Jewell R. Mazique, an employee of the Library of Congress, was featured in a series of photographs by John Collier working in 1942 for the Office of War Information (formerly Farm Security Administration) as part of its effort to document the experience of everyday Americans.
Mazique (2 October 1913 – 18 September 2007) was an activist who helped found the Capital Transit campaign with United Federal Workers to integrate Washington D.C.’s bus operators. She wrote extensively for The Washington Afro-American newspaper on topics such as the United Nations position on African Nations, and how black children were being educated in DC schools. She served on the National Council for the Southern Negro Youth Congress in 1945. Mazique graduated from Spelman College and went on to receive a Masters in African Studies from Howard University in the late 1950s.