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Michael Hanchard, often published as Michael G. Hanchard, is an American political scientist, currently the Gustave C. Kuemmerle Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the director of the Marginalized Populations…
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Michael B. Hancock (born July 29, 1969) is an American author and politician who served as the 45th mayor of Denver, Colorado from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was in his second term as the Denver City Councilor from the 11th district…
1960–
Michael R. "Harry-O" Harris (born September 20, 1960) is an American hip hop music industry executive, entrepreneur, and social activist. Harris received a 28-year prison sentence in 1987 for crack dealing, kidnapping, and attempted murder. While in…
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Michael John Hastings, Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick, CBE (born 29 January 1958) is a British Crossbench member of the House of Lords, educator, business executive and public servant. In 2005, he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Hastings of…
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Michael J. Jones (born 1967) is an American pastor and politician who has served in the Virginia Senate as a Democrat representing the 15th district since 2026. From 2024 to 2025, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 77th district.
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Dr. Michael K. Dorsey is an environmental scientist, advocate, scholar, and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder and principal of Around the Corner Capital, an energy advisory and impact finance platform.
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Michael K. Fauntroy is an American political scientist. He was formerly a professor in the political science department at Howard University, where he has also been the associate chair. In 2018 he became the acting director of the Ronald W. Walters…
1948–
Michael Lawrence Douglas (born March 13, 1948) is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada. He was appointed in 2004, and his term ended in 2019. When Douglas was appointed, he became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice in the State of…
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Michael Lawrence Williams (born May 31, 1953) is an American educator and attorney who served as the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency from 2012 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the Texas Railroad Commission from…
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Michael-Leon Wooley is an American actor. He was the voice of Louis the Alligator in Disney's Oscar-nominated animated feature film, The Princess and the Frog and played Judge Grady on the radio station WKTT in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV.
1924–1997
Manley pursued social democratic reforms, non-alignment and regional cooperation across two terms as Jamaica's prime minister.
1969–
Michael Imanu McGee Jr. (born Michael Imanu Jackson; October 7, 1969), is an American politician who served as alderman of Milwaukee's Sixth District. He was elected in April 2004 to become along with his father, former alderman Michael McGee Sr., the…
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Michael A. Middleton is an American academic, a deputy chancellor emeritus, and a professor emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Law. On November 12, 2015, he was appointed interim president of the University of Missouri after the previous…
1966–2022
Michael S. Hinson Jr. (1966–2022) was an American Black and LGBTQ activist, educator, and researcher who lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the chief executive officer of SELF, Inc.
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Michael Stephen Steele (born October 19, 1958) is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007 and as chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 2009…
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Maurice Woodside (born April 24, 1959), nicknamed Michael the Black Man, also known as Michael Symonette and Mikael Israel, is an American political figure from Miami, Florida. An outspoken supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, he is known for…
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Michael Thompson is a Canadian politician who has been a Toronto city councillor since 2003. He currently represents Ward 21 Scarborough Centre.
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Born in Haiti, Jean became a journalist and served as Canada’s 27th Governor General and later head of La Francophonie.
1957–
Michel J. Faulkner (; born May 21, 1957) is a former New York Jets football player who is the pastor of New Horizon Church in New York City. Faulkner was the 2010 Republican nominee for U.S. Representative for New York's 15th congressional district, and…
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Michele Denise Hotten (born April 20, 1954) is a senior justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland appointed by Governor Larry Hogan.
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Michele Kenyette Rayner (born September 25, 1981) is an American attorney and politician. She has served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2020, representing District 62 in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties.
1951–
Micheline A. Rawlins (born 1951) is a lawyer and judge in Ontario, Canada. She was the first black woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice.
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Michelle Alexander (born October 7, 1967) is an American writer, attorney, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her 2010 book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Since 2018, she has been an opinion columnist for…
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Michelle Denise Bernard (born July 30, 1963, Washington, D.C.) is an American journalist, political analyst, lawyer, author, and President and CEO of the Bernard Center For Women, Politics & Public Policy.
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