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Marimba Ani (born Dona Richards) is an anthropologist and African Studies scholar best known for her work Yurugu, a comprehensive critique of European thought and culture, and her coining of the term "Maafa" for the African holocaust.
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Marino H. "The Godfather" Casem (June 23, 1934 – April 25, 2020) was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Alabama State University (1963), Alcorn State University (1964–1985), and Southern…
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Mário Américo (July 28, 1912 – April 9, 1990) was a Brazilian massage therapist, physical educator, and politician.
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Marion B. Wilkinson (1870 – September 19, 1956) was an African American suffragist, community activist, and first president of the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.
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Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), married Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track-and-field athlete and former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in…
1920–2022
Marion Mann (March 29, 1920 – August 20, 2022) was an American physician and pathologist. He was a Dean of the College of Medicine at Howard University from 1970 to 1979.
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Marion Thompson Wright (September 12, 1902 – October 26, 1962) was an African-American scholar and activist. In 1940, Wright became the first African-American woman in the United States to earn her Ph.D. in history.
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Marionette Holmes is an American economist who is currently Chair of the Department of Economics at Spelman College. She serves on the boards of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession and the Sadie Collective, and is an advisory…
1994–
Marissa Kurtimah (born May 25, 1994 in Songo, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leone-Canadian track and field athlete competing in the sprint events, predominantly the 100m event. Kurtimah fled her country of birth (due to the civil war) in 2002 at 8 years old…
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Marissa Kawehi Loving is an American theoretical mathematician. In 2022, she joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Loving, who is both native Hawaiʻian and Black, was the first woman faculty member from a…
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Marist Brothers School, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
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Marita Golden (born April 28, 1950) is an American novelist, nonfiction writer, professor, and co-founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, a national organization that serves as a resource center for African-American writers.
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Maritcha Remond Lyons (May 23, 1848 – January 28, 1929) was an American educator, civic leader, suffragist, and public speaker in New York City and Brooklyn, New York. She taught in public schools in Brooklyn for 48 years, and was the second black woman to…
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Marjorie Adele Blackistone Bradfield (May 10, 1911 – November 19, 1999) was an American librarian who worked at the Detroit Public Library and Detroit Public Schools. She was the first African-American librarian hired at the Detroit Public Library.
1886–1909
Marjorie Arizona Hill (May 1886 – December 17, 1909) was an American educator and one of the nine founders of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Howard University. Alpha Kappa Alpha was the first sorority to be founded by African-American women.
1896–1994
Marjorie Joyner (née Stewart; October 24, 1896 – December 27, 1994) was an American businesswoman, hair care entrepreneur, philanthropist, educator, and activist. Joyner is noted for being the first African-American woman to create and patent a permanent…
1914–1979
Marjorie Lee Browne (September 9, 1914 – October 19, 1979) was a mathematics educator. She was one of the first African-American women to receive a PhD in mathematics.
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Mark Anthony Aguirre (born 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. After three years at DePaul University, he was selected first overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1981 NBA draft.
1965–
Mark Anthony Neal is an American academic and author. He is the department chair and professor of African and African American Studies at Duke University. In 2023, his book, Black Ephemera, won the PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers.
1977–
Mark Boswell (born July 28, 1977) is a Canadian high jumper, who won a total number of six national titles in the men's high jump event. Boswell was born in Mandeville, Jamaica and grew up in Brampton, Ontario. Boswell attended the University of Texas at…
1961–
Marcus G. Curry (born June 1, 1961), known professionally as Mark Curry, is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is best known for his role as Mark Cooper, ex-basketball player turned teacher on the ABC sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper which…
1970–
Mark Edwin Lewis (born 1970) is an American industrial engineer and professor at Cornell University. He was the first African-American faculty member hired in Industrial Engineering at University of Michigan and the first tenured African-American faculty…
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Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who was a point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm and was selected by the New York Knicks…
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Mark Lloyd is a former associate general counsel and Chief Diversity Officer at the Federal Communications Commission of the United States from 2009-2012. He was previously the vice president for strategic initiatives at the Leadership Conference on Civil…
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