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Josephine Silone Yates (1852 or November 15, 1859 – September 3, 1912) was an American professor, writer, public speaker, and activist. She trained in chemistry and became one of the first black professors hired at Lincoln University in Jefferson City,…
1842–1924
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (née St. Pierre; August 31, 1842 – March 13, 1924) was a publisher, journalist, civil rights leader, suffragist, abolitionist, and editor of the Woman's Era, the first national newspaper published by and for African-American women.
1942–
Josephine "Mother" Wade-Smith is an American chef and restaurateur. Wade opened Captain's Hard Times in Chatham neighborhood in Chicago in 1986, along with her partner. Wade created the recipes, many of which were based on family recipes for the soul food…
1932–2023
Josetta Edwards Wilkins (July 17, 1932 – August 25, 2023) was an American educator and politician. She served four terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1991 to 1999. She lived in Pine Bluff.
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Joshua Thomas Aderele Babarinde (born 20 June 1993) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and social entrepreneur who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne since 2024.
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Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names Pinewood Tom and Tippy Barton in the 1930s. White grew up in the South during the…
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Joshua J. Wright II (August 6, 1929 – November 2, 2017) was a dentist and politician in the United States who served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives between 1970 and 1972. Born in Georgetown, South Carolina on August 6, 1929, to Joshua…
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Josiah Homer Blount (September 17, 1860 – December 15, 1938) was an American teacher, farmer, businessman, and fraternal order leader who was the first African-American to run for Governor of Arkansas.
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Josiah Haynes Armstrong (May 30, 1842 - March 23, 1898) was a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church and a state legislator in Florida. He served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives representing Columbia County, Florida…
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Josiah Thomas Walls (December 30, 1842 – May 15, 1905) was an American farmer, lawyer, and politician who served all or some of three terms in the United States House of Representatives between 1871 and 1876. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of…
1926–2023
Josie Brown Childs (October 13, 1926 – February 13, 2023) was an American civic leader and community activist. Childs worked closely with several politicians, including Harold Washington (in office, 1983–1987), Chicago's first mayor of African American…
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Josie Duffy Rice (née Duffy) is an American writer and political commentator. Recently, she served as president of The Appeal, a news outlet that centers the criminal justice system. Duffy Rice also co-hosted the podcast Justice in America.
1930–
Josie Robinson Johnson (born October 7, 1930) is an American community organizer and activist for African American rights. Described by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as the "First Lady of Minnesota Civil Rights," she was instrumental in the success of a…
January 21, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA journalist pass from the January 21, 2013 Inauguration Day event at the Newseum owned by Jim Vance. The badge has a yellow lanyard (2018.107.7b) with a metal clasp. The badge (2018.107.7a) is red, blue and yellow with white text. The badge has a hologram…
2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA journalist pass from the state funeral of Nelson Mandela owned by Jim Vance. The badge is on a white nylon lanyard with black repeating text (2018.107.6b). The text on the lanyard reads “STATE FUNERAL” and has the seal of South Africa on either side. The…
Biography
Jovan A. Jackson is an American politician. He has been a member of the Nevada Assembly since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in the 2024 Nevada Assembly election.
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Jovan Melton is a former Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives, serving from 2013 to early 2021. Before serving in the House, Melton worked for Lieutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien, and managed the campaigns of state representatives…
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Joy Adowaa Buolamwini is a Canadian-American computer scientist and digital activist formerly based at the MIT Media Lab. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League (AJL), an organization that works to challenge bias in decision-making software, using art,…
1947–2014
Joy Chatel (June 28, 1947 – January 8, 2014), also known as Mama Joy, was a cosmetologist, community organizer and activist based in Brooklyn, New York. She fought battles against the Bloomberg administration and millionaire developers to keep the history…
Biography
Joy Virginia Cunningham (born 1951) is an American lawyer from Illinois who serves as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. She previously served as a justice of the Illinois First District Appellate Court from 2016 until 2022. Before becoming a lawyer,…
1965–
Joy Francis Hon. FRSL (born 1965) is an English journalist, editor and communications strategist. She has been editor of Pride Magazine, was the founder of The Creative Collective, and is the founder and executive director of the social enterprise Words of…
?–1996
Rev. Joy Joseph Johnson (died December 30, 1996) was an African-American Baptist minister and politician from North Carolina. Johnson was the second African-American member of the North Carolina House of Representatives since the passage of the Voting…
1958–
Joy James (born 1958) is an American political philosopher, academic, and author. James is the Ebenezer Fitch Professor of the Humanities at Williams College. Her books include Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals,…
1962–
Joy Powell (born March 5, 1962) is a former community activist and Pentecostal pastor from Rochester, New York, whose career consisted of fighting against gang violence and police misconduct. After allegedly being raped by a correctional officer in 1995…
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