A black-and-white digital image of Marchers holding flags in front of the Alabama State Capitol. The picture is taken from behind the crowd. The row directly in front of the camera are wearing vests and holding up American flags. Jim Letherer can be seen…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.91
A black-and-white digital image of two men holding up an American flag and holding hands. The man on the left is wearing a suit while the man on the right is wearing a plaid button-up top and a wristwatch. Both men have their mouths open singing. Men and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.93
A black-and-white digital image of marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The marchers take up the entire right side of the bridge road, some are holding signs above their heads. The left side roadway of the bridge is empty, with a few people standing…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.54
A black-and-white digital image of two young men holding up an American flag while a group of men, women, and children gather on the lawn in front of them. The young man on the right of the image is shown in profile holding up the edge of the flag. He is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.64
A black-and-white digital image of two men holding an American flag with a National Guard Helicopter in the sky. The man seen in the front of the image is featured from behind, wearing a grey sweat shirt and has a hair brush in his back right jeans pocket.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.65
A black-and-white digital image of the inside of a tent lined with blankets, sleeping bags, and inflatable pool floats. Men and boys can be seen sitting or lying down on the central sleeping area. Seven men can be seen standing in the background. Clothes…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.69
A black-and-white photograph of a large crowd of demonstrators waving American flags. They are standing in front of the Alabama State Capitol building. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.49.4
Marci Collier Overstreet is an American politician serving as the president of the Atlanta City Council. She previously represented District 11 on the council from 2018 to 2026.
Marci Ien (born 1969) is a Canadian politician and former broadcaster who served as minister for women and gender equality and youth from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Ien represented Toronto Centre in the House of Commons from 2020 to 2025.…
Marcia Ann Gillespie (born 10 July 1944) is an African-American magazine editor, writer, professor, media and management consultant, and racial and gender justice activist. She previously served as editor-in-chief of Essence magazine and Ms. magazine.
Marcia Louise Fudge (born October 29, 1952) is an American attorney and retired politician who served as the 18th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2021 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S.…
Marcia Coggs (born Marcia Priscilla Young, April 5, 1928 – December 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician. Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Coggs graduated from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Coggs served in the Wisconsin State Assembly 1977-1993…
Marcia Simone "Cia" Price (born July 20, 1980) is an American politician serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for the 85th district, which includes parts of the cities of Hampton and Newport News.
Márcio Carlos Marinho (born 12 December 1970) is a Brazilian politician. Although born in Rio de Janeiro, he has spent his political career representing Bahia, having served as state representative since 2008.
Marco McMillian (April 23, 1979 – February 26, 2013) was a businessman and candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 2013. He was "the first openly gay man to be a viable candidate for public office in Mississippi". McMillian was CEO of MWM &…
Marcus Brandon is a politician from Greensboro, North Carolina who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives. A Democrat, he represented the 60th district from January 2011 through the end of 2014. In 2015, Brandon became the executive director…
Marfa Inofuentes Pérez (1969–2015) was an Afro-Bolivian activist involved in the Constitutional reform movement to recognize black Bolivians as an ethnic minority in the country. After achieving the goal for Afro-Bolivians to be protected under the law,…
Margaret Michele Arney (née Tully; born June 17, 1969) is an American nonprofit consultant, educator, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 18th Assembly…
Margaret A. Burnham (born December 28, 1944) is an American lawyer and academic. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Law at the Northeastern University School of Law, founder of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, and co-founder of…
Margaret Louise Carter (née Hunter; December 29, 1935) is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1999 and 2001 to 2009 and was the first Black woman elected to the state's legislature. She served…
Margaret Danner (January 12, 1915 – January 1, 1984) (Margaret Esse Danner, Margaret Danner Cunningham) was an American poet, editor and cultural activist known for her poetic imagery and her celebration of African heritage and cultural forms.
Margaret Davis Bowen (May 24, 1894 – April 20, 1976) was a religious leader, civil rights activist, and educator. She was the first principal of the Gilbert Academy, a private Black preparatory school in New Orleans, during the late 1930s. From 1936 to…
Margaret Briggs Gregory Hawkins (August 5, 1877 – April 8, 1969), worked as a schoolteacher and later became known for her activism on behalf of African Americans and women. She was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 2021.
