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Mana Hared Abdi is a Somali-American politician who is a member of the Maine House of Representatives representing District 95 in Lewiston. Born in Kenya, Abdi is the youngest of eight siblings in an ethnically Somali family. She arrived as a refugee in…
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Manassa Thomas Pope (1858 – November 13, 1934) was an American physician, businessman, and politician. He was a prominent member of the African-American middle class in Raleigh, North Carolina and ran for mayor in 1919, at the height of the Jim Crow era.…
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title Mandela. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The film, directed by Peter Davis, co-produced by Peter Davis and Mable Haddock, and narrated by Max Robinson, describes the struggles…
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J. Mandela Barnes (born Jesse Mandela Barnes, December 1, 1986) is an American politician who served as the 45th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the state representative for Wisconsin's 11th…
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Mandisa Lateefah Thomas is the founder and president of Black Nonbelievers Inc. She has spoken at secular conferences and events, and has promoted the group's agenda in media outlets.
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Mandu Kate Reid (born 1981) is a Malawi-born British politician and activist who was the leader of Women's Equality Party (WEP) from April 2019 until its dissolution in November 2024.
February 21, 1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA paperback pamphlet of James Boggs' Manifesto for a Black Revolutionary Party. The cover of the pamphlet is a tan color with the title is at the top in black ink. Beneath the title is an illustration of a black hand holding the world. The price is at the…
Dates not recorded
Manly Wynne was an American state legislator in Alabama. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1874 until 1876.
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Manning Rudolph Johnson (December 17, 1908 – July 2, 1959) was a Communist Party USA African-American leader and the party's candidate for U.S. Representative from New York's 22nd congressional district during a special election in 1935. Later, he left the…
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William Manning Marable (May 13, 1950 – April 1, 2011) was an American professor of public affairs, history and African-American Studies at Columbia University. He founded and directed the Institute for Research in African-American Studies. He wrote…
1774–1817
Piar won a decisive victory at the Battle of San Félix in 1817, helping secure Venezuelan independence, before a political conflict with Simón Bolívar led to his execution.
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Marc Lamont Hill (born December 17, 1978) is an American academic, author, activist, and television personality. He is a professor of urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. He is the host of UpFront on Al Jazeera English, VH1 Live!
August 2, 2017
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history consisting of a single digital video recording (2018.78.2.1). It was collected as part of the Poor People’s Campaign Interviews. In this interview, radio host and activist Marc Steiner discusses his early life and activism; his experience…
1955–
Marc Wadsworth is a British black rights campaigner, broadcast and print journalist and BBC filmmaker and radio producer. He founded the Anti-Racist Alliance in 1991 and two years later, also helped set up the justice campaign for murdered black teenager…
1904–1997
Marcella Walker McGee (July 23, 1904 – May 28, 1997) was an American librarian and social and community activist. Together with her husband Lewis Allen McGee, McGee helped found one of the first interracial Unitarian churches in the United States.
1964; scanned 2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of a protest march through Chapel Hill. The image depicts a large group of men, women, and children in the middle of a street. At the front is a banner that reads [FREEDOM NOW! - EAT AT JOE'S - BLACK + WHITE].
1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn eight (8) page, center fold booklet of black printed text on white paper instructing readers how and where to engage in the March on Washington. The title on the cover page reads [MARCH ON WASHINGTON / FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM / August 28, 1963 / Organizing…
1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet, black print on yellowed paper. The text reads: [Final Plans for the MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM].
August 28, 1963; scanned 2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of The March on Washington - Marchers gathering at the Lincoln Memorial after walking from Washington Monument grounds.
August 28, 1963; scanned 2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of The March on Washington - Marchers gathering at the Lincoln Memorial after walking from Washington Monument grounds. The image depicts a crowd of people marching, holding up placard that read "WE MARCH FOR HIGHER MINIMUM WAGES / COVERAGE…
1964; scanned 2010
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of a march through downtown Chapel Hill. In the foreground are three young woman and one young man, mouths open as if in song. Their hands are together in front of them as if they are clapping. A sign to the left reads [BOYCOTT / THE /…
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a crowd waving American flags. A piece of wax paper is attached to the verso with two pieces of tape.
October 30, 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of men and women from the Young Lords Party marching to the United Nations on October 30, 1970. The group of men and women carry the Puerto Rican flag. Many of the men and women wear berets with pin back buttons attached on the…
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white digital image of marchers walking toward the Alabama State Capitol. Marchers are seen from behind and are carrying signs and American flags. There is a large gap in front of the marchers and the capitol steps where cars are parked and a…
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