkansas. He represented Ashley County in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1873. He was a Republican. He was one of the African Americans who served in Arkansas’ legislature during and after the…
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John Carlos, Ph. D. Oral History Interview
August 18, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.103.1a, 2011.174.103.1b, 2011.174.103.1c, 2011.174.103.1d, 2011.174.103.1e, 2011.174.103.1f, 2011.174.103.1g, 2011.174.103.1h, 2011.174.103.1i. John Carlos, Ph. D. discusses his childhood in Harlem,…
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John Carraway
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John Carraway (c. 1834 - 1871) was a tailor, seaman, civil rights activist, and politician in the United States. In Alabama during the Reconstruction era, he served as a delegate to the 1867 Alabama Constitutional Convention.
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John Charles Thomas
1950–
John Charles Thomas (born September 18, 1950) is an American attorney and a former justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Thomas graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in American government in 1972. He next attended the…
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John Cheatham
1855–1918
John W. Cheatham (1855–1918) was an American firefighter in Minneapolis. Born as an enslaved person in St. Louis, Missouri, Cheatham was freed at the age of eight by the Emancipation Proclamation, and then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his family…
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John Chilembwe
c. 1871–1915
A Baptist minister, Chilembwe organized an armed rebellion protesting forced labor and colonial injustice, and is honored today as a national hero of Malawi.
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John Christie Holland
1882–1954
John Christie Holland (25 December 1882 – 22 June 1954) was a Canadian pastor. He was the first Canadian of African heritage to be named a "Citizen of the Year". Holland was the pastor of Stewart Memorial Church in Hamilton, Ontario.
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John Claus Hubbard
1852–1907
John Claus Hubbard (November 4, 1852 – November 4, 1907) was a prominent African-American political figure in Omaha, Nebraska's history. In 1886, he founded the first Black newspaper in Omaha and was the first recorded Black candidate to run for office in…
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John Clay Coleman
1876–1911
Rev. John Clay (J.C.) Coleman was an American–Canadian minister, theologian, and black rights activist. Born to freed slaves in Durant, Holmes Co., Mississippi.
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John Clifford Hawkins
Born 1879
John Clifford Hawkins was a lawyer and politician in New York City during the early 20th century. He served in the New York Assembly and represented Harlem as a New York City alderman.
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John Cocke
1828–1909
John Cocke (December 5, 1828 - September 26, 1909) was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Panola County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1872 and 1873. He was born in Tennessee.
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John Collins-Muhammad
1991–
John Collins-Muhammad Jr. (born 1991) is a former American politician and Nation of Islam minister from the state of Missouri. He led protests during the 2014 Ferguson Uprising and served on the Board of Aldermen of the City of St.
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John Conyers
1929–2019
John James Conyers Jr. (May 16, 1929 – October 27, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1965 to 2017. Conyers was the sixth-longest serving member of Congress and the…
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John Cornelius Asbury
1862–1941
John Cornelius Asbury (April 9, 1862 – September 8, 1941) was an American lawyer and state legislator in Pennsylvania. A Republican, he served two terms in the Pennsylvania General Assembly in the 1920s and sponsored civil rights bills.
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John Creuzot
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John Creuzot is an American lawyer and retired judge serving as the Dallas County District Attorney since 2019. Creuzot sought a third term but lost re-election in the Democratic primary to Amber Givens in 2026.
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John D. Anthony
1976–
John D. Anthony (born April 13, 1976) is an American law enforcement official and politician. He served as the sheriff of Kendall County, Illinois prior to becoming a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. He represented the 75th district from…
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John D. Webster
1841–1887
John D. Webster (died December 27, 1887) was a state legislator, government official, and lawyer in Mississippi. He was born in Virginia and arrived in Mississippi in 1869. He was appointed a clerk of the Washington County, Mississippi circuit court in…
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John Darwin Hinds
1922–1981
John Darwin Hinds (28 December 1922 - 15 March 1981) was a politician who became Wales' first Black and first Muslim councillor in 1958 and later, in 1975 became Wales's first Black mayor. His older sister, Elvira Gwenllian Payne (known as Gwen), was…
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John DeBerry
1951–
John J. DeBerry Jr. (born February 5, 1951) is an American pastor and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 90 from 1995 to 2021. Unlike many national Democrats, DeBerry is anti-abortion.
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John Doggett
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John N. Doggett III is an American Professor of Instruction at the McCombs School of Business of The University of Texas at Austin (UT). Doggett was born in San Francisco, California on October 26, 1947 and raised in Pasadena and Los Angeles, California.…
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