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Historical photographs & visual records

Medicine suspended from the roof of Sampson's brother's shrine, Okpe-Domu, Nigeria

1971

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Cataloged as “Medicine suspended from the roof of Sampson's brother's shrine, Okpe-Domu, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0109
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Science & Inventions

Mel Boozer

1945–1987

Melvin Boozer (June 21, 1945 – March 6, 1987) was an American university professor and activist for African American, LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS issues.

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Sports & Achievement

Mel Whedbee

1904–1974

Melville F. Whedbee (February 14, 1904 – July 11, 1974) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky from 1961 to 1966. Whedbee joined the coaching staff at…

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Science

Melanie Harrison Okoro

1982–

Melanie Harrison Okoro (born 1982) is an American marine estuarine and environmental scientist. She is the founder, CEO, and principal of Eco-Alpha Environmental & Engineering Services. Okoro focuses on environmental aquatic biogeochemistry, professional…

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Science & Inventions

Melba Roy Mouton

1929–1990

Melba Roy Mouton (April 28, 1929 – June 25, 1990) was an African American mathematician who served as Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA's Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the 1960s and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called…

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Medicine & Health

Melissa Freeman

1926–2024

Melissa M. Freeman (April 26, 1926 – December 9, 2024) was an American physician based at the Beth Israel Medical Center.

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Medicine & Health

Melissa L. Gilliam

Biography

Melissa Lynn Gilliam is an American pediatric and adolescent gynecologist and academic. She has been the 11th president of Boston University since July 2024. She was previously the provost of Ohio State University from 2021 to 2023 and the vice provost for…

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Science & Inventions

Melissa Nobles

1963–

Melissa Nobles (born May 13, 1963) is an American political scientist. Since August 2021, she has served as Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 7th chancellor, the university's top administrator for student life. At MIT, she is also the Class of 1922…

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Science & Inventions

Melody Starya Mobley

1958–

Melody Starya Mobley is the first black woman to serve as a forester for the United States Forest Service.

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Science & Inventions

Melvin Currie

1948–

Melvin Robert Currie is an American mathematician and cryptographer and a former Chief of the Cryptographic Research and Design Division at the National Security Agency. His recognitions include a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of…

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Archival documents & files

Memorandums Relating to Service of Medical Officers — Surgeon in Chief

Date not recorded

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The single volume of memorandums relating to service of medical officers, January–August 1868 (65), is arranged by surname and thereunder chronologically and has a name index. The volume gives date of the assignment and date relieved. For memorandums…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 2.4.8
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Memorial services program for Amanda Edna Carey Carter

October 25, 2007

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A tri-fold program for the memorial services for midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The program is printed in black text on white paper with pink rose adornments and several color photographs. The front of the program reads [Celebration of Life / for / Amanda…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.75.16
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Science & Invention

Mercedes Narcisse

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Mercedes Narcisse (born April 26, 1965) is a Haitian American nurse and Democratic politician from New York City currently serving as the New York City Council Member representing Brooklyn's 46th City Council District covering the neighborhoods of Bergen…

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Engineering

Meredith Gourdine

1929–1998

Meredith Charles "Flash" Gourdine (September 26, 1929 – November 20, 1998) was an American athlete, engineer and physicist. His nickname, "Flash" Gourdine, is a reference to comic strip character Flash Gordon.

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Sports

Merl Code

1948–

Merl F. Code (born September 8, 1948) is a lawyer and former Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. The son of Allen Louis Code and Sedalia Blassingame Code, he played college football at North Carolina A&T State University, where he earned his…

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Sports

Mervyn Etienne

Biography

Mervyn Etienne was an English karateka. He was the winner of multiple European Karate Championships and World Karate Championships medals. After retiring from karate competitions Etienne was a "cognitive performance coach", physical therapist and…

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Education & Scholarship

Mia A. Smith-Bynum

Dates not recorded

Mia A. Smith-Bynum is an American clinical psychologist who specializes in family science and is known for her research on mental health, parenting, family interactions, communication, and racial-ethnic socialization in ethnic minority families.…

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Inventions

Michael C. Harvey

Biography

Michael C. Harvey (also known as M. C. Harney or M. C. Harvey) was an American inventor. He is known for inventing an improvement in the wick-raiser of the lantern. The original lantern with the wick-raiser improvements is now on display at the Black…

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Sports & Achievement

Michael Costa (American football)

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Michael E. Costa (born c. 1948) is an American former college football coach. Costa served as the head football coach at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1989 and St. Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina from 2002 through the…

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Science & Inventions

Michael D. L. Johnson

1982–

Michael D. L. Johnson is a biologist, bacteriologist, and an associate professor of immunobiology at the University of Arizona. Johnson is the co-founder of the National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) a program that matched underrepresented…

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Education & Scholarship

Michael Dawson

Biography

Michael C. Dawson is an American political scientist, currently the John D. MacArthur professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He is also the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture there. He studies…

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Science & Inventions

Michael Duryea Williams

1957–

Michael Duryea Williams (born 1957) is an American physicist, professor at Clark Atlanta University, and current president of the AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing (formerly American Vacuum Society).

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Michael Eric Dyson

1958

Michael Eric Dyson (born October 23, 1958) is an American academic, author, Baptist minister, and radio host. He is a professor in the College of Arts and Science and in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University.

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Science & Inventions

Michael G. Spencer

1952–

Michael G. Spencer is a computer scientist, electrical engineer, and professor at Morgan State University's Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering in Baltimore. His research and studies is concentrated on semiconductors, microwave devices, and…

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