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Mélé Temguia
1995–
Ngoufack Mélé Temguia (born 1 August 1995) is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a centre-back for Finnish club PEPO
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Education & Scholarship
Melerson Guy Dunham
1904–1985
Melerson Guy Dunham (May 6, 1904 – December 1985) was an American educator and activist from the state of Mississippi. She put herself through college and graduate school working in the fields and as a domestic worker. Mississippi Minister Industrial…
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Literature
Melissa Cummings-Quarry
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Melissa Cummings-Quarry is a British author and co-founder of the Black Girls' Book Club, a literary and social events platform aimed at Black women in the UK.
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Mellody Hobson
1969–
Mellody Louise Hobson Lucas (née Hobson; born April 3, 1969) is an American businesswoman who is president and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, and former chair of Starbucks. She is the former chairman of DreamWorks Animation, having stepped down after…
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Melnea Cass
1896–1978
Melnea Agnes Cass (née Jones; June 16, 1896 – December 16, 1978) was an American community and civil rights activist. She was deeply involved in many community projects and volunteer groups in the South End and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston and helped…
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Melody Barnes
1964–
Melody C. Barnes (born April 29, 1964) is an American lawyer and political advisor. Formerly an aide and chief counsel to Senator Ted Kennedy on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Barnes later worked at the Center for American Progress, a think tank, before…
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Melva L. Price
1902–1996
Melva Lorinda Price (November 14, 1902 – April 10, 1996) was an American educator and activist based in New York City. She taught Latin and other subjects for over thirty years in the New York public schools, and was active in Harlem with the YWCA, Alpha…
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Melvin Edwards
1937–2026
Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. (May 4, 1937 – March 30, 2026) was an American abstract sculptor, printmaker, and arts educator. Edwards, an African-American artist, was raised in segregated communities in Texas and an integrated community in Ohio. He moved to…
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Arts & Performance
Melvin Williams
1941–2015
Melvin Douglas "Little Melvin" Williams (December 14, 1941 – December 3, 2015) was an American actor, author, entrepreneur, public speaker, educator, community activist, gambler and reformed drug trafficker. Considered a drug kingpin in the 1960s, Williams…
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Civil Rights & Community
Melvin X
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Melvin X (born Melvin Bishop Williams; died June 22, 1970) was the cofounder of the Black Student Union at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1966.
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Member badge for Daughters of the IBPOEW Temple #422
ca. 1940s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDaughters of I.B.P.O.E. of W. member badge for Columbia Temple #422. At the top is a rectangular gold-colored metal bar with a pin back. The front of the bar forms a frame for the word [MEMBER], in black against a gold background. Two (2) ribbons are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.17.4
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Member badge for IBPOEW Lodge 135
ca. 1940s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGI.B.P.O.E. of W. member badge. Wide purple ribbon with gold text at the bottom: [TRI-CITY / LODGE NO. 135 / I.B.P.O.E. OF W. / EASTON, PA.]. A black ribbon is stitched to the back of the purple one, with the same text in silver. The ribbons are decorated…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.17.6
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Member badge for IBPOEW Lodge 85
ca. 1940s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGI.B.P.O.E. of W. member badge consisting of a gold metal medallion pin (a) attached to black and purple ribbons (b). At the top is a gold metal bar with a pin-back. The front of the bar features a decorative motif and creates a frame for the word [MEMBER],…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.17.5ab
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Member badge for the Deborah Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA dark blue badge with a metal badge attached with the word: MEMBER. It states that the person possessing this badge is a member of the Deborah Chapter No. 15 O.E.S. with the insigna of the Order of the Eastern Star at the bottom. The reverse of this badge…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.166.2.4
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Member badge for the House of Ruth belonging to Josephine B. Tate
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA gold medal with the words: JOSEPHINE B. TATE suspended above a circular medallion with the words: Empire City H.R.3878 around the top and the words: G.U.O. of O.F H or R around the bottom.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.166.2.3
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Member badge for the I.B.P.O.E. of W.
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA three-tiered, gold metal pendant attached to a wide ribbon made of purple silk with gold border and fringed bottom. The first tier of the pendant features a symbol of clasped hands, the second reads [MEMBER], and the third features an elk in black and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.166.2.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Member badge for the I.B.P.O.E of W.
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThree-tiered gold metal member badge for the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World consisting of two hands shaking suspended above the word MEMBER with a decorative medallion below with the intials I.B.P.O.E. of W. around the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.166.2.2
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Accessories and Personal Effects
Member card for the World Community of Islam in the West issued to Ahmad Kausar
circa 1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis ID card belonging to Ahmad Kausar was issued by the World Community of Islam in the West. The card includes a photograph of Kausar in the upper left quadrant. Kausar gazes into the camera and is in front of a red background. He wears a wide collared…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.131.2
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Photographs and Still Images
Member of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church after being baptized in Skull Creek, Hilton Head Island, SC
2004-2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white digital image of a member of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church after being baptized. The image depicts two men and a child wearing white garments and standing in Skull Creek on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The two men are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.49.2
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Member pin for the Afro-American Sons and Daughters
early 20th century - mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMember pin for the Afro-American Sons and Daughters. This is a composite object: a gold colored pin holding a blue ribbon that has a button attached to the bottom of the ribbon. The gold pin is rectangular shaped with a safety pin closure on the back as…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.177.2
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Member pin for the Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools
1929
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGMember pin for the Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools. This is a composite object with a white button pin and an attached ribbon. The blue text on the white button pin reads [MISSISSIPPI / ASS’N / TEACHERS / COLORED / SCHOOLS/ MEMBER].…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.177.3
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Photographs and Still Images
Members Inside the Club
June 20, 2009; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of an interior shot of the club with the following members (left to right): George Glenn, Charles Griffin, Thomas Fletcher, Fletcher Clark, Gabe Curtis Brothers, Oliver Griffin, Pernell Lee, Freddie Owens, John Williams, John…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.44
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Photographs and Still Images
Members Inside the Club
August 29, 2009; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of members of the Capital Pool Checkers Club inside the club surrounding a checkers board table. Standing in the back row is Freddie Owens, John Williams, Thomas Franklin Webber, Oliver Griffin, George Glenn and Thomas…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.46
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Historical photographs & visual records
Members of Adamorisha, Lagos, Nigeria
ca. 1890
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGFull length portrait of two members of the Adamorisha, wearing agbada gowns and aso oke. They participate in an event known as the Eyo festival, or Adamu Orisa. One member is seated and one standing, dressed for the funeral event to celebrate the memory of…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170010
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