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1957–
Judith C. Rice (born July 30, 1957) is an American politician who served as Chicago City Treasurer from 2000 to 2006 and has served as a judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County 7th sub-circuit since 2014.
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Judson Whitlocke Lyons (August 15, 1858 – June 22, 1924) was an African-American politician and attorney. He became the second African American attorney in Georgia in 1884 (following Styles Hutchins), and later served as the Register of the Treasury.
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Juliet "JuJu" Harris is an American cookbook author, culinary educator, and food access activist. She is the author of Healthy & Homemade: Eating Well on a Budget and the Arcadia Mobile Market Seasonal Cookbook and the owner of Nana Juju Rocks Food.
Dates not recorded
Jules A. Masicot (born 1837/8) was a state legislator in Louisiana. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana State Senate and at the state's 1868 constitutional convention.
1929–2025
Jules Nesley Ronald Whitfield Walter (20 July 1929 – 20 June 2025) was an Antiguan-born British actor and activist.
1852–1942
Julia Britton Hooks (May 4, 1852 – March 9, 1942), known as the "Angel of Beale Street," was a musician and educator whose work with youth, the elderly, and the indigent was highly respected in her family's home state of Kentucky and in Memphis, Tennessee,…
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Julia May Carson (née Porter; July 8, 1938 – December 15, 2007) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Indiana's 7th congressional district from 1997 until she died in 2007 (numbered as the 10th…
March 13, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.73.1a and 2011.174.73.1b. Julia Matilda Burns describes her experience in segregated schools in Humphreys County, Mississippi, where she grew up. After becoming a teacher at Marshall High School in…
Born 1852
Julia O. Henson (October 1852 – after 1922) was an American social justice activist and leader. Born in what was then British North America, she became an American citizen. She founded organizations to support African-American troops during World War I…
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Julia Pearl Hughes (March 19, 1873 – September 14, 1950), also known as Julia P. H. Coleman or Julia Coleman-Robinson, was a pharmacist, entrepreneur, social activist, and business executive. She was the first African-American woman pharmacist to own and…
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Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015) was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he…
1972; printed 2021
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white archival print of Julian Bond. Bond reaches down to open a car door while looking back with a smile on his face. He wears a dark blazer, striped shirt, and boldly patterned tie. A man in the background is also smiling. He wears sunglasses…
June, 1976
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Julian Bond standing and writing as a young African American boy watches closely. A man with a receding hairline, wearing glasses, stands in the background. The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is…
1981–
Marc Julian Bradley (born February 11, 1981) is an American businessman and Republican politician from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 28th Senate district since 2021. He is the first black Republican…
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Julian Carey Dixon (August 8, 1934 – December 8, 2000) was an American Democratic politician from California who was a member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1978 and then a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until…
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Julian Denegal Steele (October 20, 1906 – January 17, 1970) was an American social worker, activist, and federal, state, and local office holder—often the first black person to hold such a post in New England.
1859–
Julian Talbot Bailey (born March 22, 1859 – unknown) was an African-American lawyer, educator, journalist, newspaper editor, publisher, and civil rights advocate in Arkansas. Bailey was born in Warren County, Georgia. He graduated from Howard University…
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Juliana R. Stratton (née Wiggins; born September 8, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 48th lieutenant governor of Illinois since 2019. A progressive member of the Democratic Party, she was elected in 2018 and 2022 on a ticket…
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Julianne Marie Malveaux (born September 22, 1953) is an American economist, author, social and political commentator, and businesswoman. After five years as the 15th president of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina, she resigned on May 6, 2012.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims (born 1967) is an American educator, author, and politician. She has written three non-fiction books: How to Raise an Adult, on parenting; Real American, a memoir; and Your Turn: How to Be an Adult. She served as dean of freshmen and…
Biography
Julien Joseph Monette (1836–1886) was an officer during the American Civil War and a state legislator who served in the Louisiana State Senate during the Reconstruction era.
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Juliet Olive Campbell is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Broxtowe since the 2024 general election. She was previously the Cabinet Member for Safer Lewisham, Refugees and Equalities on Lewisham Council.
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Juliet Gilkes Romero, previously credited as Juliet Gilkes (IPA: /dʒɪlks/), is an English playwright and screenwriter, known for "politically charged" works that discuss British colonial history, Black British history, and slavery. Her accolades include…
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Juliette Derricotte (April 1, 1897 – November 7, 1931) was an American educationist and political activist. At the time of her death, she was the Dean of Women at Fisk University. Her death, after being turned away from a white-only hospital following a…
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