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1765–1815
Morelos, of mixed African, Indigenous and Spanish descent, organized armies and convened a congress that declared Mexican independence before his capture and execution.
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Joseff Oscar Gnagbo (born c. 1974) is an Ivorian–born Welsh activist, teacher, linguist and musician from Cardiff. He was chairman of the Welsh Language Society between 2023 and 2025. Gnagbo came to Wales from the Ivory Coast in 2017 as an asylum seeker,…
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Josefina Klinger Zúñiga (born 1965) is a Colombian environmentalist and community activist from Nuquí. She is the founder and director of the organization Mano Cambiada, which promotes sustainable tourism in the Chocó Department through a model of…
1924–1991
Joseph A. Jordan Jr. (1923 - 14 June 1991) was an African American lawyer and civil rights activist. He worked as a lawyer and judge and was part of the lawsuit heard before the Supreme Court of the United States that ended poll taxes.
2009; printed 2019
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Joseph A. McNeil and Franklin E. McCain, by Platon. McNeil and McCain are depicted leaning on the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. They are standing on the service side of the counter, opposite a row…
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Rev. Joseph Albert Booker (1859–1926), was an American newspaper editor, academic administrator, educator, minister, activist, and Black community leader. He was born into slavery and orphaned at a young age; Booker went on to serve as the president of…
1957–
Joseph S. Almeida, Jr. (born September 23, 1957) is a Cape Verdean American politician who served as the Rhode Island State Representative for the 12th District from 2015 to 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
1954–1988
Joseph Fairchild Beam (December 30, 1954 – December 27, 1988) was an African-American gay rights activist, writer and poet. He was the editor of In the Life: a Black Gay Anthology, the first compendium of Black gay writing. He was a board member of the…
1946–
Joseph Bouie Jr is an American politician from New Orleans, Louisiana who was the chairman of the Louisiana Black Caucus in 2018. A Democrat, Bouie represented District 3 in the Louisiana State Senate from 2020 to 2025; previously representing District 97…
1789–1848
Joseph Cassey (c. 1789–1848) was a French West Indies-born American businessman, abolitionist activist and Underground Railroad conductor. He also worked as a barber, and as well as a wig maker, perfumer, and money-lender. He lived in the historic Cassey…
1929–
Joseph D. Clemmons, Sr. (born 1929) is a former three term Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut's 140th assembly district from 1997 to 2003. He also served on the Norwalk Common Council beginning in 1995.
Biography
Joseph Connaughton (c. 1833 or 1838 – September 2, 1875) was a state legislator in Louisiana. He was elected to two terms.
1898–1974
Joseph Armstrong "J. A." De Laine (July 2, 1898 – August 3, 1974) was an African Methodist Episcopal Church minister and civil rights leader from Clarendon County, South Carolina. He received a B.A. from Allen University in 1931, working as a laborer and…
1926–1975
Joseph Stewart Drummond (April 7, 1926 – January 13, 1975) was a Canadian activist from Saint John, New Brunswick. He joined the NAACP and the civil rights movement in the United States and later in his home province. Drummond was a key figure of the…
1922–2006
Joseph Everhart Boone (September 19, 1922 – July 15, 2006) was an American civil rights activist and organizer who marched together with Martin Luther King Jr.
1922–2000
Joseph E. Coleman (1922-2000) was an American politician, attorney and chemist. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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Joseph E. Lee (September 15, 1849 – March 25, 1920) was a lawyer, judge, federal official, and Republican politician in Florida. He served six years in the Florida House of Representatives and one term in the Florida State Senate and was also a municipal…
1947–
Joseph Earl Marshall, Jr. (born 1947) is an American author, lecturer, radio talk show host, and community activist.
Biography
Joseph Gibson (c. 1823–1886) was an Americo-Liberian politician who served as the seventh vice president of Liberia under President James Spriggs Payne.
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Joseph H. Bradford (born c. 1854) was a teacher, lawyer, and state legislator in Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1885. He was a Republican. His photograph is among those of his fellow 1885 Arkansas House members. He…
Biography
Joseph H. Holland is an American businessman, real estate developer, attorney, public servant, author, and civic leader. Holland was selected by Governor George Pataki to serve as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Housing and Community…
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Joseph Harrison Jackson (January 11, 1900 – August 18, 1990) was an American pastor and the longest serving President of the National Baptist Convention, USA. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s was highly controversial in many black churches,…
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Joseph H. Stuart, also known as J. H. Stuart (1854–1910), from the British West Indies, settled in Colorado and in 1891 was the second black lawyer that practiced law. In 1895, he became the second African American legislator in the state's history, after…
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Joseph Henry Bufford (c. 1854 - July 16, 1923) was a state legislator in Mississippi. He was born in Marshall County, Mississippi.
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