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1851–
Mark S. White (December 12, 1851 – ?) was a teacher and politician in Florida. He lived in Pensacola and represented Escambia County, Florida in the Florida House of Representatives in 1883. He belonged to the Knights of Labor. He was described as…
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Mark Saunders (born 1962) is a Canadian politician and retired police officer who served as chief of police with the Toronto Police Service (TPS) from 2015 to 2020. Saunders was the Progressive Conservative (PC) candidate in Don Valley West in the 2022…
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Mark Sealy (born 1960) is a British curator and cultural historian with a special interest in the relationship of photography to social change, identity politics and human rights. In 1991, he became the director of Autograph ABP, the Association of Black…
1964–
Mark A. A. Warner (born 1964) is a Canadian international trade and competition (antitrust) lawyer. He was previously with the Toronto firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin and with the Government of Ontario. Warner was chosen in February 2007 as the Conservative…
1940–2002
Marlene Green (November 9, 1940 – October 31, 2002) was a Canadian community activist, educator, and NGO field worker. She is best known as the founder of the Black Education Project, a volunteer-run organization created to address racial inequalities in…
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Marlene Jennings (born November 10, 1951) is a former Canadian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, and represented the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine from 1997 to 2011. Jennings is a former…
1972–
Marlon Joseph Coleman (born March 23, 1972) is an American politician, civil servant, and Baptist minister from Louisiana who served as the 50th mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma, from July 6, 2020 to April 9, 2024. A member of the Republican Party, Coleman is…
1957–1994
Marlon Troy Riggs (February 3, 1957 – April 5, 1994) was an American filmmaker, educator, poet, and activist. He produced, wrote, and directed several documentary films, including Ethnic Notions, Tongues Untied, Color Adjustment, and Black Is... Black Ain't.
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Marqueece L. Harris-Dawson (born November 7, 1969) is an American politician, currently serving as the president of the Los Angeles City Council since September 20, 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, who has represented the 8th district of the Los…
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Marquette "Marq" Hawkins, also known professionally as DJ Cli-N-Tel, is an American rapper, music producer, professor, and politician currently serving as the Mayor of California City, California since 2024. Hawkins was elected in the 2024 California City…
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Marquis D. Jones Jr. served as a State of New Jersey Superior Court Judge, Ocean County, from 2008 to 2015. Jones was one of only two African Americans to serve on the Ocean County Superior Court bench at the time. Prior to being appointed judge, Jones was…
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Marquita Bradshaw (born January 12, 1974) is an American environmentalist, activist, and political candidate. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee, the first African American woman to win a major political…
1888–1952
Marse Callaway (born 1888) known as (Mr. Republican) was a black political boss and founder of the Baltimore Police Training School, a black policeman's training academy in 1937. He was elected as the President of an organization which aimed to bring…
1956–
Marsha G. Cheeks (born March 7, 1956) is a Detroit-born politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She is a Democrat and member of the Michigan House of Representatives. She represents the 6th State House District, which includes most of Downtown Detroit.
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Marsha Chantal de Cordova (born 23 January 1976) is a British politician and former charity worker serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Battersea since 2017. A member of the Labour Party, she was a Member of Lambeth London Borough Council from 2014 to…
1945–1992
Johnson was a leading figure in the 1969 Stonewall uprising and co-founded STAR, an organization supporting homeless transgender and queer youth in New York City.
1931–1990
Marshall Bridges (June 2, 1931 – September 3, 1990) was an American baseball pitcher who played in the Major Leagues from 1959 to 1965 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees and Washington Senators. A strong left-handed pitcher with…
Biography
Marshall Laverne Bullock II is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Michigan State Board of Education. He previously served in the Michigan Senate from 2019 to 2023 and served as the City of Detroit Director of Government Affairs…
1878–1968
Marshall Keeble (December 7, 1878 – April 20, 1968) was an African American preacher of the Churches of Christ, whose successful career notably bridged a racial divide in an important American religious movement prior to the Civil Rights Movement. Over the…
1899–1967
Marshall Lorenzo Shepard, Sr. (July 10, 1899 – February 21, 1967) was an American Christian clergyman and politician. Affiliated with the Democratic Party, his political career was focused in the city of Philadelphia. Born to an African American family in…
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Marshall McNeese served as a state legislator in Mississippi during the 1870s. McNeese was born in Georgia and is documented as having been a carpenter and illiterate. He represented Noxubee County, Mississippi from 1870 to 1871 and from 1874 to 1877.
Biography
Marshall B. Pitts Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. He served as the Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, for two terms from 2001 until 2005.
1952–
Marta Moreno Vega (born 1942) is the founder of the Caribbean Culture Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). She led El Museo del Barrio, is one of the founders of the Association of Hispanic Arts, and founded the Network of Centers of Color and the…
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Martell Covington is an American politician who served as a Democratic member in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from April 2022 - January 2023, representing the 24th district in Allegheny County. He won a 2022 special election to succeed Ed…
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