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Michael Hanchard, often published as Michael G. Hanchard, is an American political scientist, currently the Gustave C. Kuemmerle Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the director of the Marginalized Populations…
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Michael Harris-Love (born 1968), is an American physical therapist, rehabilitation scientist, and academic administrator. He is a professor within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of Colorado School of…
1972-1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis film is from a collection of home movies filmed by the family of Michael Holman, an important figure in the history of hip hop. It consists of a single reel of 8mm silent acetate film with color (a), an original plastic film reel (b), and an original…
1960–
Michael J. Barber (born September 16, 1960) is an American engineer who is an executive at General Electric. His research considers X-ray electronics. He was elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2014.
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Dr. Michael K. Dorsey is an environmental scientist, advocate, scholar, and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder and principal of Around the Corner Capital, an energy advisory and impact finance platform.
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Michael K. Fauntroy is an American political scientist. He was formerly a professor in the political science department at Howard University, where he has also been the associate chair. In 2018 he became the acting director of the Ronald W. Walters…
1966–
Michael Michele Williams (born August 30, 1966) is an American actress and fashion designer. She began her career on stage before appearing opposite Wesley Snipes in the 1991 film New Jack City. In the 1990s, Michele had leading roles in two CBS television…
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Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. He and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry…
1960–
Michael Sterling (born October 26, 1960) is an American singer and composer from Miami, Florida. His 1990 single 'Lovers and Friends' was a quiet storm classic, having notably been sampled in Usher, Ludacris and Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz 'Lovers and…
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Michael Vincent Drake (born July 9, 1950) is an American physician. He served as the 21st president of the University of California from August 2020 to August 2025, as the 15th president of Ohio State University from 2014 to 2020, and as the 5th chancellor…
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Michele Kim Evans is an American internist and medical oncologist. She is a senior investigator and Deputy Scientific Director at the National Institute on Aging.
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Michelle Asha Albert is an American cardiologist who is the Walter A. Haas Lucie-Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Albert is a past president of the American Heart Association, the…
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Michelle Amos is an electronics design engineer at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center. Amos joined NASA in 1990 as an electronics design engineer and stayed with NASA for 30 years. Amos was also a systems engineer for Deep Space Logistics.
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Michelle Evelyn Morse is an American internist. She is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital and co-founded EqualHealth and Social Medicine Consortium. She was the interim Commissioner of Health for the City of New…
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Michelle Gray is an American neuroscientist and professor of neurology and neurobiology at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Gray is a researcher in the study of the biological basis of Huntington's disease (HD). In her postdoctoral work, she developed…
1982–
Michelle L. J. Lollie (born 1982) is an American quantum optics and laser systems physicist. She was the first African American woman to graduate with PhD in physics from the Louisiana State University in 2016. Her thesis focused on investigating classical…
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Michelle McMurry-Heath is an American medical doctor, immunologist, and from June 2020 to October 2022 was chief executive officer for the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO).
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Michelle Susan Samuel-Foo is an American biologist and Assistant Professor of Biology at Alabama State University. She serves as President of the Southeastern Entomological Society of America. In 2020 Samuel-Foo became the first African-American person to…
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Michelle Taylor (born c. 1976) is an American pediatrician and public health official currently serving as the commissioner for the Baltimore City Health Department since 2025. Her career has focused on public health policy, maternal and child health, and…
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Michellene Davis is an American lawyer and executive who served as acting State Treasurer of New Jersey from September 2007 to January 2008. She was the first African American and the second woman to hold this office. As of 2023, she is CEO of National…
1885–1948
Midian Othello Bousfield (August 22, 1885 – February 16, 1948) was an African American physician. His work often focused on public health and expanding care for Black patients. Bousfield set up the first all-Black United States Army hospital at Fort Huachuca.
November 2, 1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA midwife permit issued to Amanda Carter and dated November 2, 1955. The permit is signed by the local health department director "H.E. Jen[illegible]" the local registrar "Bessie B. Irving" and the Bureau of Maternal & Child Health director…
July 1, 1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA "Midwife's Certificate of Retirement" issued by the Virginia State Department of Health to Amanda Carter. The certificate has an intricate blue scalloped border and the pre-printed text in black ink has been completed with typewritten text also in black…
1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG2011.75.8a: A paper "Midwife's Certificate of Retirement" issued by the Virginia State Department of Health to Susie Carey. The certificate has an intricate orange scalloped border and is printed in black ink and completed by hand also in black ink. The…
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