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1918–2012
Maurice J. Moyer (August 8, 1918 – March 6, 2012) was an African-American Christian minister from Delaware and a civil rights advocate who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. In 1955, he started Delaware's first black Presbyterian church.
1961-1962
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGConsists of: 16mm Film (a). 2016.95.3.1a: 16mm film. This home movie begins with a group of men socializing and drinking inside an unknown establishment. The men are wearing white boating outfits and white sailing caps. The camera switches to an exterior…
1955-1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGConsists of: 16mm Film (a). 2016.95.4.1a: 16mm film. This home movie begins with a medium wide shot of an amateur race track. Cars race by as one man can be seen holding a green flag. Out of the left hand corner, a man can be seen leaning over the fence to…
1955-1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGConsists of: 16mm Film (a). 2016.95.5.1a: 16mm film. This home movie opens up with a close up shot of a home sign that reads “The Cleveland’s”. The next shot is of a woman braising a rotisserie chicken over a grill. Multiple angles show the chicken turn…
ca. 1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGConsists of: 16mm Film (a). 2016.95.7.1a: 16mm film. This home movie begins inside a home, where friends and/or family are socializing and drinking. Everyone is wearing a tiny sombrero on their head. A man holds a white card, reading “48”, over the head of…
ca. 1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGConsists of: 16mm Film (a). 2016.95.8.1a: 16mm film. This home movie begins inside a home, where friends and/or family are gathered. There are multiple shots of individuals, men and women, speaking into a handheld microphone. There appears to have been an…
1946-1966
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGConsists of: 8mm Film (a), Original film reel (b), Original film canister (c). 2016.95.9.1a: 8mm film. This home movie begins with an exterior shot of a home with the number “3664” on the top stair of the stairs leading up to the porch. Sorrell, a boy, and…
ca. 1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGConsists of: 8mm Film (a), Original film reel (b), Original film canister (c). 2016.95.10.1a: 8mm film. This home movie begins with St. Louis street signs from inside a moving car. Shots of cars driving down the street follow. The next few shots are of a…
1950-1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGConsists of: 8mm Film (a), Original film reel (b), Original film canister (c). 2016.95.11.1a: 8mm film. This home movie begins with a title card that reads “Ansco”. The opening footage is of shriners’ participating in a parade. Multiple camera angles cover…
1961-1962
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGConsists of: 16mm Film (a). 2016.95.12.1a: 16mm film. This home movie consists of various shots of boats cruising on the water. The entire film is shot from a moving boat. There are some interior shots of a women steering the boat, and others relaxing on…
1978–
Dr. Mautra Staley Jones (born 1978) is an American higher education administrator serving as the 11th president of Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC). When she took office in March 2022, she became both the first woman and the first person of color to…
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA mauve floral dress and belt with a black capelet. The dress (.1a) and belt (.1b) are made of synthetic organza with black flocking, the flocked areas create outlines of flowers. Silver flowers are printed inside the flocking. The mid length A-line dress…
1980s-1990s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA mauve shirt and pants with an abstract pattern by Moshood. The poncho style shirt has a round neckline, the edge of the neckline has a double fold with a row of machine stitching. It is made of one piece of fabric and has no seams. Both ends of the shirt…
1942–2022
Mavis Merlina Stephenson Best, née Clarke, MBE (11 July 1939 – 14 November 2022) was a grassroots social activist who worked for the civil rights of Black people in the UK. She led a successful campaign to overturn the so-called Sus law but was also active…
1953–
Mavis Laing (born December 5, 1953) is an American former track and field sprinter and pentathlete. Her highest level honour was a gold medal at the 1971 Pan American Games, where she anchored the American women's 4 × 400 meters relay team to victory,…
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Max Lewis Rowe Alleyne (born 21 July 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL Championship club Burnley, on loan from Premier League club Manchester City.
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Muhammad Ahmad (born Maxwell Curtis Stanford Jr. on 31 July 1941), also known as Max Stanford, is an American civil rights activist. He was a cofounder and the national chairman of the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM), a Marxist–Leninist, black power…
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Max Yergan (July 19, 1892 – April 11, 1975) was an American activist notable for being a Baptist missionary for the YMCA, then a Communist working with Paul Robeson, and finally a staunch anti-Communist who complimented the government of apartheid-era…
Biography
Maximilian Davis (born 1994 or 1995) is a British fashion designer who has been the creative director of Ferragamo since March 2022. Born in Manchester to a Trinidadian-Jamaican family, Davis founded his own label, Maximilian, in 2020, after graduating…
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Angelou’s writing transformed personal experience into enduring works about identity, racism, trauma, resilience and freedom.
1972; printed 2021
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white archival print of Maya Angelou and Cecil Williams standing side-by-side with arms around each other at Glide Memorial Church. Angelou wears a long-sleeve shirt and skirt and holds papers in her right hand; Williams wears a turtleneck and…
1993–
Maya Bird-Murphy (born 1992), is an American architect, and educator. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Mobile Makers Chicago, a nonprofit that focuses on making design accessible to underrepresented communities.
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Maya Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress and comedian. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). During her tenure on the show, she appeared in supporting roles in the films 50 First Dates…
1918–2016
Maycie Herrington (November 7, 1918 – May 24, 2016) was an American history conservator, social worker, and community volunteer known for her work to preserve the history of the Tuskegee Airmen. She was involved with the Tuskegee Airmen from World War II,…
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