Jamilah Lemieux

Journalist

Birthday July 22, 1984

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Chicago, IL

Age 40 years old

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About

Columnist and culture critic known as the Vice President of News and Men's Programming for Interactive One. She wrote extensively for Ebony.com, and her work has been featured in Mic, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.

Before Fame

Though successful on mainstream news outlets, she also had an award-winning blog, The Beautiful Struggler.

Trivia

She has won three Black Weblog Awards and made television appearances on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR.

Family Life

Her father, David, was a member of the Black Panther Party. She has a daughter, Naima Freedom Lemieux-Giles.

Associated With

She penned the foreword to the 2015 rerelease of Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman by Michele Wallace.