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Loading image…1882–1918
Minnie Beatrice Smith (February 18, 1882 – December 1, 1918) was an American educator and an incorporator of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first sorority founded by African-American women.
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M. Christopher Brown II is an American academic administrator and university president. He is the former president of Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky.
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M. K. Asante (born November 3, 1982) is an American author, filmmaker, songwriter, recording artist, and professor. He is the author of the 2013 best-selling memoir Buck: A Memoir and the 2024 memoir Nephew: A Memoir in Four-Part Harmony.
Biography
Melissa "M'Lis" Ward is a United Airlines pilot, the first African-American female captain in commercial passenger aviation, according to Ebony magazine. Her mother, Anne B. Ward, was one of the first two black women to graduate from the Pritzker School of…
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Milton Moran Weston II (better known as M. Moran Weston, September 10, 1910 – May 18, 2002) was an African-American Episcopal priest who "led one of Harlem's most prominent churches, helped found what became the nation's largest black-owned financial…
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Mary Shawn Copeland (born August 24, 1947), known professionally as M. Shawn Copeland, is a retired American womanist and Black Catholic theologian, and a former religious sister. She is professor emerita of systematic theology at Boston College and is…
1998
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M/V Colin Powell Offshore supply vessel Houma, LA”.
1946–
Moses William Howard, Jr. (born March 3, 1946, in Americus, Georgia) is an American cleric, former college president, community and business leader. He is known for his involvement in ecumenical organizations domestically and internationally and in…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M – Y”.
1895–1988
Mabel J. Byrd (July 3, 1895 – May 20, 1988) was a civil rights activist and the first African American to enroll at the University of Oregon.
Biography
Mabel Rebecca Dole Haden (1900s or 1910s – October 12, 2006) was an American lawyer. A native of the Piedmont region of Virginia, she became the first Black woman to obtain a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University in 1956. She became one of the…
1936–2006
Mabel Evelyn Houze Hubbard (December 22, 1936 – December 9, 2006) was an American judge and teacher. After beginning her career as an English teacher and school administrator, she went back to school herself when she had children, enrolling in law school…
1890–1989
Mabel Keaton Staupers (February 27, 1890 – September 30, 1989) was a Barbadian born American pioneer of the nursing profession. Being faced with racial discrimination after graduating nursing school, Staupers became an advocate for racial equality in…
1922–2012
Mable Parker McLean (1922 – January 27, 2012) was an American academic administrator who served two terms as president of Barber–Scotia College from 1974 to 1988 and 1994 to 1996.
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Macaé Maria Evaristo dos Santos (born 3 April 1965) is a Brazilian teacher, social worker and politician, affiliated with the Workers' Party and current Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship of Brazil. She is a state deputy of Minas Gerais, and is…
1897–1990
Maceo Richard Clark (July 9, 1897 – July 29, 1990) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s. A native of Chatham, Virginia, Clark attended Howard University where he played college baseball for the Howard Bison baseball team and was a member of…
1948–2015
Mack Willie Herron (July 24, 1948 – December 6, 2015) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL) from 1970 to 1975. He played college football for the Kansas…
1956–
Randriamananjara Radofa Besata Jean Longin (born October 31, 1956, in Antananarivo, Madagascar) is a Canadian-Malagasy folk and blues guitarist, who records and performs under the stage name Madagascar Slim. He is a member of the folk music band…
Loading image…1867–1919
Walker developed and marketed hair-care products for Black women, built a nationwide sales network and used her wealth to support education, culture and civil-rights causes.
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Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich (born 1987) is an American visual artist, filmmaker, and educator, based in Brooklyn, New York. Hunt-Ehrlich's work often explores the Black women's experience, Afro-Surrealism, and Pan-Africanism. She is an assistant professor in…
1906–2007
Madeline Robinson Morgan Stratton Morris (August 14, 1906 – December 26, 2007) was an American educator and community leader, based in Chicago. In the 1940s, she created the first Black history curriculum adopted by a large American school district, and…
Biography
Madelyne Woods is a cable television personality who appeared on BET throughout the 1990s. She completed undergraduate at University of Maryland at College Park graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism in 1986. She completed her master's…
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Madieu Mohammed Williams (born October 18, 1981) is a Sierra Leonean former professional American football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Maryland and was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the…
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Madison Guadalupe Hammond (born November 15, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons…
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