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Melat Asfawosen Kiros (born 1997) is an American lawyer, graduate student, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, she is the Democratic nominee for Colorado's 1st congressional district in 2026, having…
1904–1985
Melerson Guy Dunham (May 6, 1904 – December 1985) was an American educator and activist from the state of Mississippi. She put herself through college and graduate school working in the fields and as a domestic worker. Mississippi Minister Industrial…
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Melesa Johnson (born October 7, 1989) is an American attorney and politician serving as the Jackson County prosecutor. She is the first Black person to hold the office, and is a member of the Democratic Party. Johnson was raised in Kansas City and began…
Biography
Melissa Austin Long (born 1970 or 1971) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court since 2021. She previously served as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court from 2017 to 2021.
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Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry (born October 2, 1973), formerly known as Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell, is an American writer, professor, television host, and political commentator with a focus on African-American politics. Harris-Perry hosted the…
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Melissa Nobles (born May 13, 1963) is an American political scientist. Since August 2021, she has served as Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 7th chancellor, the university's top administrator for student life. At MIT, she is also the Class of 1922…
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Melnea Agnes Cass (née Jones; June 16, 1896 – December 16, 1978) was an American community and civil rights activist. She was deeply involved in many community projects and volunteer groups in the South End and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston and helped…
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Melody C. Barnes (born April 29, 1964) is an American lawyer and political advisor. Formerly an aide and chief counsel to Senator Ted Kennedy on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Barnes later worked at the Center for American Progress, a think tank, before…
1962–
Melody J. Stewart (born February 19, 1962) was a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. She formerly served as a Judge on the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals. Stewart was elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 2018, having defeated incumbent Justice Mary…
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Melva Lorinda Price (November 14, 1902 – April 10, 1996) was an American educator and activist based in New York City. She taught Latin and other subjects for over thirty years in the New York public schools, and was active in Harlem with the YWCA, Alpha…
1898–1966
Melvin Beaunorus Tolson (February 6, 1898 – August 29, 1966) was an American poet, educator, columnist, and politician. As a poet, he was influenced both by Modernism and the language and experiences of African Americans, and he was deeply influenced by…
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Melvin Whitfield Carter III (born January 8, 1979) is an American politician who was the 55th mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Elected to his first term in 2017 and reelected in 2021, Carter was St. Paul's first African American mayor.
1958–
Melvin L. Claxton (born 1958) is an American journalist, author, and entrepreneur. He has written about crime, corruption, and the abuse of political power. He is best known for his 1995 series of investigative reports on corruption in the criminal justice…
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Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. (May 4, 1937 – March 30, 2026) was an American abstract sculptor, printmaker, and arts educator. Edwards, an African-American artist, was raised in segregated communities in Texas and an integrated community in Ohio. He moved to…
1957–
Melvin Everson (born September 24, 1957) is an American minister and politician from Georgia. Everson is a former Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 106th District, serving until 2011.
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Melvin Goddin was a state legislator in Texas. He was a delegate to the 1875 Texas Constitutional Convention. He was one of six African American delegates, all Republicans. He resigned on the convention's second day. He represented the fifteenth district.…
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Melvin Herbert Evans (August 7, 1917 – November 27, 1984) was an American politician who served as the first elected governor of the United States Virgin Islands and was the first black person elected governor in the United States' history. After his…
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Melvin "Butch" Hollowell Jr. (born 1959 or 1960) is an American lawyer and politician. In 2002, Hollowell was Democratic nominee for Michigan Secretary of State, but was defeated by Terri Lynn Land.
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Melvin L. Stukes (March 15, 1948 – September 21, 2024) was an American politician who represented the 44th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates. Stukes was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Legislative Black Caucus…
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Melvin T. Mason (born January 7, 1943) is an American politician who ran as Socialist Workers Party candidate for President of the United States in the 1984 United States presidential election.
1941–2015
Melvin Douglas "Little Melvin" Williams (December 14, 1941 – December 3, 2015) was an American actor, author, entrepreneur, public speaker, educator, community activist, gambler and reformed drug trafficker. Considered a drug kingpin in the 1960s, Williams…
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Melvin X (born Melvin Bishop Williams; died June 22, 1970) was the cofounder of the Black Student Union at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1966.
1954–2003
Melvonna "Mel" Marie Ballenger (August 6, 1954 – June 25, 2003) was an American director, producer, and writer who created activist short films, known for her involvement in the L.A. Rebellion film movement. She died at the age of 48 from breast cancer.
January 15, 1969; printed 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph shows unidentified members of the military outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church after the first commemorative event on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday in 1969. There are four men in uniform, one of whom is obscured by two…
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