Joseph J. Bouie, Jr. (born December 1946), is an African-American Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 97 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. He was unopposed in a special election to the seat in 2014 to replace fellow African-American Democrat Jared Brossett, who was elected on February 1, 2014, to the District D position on the New Orleans City Council.Bouie graduated from Booker T.