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Music

Miko Marks

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Miko Marks is an American Americana singer based in Oakland, California. Born in Flint, Michigan, she first gained attention in the 2000s with the albums Freeway Bound (2005) and It Feels Good (2007). After stepping away from recording for more than a…

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Biography & Culture

Mildred Brown

1905–1989

Mildred D. Brown (December 20, 1905 – November 2, 1989) was an African-American journalist, newspaper publisher and leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Omaha, Nebraska. Part of the Great Migration, she travelled from Alabama via New York and Des Moines,…

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Literature

Mildred D. Taylor

1943–

Mildred DeLois Taylor (born September 13, 1943) is a Newbery Award-winning American young adult novelist. She is best known for her novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, part of her Logan family series. Taylor is known for exploring powerful themes of family…

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Arts & Performance

Mildred Dixon

1904–2001

Mildred Dixon (November 21, 1904 – September 18, 2001) was a dancer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, who became a longtime companion of composer and musician Duke Ellington, and manager of his company. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to…

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Arts & Performance

Mildred Thompson

1936–2003

Mildred Jean Thompson (March 12, 1936 – September 1, 2003) was an American artist who worked in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and photography. Critics have related her art to West African textiles and Islamic architecture; they have also cited…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Miles at Home #1, NYC

1971; printed later

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Black and white inkjet print of Miles Davis standing in his open closet. He stands above and left of the center wearing leather pants, billowy black peasant blouse with a patterned scarf. His PL hand rests on his PL hip, elbow akimbo. He leans on his PL…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.157.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Miles at Home on West 77th St.

1971

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This is a black and white photograph of Miles Davis looking directly into the camera while standing. His proper left hand is resting on his proper left hip. He wears leather pants, a billowy black shirt, and a shiny scarf. He also wears a studded belt. He…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.152.5
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History & Culture

Miles Robinson (soccer)

1997–

Miles Gordon Robinson (born March 14, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati and the United States national team. Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, Robinson began his career…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Military commandant and his family in Goundam, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Military commandant and his family in Goundam, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1139
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Accessories and Personal Effects

Military dog tags worn by Ara Belle Brown Jennings in World War II

ca. 1944

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These are two World War II military dog tags worn by Ara Belle Brown Jennings, both tags are hung on a beaded metal chain. The tags are oblong in shape. One short end has a hole for the beaded chain to be threaded through. The opposite end of the tag has a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.91.2
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Accessories and Personal Effects

Military dog tags worn by Robert S. Jennings in World War II

ca. 1944

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These are two World War II military dog tags worn by Robert S. Jennings, one tag with a short chain (a) and one tag with a long chain (b). both tags are hung on beaded metal chains. The tag with a short chain (a) is oblong in shape. One short end has a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.91.5ab
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Historical photographs & visual records

Military officers resting at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)

1938

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Cataloged as “Military officers resting at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068343
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Clothing - Military Uniforms

Military trench coat worn by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley

mid 20th Century

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Military trench coat worn by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley.The double-breasted coat is made from brown wool twill with full-length straight cut sleeves and a hem reaching to mid-calf. The collar has a wide notched lapel with rounded corners and there is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.205.9
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Clothing - Military Uniforms

Military uniform belt worn by General Colin L. Powell

ca. 1958-1993

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A black military uniform belt worn by General Colin L. Powell. This belt is made from black canvas cotton and synthetic fiber blend fabric. There is a black brass metal flat clip on one end and a black brass metal open face buckle on the other end. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.54
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Biography & Culture

Millard F. Singleton

1859–1939

Millard Filmore Singleton (November 14, 1859 – November 12, 1939) was an African-American political leader and civil servant in Omaha Nebraska. He was an officer in the Omaha Colored Republican Club and the Omaha branch of the National Afro-American…

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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Millard Howard Family — Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection

circa 1980 -1990

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The Millard Howard Family home movies features travel footage, family outings, and gatherings with family and friends.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref17
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Historical photographs & documents

Millard Howard home video #1

bulk 1987/12/18-1988/05/14

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Filmed during the late 1980s. Includes children playing, watching cartoons, and singing christamas carols with family. Also features a girl scout troop event.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170601_Millard_VHS_01
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Historical photographs & documents

Mille X Intermediate grades Shirley School [photographer] Bailey Studio Leominster, Mass.

1903

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Cataloged as “Mille X Intermediate grades Shirley School [photographer] Bailey Studio Leominster, Mass.” (Photographs).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.17.2_ref6
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Sports

Millenic Alli

2000–

Millenic Oluwole Sulaiman Alli (born 6 February 2000) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Charlton Athletic and the Republic of Ireland national team.

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Education & Scholarship

Millie Dunn Veasey

1918–2018

Millie Dunn Veasey (January 31, 1918 – March 9, 2018) was an American veteran, who served from 1942 to 1945 in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). After returning home from World War II, she worked as executive…

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Literature

Milton Brunson

1929–1997

Milton R. Brunson (June 28, 1929 – April 1, 1997) was an American gospel musician and former pastor and music director of Christ Tabernacle Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois. Brunson released his first musical project in 1988, Available to You. The title…

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Biography & Culture

Milton Galamison

1923–1988

Milton Arthur Galamison (March 25, 1923 – March 9, 1988) was a Presbyterian minister who served in Brooklyn, New York. As a community activist, he championed integration and education reform in the New York City public school system, and organized two…

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Arts

Mimi Plange

Biography

Mimi Plange is a Ghanaian-American fashion designer whose practice applies architectural construction principles to garment-making.

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Literature

Mindy Thompson Fullilove

1950–

Mindy Thompson Fullilove (born October 15, 1950) is an American social psychiatrist who focuses on the ways social and environmental factors affect the mental health of communities. She is currently a professor of Urban Policy and Health at The New School.…

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