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Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is an American political activist, journalist and author who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. While on death row,…
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Munira Yasin Abdullahi is both the first Muslim woman and first Somali woman to serve in the Ohio State Legislature. She is the representative for Ohio House District 9.
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Munroe Bergdorf (née Beaumont; born 11 September 1987) is an English model and activist. She has walked several catwalks for brands including Gypsy Sport at both London and NYC Fashion Weeks. Bergdorf was the first transgender model in the UK for L'Oréal,…
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On the night of September 6, 2018, 26-year-old accountant Botham Jean was murdered in Dallas, Texas, United States, by off-duty Dallas Police Department patrol officer Amber Guyger, who entered Jean's apartment and fatally shot him. Guyger, who said that…
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Lemuel Augustus Penn (September 19, 1915 – July 11, 1964) was the Assistant Superintendent of Washington, D.C. public schools, a decorated veteran of World War II and a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve who was murdered by members of the…
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Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician who has served as the mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented the 4th ward as a member of the Council of the District…
1914–2011
Muriel Petioni (January 1, 1914 – December 6, 2011) was an American physician and community activist in Harlem. She was known as the "matron of Harlem health" because she sought to fulfill the healthcare needs of the underprivileged people in Harlem. She…
1952–
Murlene Johnson Randle (born March 31, 1952) is a judge of the San Francisco County Superior Court since 2020. She is the former Director of the Office of Criminal Justice for San Francisco and a Discrimination Attorney.
1876–1921
Musette Brooks Gregory (October 10, 1876 – July 26, 1921) was an African-American suffragist and civil rights activist.
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a musician sitting at a piano during Poor People's Campaign. He is sitting in profile and has curly hair and a goatee. He is wearing glasses and a beanie and has a cigarette in his mouth. He is hunched forward. There is a…
1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet written by Benjamin Davis. The front cover has black print and a series of vertical black bars on a gray background. The interior consists of fifteen pages of text. The back of the pamphlet has an advertisement for New Era Book & Sub Agency…
July 1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a smashed department store window along Springfield Avenue in Newark, NJ. Broken mannequin body parts and other debris are scattered on the sidewalk. The image shows an example of the destruction caused during the 1967…
1950–2023
Dr. Mutulu Shakur Sr. (born Jeral Wayne Williams; August 8, 1950 – July 7, 2023) was an American activist and a member of the Black Liberation Army who was sentenced to sixty years in prison for his alleged involvement in a 1981 robbery of a Brinks armored…
Dates not recorded
Mwende Katwiwa, who performs under the name FreeQuency, is a Kenyan-American slam poet, community organizer, and activist. Their poems address issues of identity, emotion, racism, colonialism, and police brutality in the United States. They live in New…
1996
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA signed, leather hardcover first edition of My American Journey, written by General Colin L. Powell. The book features blue leather, a hubbed spine with gold text and ornamentation, sewn-in acid-neutral paper pages, a satin ribbon page marker, and gilded…
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover first edition of My American Journey, written by General Colin L. Powell. The book features a glossy white paper jacket over its white hardcover. The fabric blue spine displays the book title, authors, and the Random House publisher name with…
1995; published 2002
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA dark green box-case for the Taiwanese two-set edition of My American Journey (Wo dì meiguó zhi lu) written by General Colin L. Powell. This case for the book set in constructed of a dark green glossy paper covering over dark green cardboard and features…
1995; printed 2002
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover Russian edition of General Colin L. Powell’s autobiography, titled ?? ???? ? ???????????? ????? (na puti k amerikanskoy mechte) [On the Way to the American Dream], originally published as My American Journey in the U.S. The glossy, white cover…
1995; published 2002
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover Taiwanese edition of General Colin Powell's autobiography, My American Journey(Wo dì meiguó zhi lu), the first in a two-volume translation set, written by General Colin L. Powell. The hardcover book has a glossy dark green background and…
1995; published 2002
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA hardcover Taiwanese edition of General Colin Powell's autobiography, My American Journey (Wo dì meiguó zhi lu), the second in a two-volume translation set, written by General Colin L. Powell. The hardcover book has a glossy dark green background and…
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of two feet, bandaged and bloody, next to a boot. The feet belong to someone participating in the Selma to Montgomery march.
1968-2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “My Lai Massacre”.
2020
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA mini zine from the Kids Solidarity Mini Zine Pack titled My Musical Zine, designed by Jennifer White-Johnson and written by Kevin “Knox” Johnson III. The mini zine is constructed from a single sheet of hot pink paper that has a slit at the center and has…
1947; printed 1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack and white linocut of a woman behind a barbed wire fence with a wooden post. The woman is in the center of the image with her head and shoulders visible. The title is handwritten in graphite below the image and the work is signed. The reverse is blank.
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