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Mary Washington Howe (January 8, 1852 – March 20, 1900) was an American educator in Wilmington, North Carolina. She was the first and only female principal of the Williston Graded School.
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Mary D. Watkins (born 1939, Denver, Colorado) is an American composer and pianist in jazz and classical music. Watkins graduated from Howard University in 1972 and began performing in jazz ensembles in Washington, D.C. shortly after. Watkins released…
c.1862–1905
Mary Weston Fordham (c.1843–1905) was an African American poet and teacher. She published the poetry collection Magnolia Leaves in 1897.
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Mary Wineberg (née Danner, born January 3, 1980) is an American track and field athlete from Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Walnut Hills High School, she attended the University of Cincinnati on a track…
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Maryrose Reeves Allen (November 5, 1899 – January 14, 1992) was an American college professor and administrator. She was a physical education professor at Howard University from 1925 to 1967, and founded the Negro Women's Intercollegiate Athletic…
[ca. 1910]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOrginal caption reads, "Masasi Mission Station. Universities' Mission to Central Africa." Printed caption on verso reads, "Pictorial Post Card Lagos.".
1898
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Massachusetts Nautical Training School certificate for graduation of Alfred Stearns Pratt for Seamanship and Navigation” (Text).
Loading image…1970–
Mat Johnson (born August 19, 1970, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American fiction writer who works in both prose and the comics format. In 2007, he was named the first USA James Baldwin Fellow by United States Artists.
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Mathew Knowles (born January 9, 1952) is an American record executive, businessman and university lecturer. He is best known for being the manager of Destiny's Child. He also once managed the solo careers of his daughters Beyoncé and Solange Knowles.
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Mathilda Taylor Beasley, OSF (November 14, 1832 – December 20, 1903) was a Black Catholic educator and religious leader who was the first African American nun to serve in the state of Georgia. She founded a group of African-American nuns and one of the…
1887–1957
Matilda Booker (born Matilda V. Mosley; September 18, 1887 – June 27, 1957) was an American educator. Born in Halifax County to parents Killis Mosley and Tamara Smith Mosley, Booker began her education at thirteen, going on to become supervisor of two…
1970–
Matthew Leon Jones OBE (born 9 October 1970) is an English former footballer who played as a winger. He was awarded an OBE in 2020 for services to education.
1971–
Matthew Lawton, Jr. (born November 30, 1971) is an American former professional baseball player whose career spanned 15 seasons, including 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Lawton, an outfielder, made his major league debut September 5, 1995, with…
1953–
Matthew Simon (born December 6, 1953) is an American football coach and former player. He is the offensive coordinator for Alfred University, a position he has held since 2026. Simon has previously coached in the collegiate ranks, most notably as head…
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Matthew Kambolambi Bergeron (born February 26, 2000) is a Canadian professional football guard for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). A native of Quebec, he moved to the United States to play college football at Syracuse.
1840–1900
Matthew Gaines (August 4, 1840 – June 11, 1900) was a former slave, community leader, minister, and Republican Texas state senator during the Reconstruction era. As one of the first two African American state senators ever elected in Texas alongside George…
1936–2011
Matthew Jones (September 17, 1936 – March 30, 2011) was an African-American folk singer/songwriter known for being a field secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and part of their The Freedom Singers in the 1960s. Jones was from…
Biography
Matthew Nojimu Olanipekun Sadiku from the Prairie View A&M University, Cypress, TX was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013 "for contributions to computational electromagnetics and engineering education". He…
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Matthew Oliver Ricketts (April 3, 1858 – January 3, 1917) was an American politician and physician. He was the first African-American member of the Nebraska Legislature, where he served two terms in the Nebraska House of Representatives (the lower house of…
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Rev. Matthew Simpson Davage (June 16, 1879 – September 20, 1976) also known as M. S. Davage, was an American educator, college and university president, businessperson, and minister. He served as president of George R. Smith College (from 1914 to 1916);…
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Matthew Winfred Dogan (December 21, 1863 – June 17, 1947) was an African American academic administrator. He was the seventh president of Wiley College, serving for 46 years. He also established the Southern Athletic Conference, now known as the…
2022
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history interview with Mrs. Mattie Payne Morrison Holmes. It consists of a single MOV file (.mov). The interview was captured at her home in Dublin, Virginia, on May 26, 2022, as part of the NMAAHC Collection Donor Oral History Collection. Ms.…
1918–2003
Mattiedna Johnson (7 April 1918 – December 2003) was an African American nurse and laboratory technician. In the 1940s, she played a pertinent role in the cure for the fatal scarlet fever epidemic and other diseases that soldiers in World War II were…
1868–1972
Maud Anna Berry Fuller (October 7, 1868 – January 26, 1972), also known as M. A. B. Smith and M. A. B. Fuller, was an American educator and a leader in the Baptist church. She was the founder and the editor of the Woman's Helper, a national newspaper.…
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