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Lydia Flood Jackson
1862–1963
Lydia Flood Jackson (June 6, 1862 – July 8, 1963) was an American businesswoman, suffragist, and clubwoman.
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Lydia Griggsby
1968–
Lydia Kay Griggsby (born January 16, 1968) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. She is a former judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims and chief counsel for privacy and information…
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Politics & Public Life
Lydia Simmons
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Lydia Emelda Simmons is a Labour Party local politician in Slough, Berkshire, England who was active between 1979 and 2007. She has the distinction of being the first black person, as well as specifically the first Afro-Caribbean woman, to become a mayor…
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pamphlets
Lynching Negro Children in Southern Courts
1931
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPamphlet consisting of black ink on yellowed paper. At center, a photograph of men marching in support of the Scottsboro boys.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.59
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Civil Rights & Community
Lynching of Tom Payne
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Tom or Thomas Payne was an African-American man who was murdered in Willis, Texas on February 1, 1927. After his arrest in connection with an assault and murder, a white mob abducted and hanged him from a tree.
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Literature
Lynn Eusan
1948–1971
Lynn Cecilia Eusan (October 11, 1948 – September 10, 1971) was an American activist and the first black Homecoming queen at the University of Houston, where she studied journalism, and the first black woman to earn the title at any predominantly white…
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Politics & Public Life
Lynn Hutchings
1960–
Lynn Hutchings (born September 6, 1960, in Cheyenne, Wyoming) is an American politician and member of the Wyoming State Senate representing Cheyenne. She previously represented District 42 in the Wyoming House of Representatives from January 2013 until…
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Lynn Swann
1952–
Lynn Curtis Swann (born March 7, 1952) is an American former professional football player, broadcaster, politician, and athletic director, best known for his association with the University of Southern California and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He served on…
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
M.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler with lid from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
1942-1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGM.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler with lid from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. 2011.12.34a: A large ceramic M.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The vessel is primarily off white with a rural motif painted in blue, green…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.34ab
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M. Athalie Range
1915–2006
M. Athalie Range (born Mary Athalie Wilkinson; November 7, 1915 in Key West, Florida – November 14, 2006 in Miami, Florida) was a Bahamian American civil rights activist and politician who was the first African-American to serve on the Miami, Florida City…
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M. C. B. Mason
1859–1915
Madison Charles Butler Mason (1859–1915) was an African American reverend known for his pulpit oratory in the Methodist Episcopal Church. A native of Louisiana, he addressed the church's Congress on Africa at the age of 36 in 1895. At the Congress, Mason…
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Civil Rights
M. Carl Holman
1919–1988
M. Carl Holman (June 27, 1919 – August 9, 1988) was an American author, poet, playwright, and civil rights advocate. In 1968, Ebony listed him as one of the 100 most influential Black Americans.
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M. Cravath Simpson
1860–1945
M. Cravath Simpson (December 6, 1860 – May 19, 1945) was an African-American activist and public speaker. She began her career as a singer, then studied podiatry, but is best known for her work to uplift the black community and combat lynching. Based in…
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M is for Mississippi and Murder
November 1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted and illustrated seven-page pamphlet created by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to bring attention to the violence and murder erupting in Mississippi starting in 1954 to the fall of 1955. The front cover of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.34.25
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M is for Mississippi and Murder
November 1955
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted and illustrated seven-page pamphlet created by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to bring attention to the violence and murder erupting in Mississippi starting in 1954 to the fall of 1955. The front cover of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.34.26
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M. M. McLeod
Biography
Murdock M. McLeod (c. 1847 – December 1895) was a lawyer who served as a city clerk and state legislator in Mississippi. A Republican, he served as the 21st Secretary of State of Mississippi from October to November 1873.
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M. Mandy Dawson
1956–
M. Mandy Dawson (née Muriel Mandy Dawson; July 18, 1956) was a Democratic member of the Florida Senate, representing the 29th District from 1999 to 2008. Previously she was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1993 through 1998.
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M. Shawn Copeland
1947–
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…
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Science & Inventions
Mabel Byrd
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.
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Arts & Performance
Mabel Hampton
1902–1989
Mabel Hampton (May 2, 1902 – October 26, 1989) was an American lesbian activist, a dancer during the Harlem Renaissance, and a volunteer for both Black and lesbian/gay organizations. She was a significant contributor to the Lesbian Herstory Archives.
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Mabel Houze Hubbard
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…
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Macaé Evaristo
1965–
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…
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Mack E. Jenkins
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Mack Eric Jenkins is an American attorney and former federal prosecutor in the Central District of California, known for handling public corruption, civil rights, and gang-related cases. From 2008 to 2023, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney,…
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Macon Bolling Allen
1816–1894
Macon Bolling Allen (born Allen Macon Bolling; August 4, 1816 – October 15, 1894) was an American attorney who is believed to be the first African American to become a lawyer and to argue before a jury, and the second to hold a judicial position in the…
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