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1968; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a group of African American gentlemen with a woman and children in foreground lining a street sidewalk in Memphis.
1968; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a group of White gentlemen (majority wearing suits) lining a street sidewalk in Memphis. Walgreens shop shown on street corner.
1958; printed 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. being arrested inside a building. He is wearing a suit and hat and being held against a counter by two police officers. King's right hand is being held behind his back and his left hand is on the…
2010; printed 2019
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a chair owned by Martin Luther King Jr., by Platon. At the center of the photograph is a leather, wingback chair on a four ball caster, metal, swivel base. The chair appears to be dark leather. The wings of the chair flare…
2010; printed 2019
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr.’s prison cell bars in the Birmingham Prison, by Platon. The photograph depicts a close-up of the bars, lock and door to the prison cell. The lock is depicted slightly off-center, on the right. The rest…
1962
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking from a motel balcony on the right side of the image and to a crowd gathered on the left side of the image.
March 21, 1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. and rabbis Maurice Eisendrath and Abraham Heschel all wearing flower leis. Rev. Ralph Abernathy is also partially visible standing on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s right.
April 8, 1968; printed 2017
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of men and women marching in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial March, in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 8, 1968. The marchers are walking down a street. Spectators are visible on porches and balconies on the buildings lining…
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Martin Luther King (born Michael King; December 19, 1899 – November 11, 1984), commonly known as Daddy King, was an American Baptist pastor, missionary, and civil rights activist who was an early figure in the civil rights movement.
Loading image…1923–2015
Martin Ramirez Sostre (March 20, 1923 – August 12, 2015) was an American activist known for his role in the prisoners' rights movement. He was recognized as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.
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Marva Johnson is an American business executive and education policy official who was appointed president of Florida A&M University in May 2025. She previously served as chair of the Florida Board of Education from 2015 to 2017 and held roles in the cable…
1903–2000
Marvel Jackson Cooke (April 4, 1903 – November 29, 2000) was a pioneering American journalist, writer, and civil rights activist. She was the first African-American woman to work at a mainstream white-owned newspaper.
1984–
Marvelyn Brown (born May 7, 1984) is an African-American author and AIDS activist. She is the founder of Marvelous Connections, an HIV/AIDS organization founded in 2006. She wrote the autobiography The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive,…
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Marvin L. Abney (born November 10, 1949, in Texarkana, Texas) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 73 since January 1, 2013. During the legislative session beginning in 2015,…
1940–
Marvin Dunn (born June 27, 1940) is an American historian, psychology professor emeritus, author, and filmmaker. He has written about the history of African Americans in South Florida. He lives in Miami, and ran unsuccessfully for mayor of the city in 1985.
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Marvin Johnathan Rees, Baron Rees of Easton (born April 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the second and final Mayor of Bristol from 2016 to 2024. He was created a life peer in February 2025.
1957–2024
Marvin S. Robinson II (April 15, 1957 – August 22, 2024) was an American politician who served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2023 until his death in 2024. He unsuccessfully ran for reelection in August 2024, having lost the Democratic primary…
1941–2023
Marvin Stephens Arrington Sr. (February 10, 1941 – July 5, 2023) was an American judge in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia and a politician in the city of Atlanta. Elected to the Atlanta Board of Aldermen in 1969 (a precursor to the present-day…
1944–
Marvin Bailey Scott (born March 10, 1944) is an American politician and university professor at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is nationally known for his involvement in school desegregation cases, figuring in five federal desegregation…
1951
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet written by Gus Hall. The front cover features black and white print on a brown-orange background. The interior consists of twenty-four pages of text. The back contains an advertisement for New Century Publishers.
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet written by Harold Cruse. The front cover features black and white text on an orange background. The interior contains forty-six pages of text. The back of the pamphlet features an advertisement for Pathfinder Press.
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Martha "Mary" A. Harris Mason McCurdy (August 10, 1852 – June 25, 1934) was an African-American temperance advocate and suffragist. She had a career in journalism that included editing the newspaper "Women's World".
Dates not recorded
Mary Ann Whipple-Lue is the former mayor of Gordon, Georgia. Taking office in 2014, she served as the first Black and Female for one term as mayor, until 2017. Her tenure as the city's first black mayor was plagued with controversy. Allegedly, "She…
1954–
Mary Anne Adams, MSW, (born September 25, 1954) is an African American lesbian activist, social worker, and public health researcher who has focused on the health disparities within the lesbian and Black community. She also works at Georgia State…
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