A one-year management contract between Sam Cooke and the William Morris Agency. It is comprised of two sheets of white paper with black printed text and additional typed and stamped information. Stapled to the front of the document is a small sheet of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.68.6
Manassa Thomas Pope (1858 – November 13, 1934) was an American physician, businessman, and politician. He was a prominent member of the African-American middle class in Raleigh, North Carolina and ran for mayor in 1919, at the height of the Jim Crow era.…
This pre-printed and handwritten form is a slave manifest for the ship Fashion with a home port of New York traveling from Port Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mobile, Alabama, dated January 27, 1844. The document is signed by the ship's owner,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.174.4
A manifest of 118 enslaved persons transported from Charleston, SC to Wilmington, NC on the steamer Cecile dated December 22, 1859. The manifest is a pre-printed form in black ink on a 60” long sheet of blue paper, completed by hand in brown ink. The top…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.94.1ab
58 page illustrated manual written by Dr. Felix J. Underwood for midwife practitioners in its original wrappers.The mustard-colored cover features a black and white photograph of an unidentified woman in a white nurse's uniform standing with a medical bag…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.48.1
Manuel Lonnie Seal Jr. (September 26, 1960 – September 27, 2026) was an American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, vocal coach and arranger. He was credited, often in tandem with Jermaine Dupri, on releases by Mariah…
A series of three joined documents relating to the manumission and enlistment of Vister Campbell and the subsequent repayment to enslaver Ann E. Thompson. The first document is joined at the bottom to the top of the second with brown adhesive. A third…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.26.6
Marcelo D'Salete (born 1979) is a Brazilian comic book writer, illustrator and professor. He holds a master's degree in art history from the University of São Paulo. During his adolescence, he studied graphic design at Carlos de Campos College and worked…
A digital image of a protest march through Chapel Hill. The image depicts a large group of men, women, and children in the middle of a street. At the front is a banner that reads [FREEDOM NOW! - EAT AT JOE'S - BLACK + WHITE].
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.11.1
Marco McMillian (April 23, 1979 – February 26, 2013) was a businessman and candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 2013. He was "the first openly gay man to be a viable candidate for public office in Mississippi". McMillian was CEO of MWM &…
Marcus Alexis (February 26, 1932 – May 27, 2009) was professor emeritus of management & strategy at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. He was a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and a commissioner with the…
Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey built an international movement promoting Black pride, economic independence and African unity through the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Marcus Samuelsson (born Kassahun Joar Tsegie; Amharic: ካሳሁን ፅጌ; 25 January 1971) is an Ethiopian-born Swedish-American celebrity chef, restaurateur and television personality. He is the head chef of Red Rooster in Harlem, New York.
Marcy Borders (July 19, 1973 – August 24, 2015) was an American legal assistant who worked for Bank of America at its branch located in the World Trade Center's North Tower and survived its collapse, following the September 11 attacks. Stan Honda, a…
Margaret Yvonne Busby, , Hon. FRSL (born 1944), also known as Nana Akua Ackon, is a Ghanaian-born publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster, resident in the UK. She was Britain's youngest publisher as well as the first black female book publisher in the UK…
Margaret Henrietta Augusta Casely-Hayford CBE (born 1959) is a British lawyer, businesswoman and public figure who is active in the voluntary sector. She is at the forefront of working to create diversity on boards. Casely-Hayford was a candidate in the…
Maria Anna Fisher (c. 1819–1911), also known as Anna Maria Fisher, was an African American baker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Beginning around 1834, at the age of 15, she sold homemade biscuits door to door in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 12.5 cents…
Mariah Carey ( mə-RY-ə; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Songbird Supreme", Carey is known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, signature use of the whistle register, and…
Mariah Danae Antetokounmpo (née Riddlesprigger; born September 17, 1992) is an American entrepreneur and former volleyball player. She is married to NBA All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo.
