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Historical photographs & visual records

Mozambique Mädchenschule in Boroma

circa 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Mozambique, Mädchenschule in Boroma; Mozambique; Aula de raparigas en Boroma." Translated caption reads: "Mozambique; Girls' school in Boroma." Printed text on verso reads: "663 12 F 79.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MZ 2012-001-1247
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Historical photographs & visual records

Mr. C.W. Hattersley and teachers at Mengo Boys School, Mengo, Kampala

1900 November

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Cataloged as “Mr. C.W. Hattersley and teachers at Mengo Boys School, Mengo, Kampala” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0078
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Music

Mr. Collipark

1970–

Michael Antoine Crooms (born October 5, 1970), better known by his stage name Mr. Collipark, is an American hip-hop producer and the president of his own Atlanta-based record label, ColliPark Music, which was founded in 1999. The name Collipark was derived…

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Photographs and Still Images

Mr Isaac Farris Sr., Dr. King's brother-in-law and Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, president of Morehouse College, seated in audience

January 15, 1969; printed 2011

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This black and white photograph shows the crowd for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969 at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Most attendees are seated throughout the photograph. There are some people standing against the back wall and in the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.94.12
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Music

Muhal Richard Abrams

1930–2017

Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium. He recorded and toured the United States,…

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Biography & Culture

Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman

1994–

Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (born September 1, 1994) is an American-Saudi Arabian professional basketball player for Treviso Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. Abdur-Rahkman played high school…

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Politics & Public Life

Muhammad Kenyatta

1945–1992

Muhammad I. Kenyatta (born Donald Brooks Jackson; March 3, 1944 – January 3, 1992), was an American professor, civil rights leader, and international human rights advocate. In the 1960s, he worked for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which…

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Biography & Culture

Muhammad Wilkerson

1989–

Muhammad Hassan "Mo" Wilkerson (born October 22, 1989) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Temple Owls, and was selected by the New York Jets…

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Sports

Muhsin Muhammad

1973–

Muhsin Muhammad II (; born Melvin Darnell Campbell Jr. on May 5, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), playing 14 seasons.…

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Military

Murder of Lemuel Penn

1915–1964

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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Education & Scholarship

Muriel A. Howard

Biography

Muriel A. Howard (b. 1947/1948) (formerly Muriel A. Moore) is the former president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) in Washington, D.C., and served as the seventh president of Buffalo State College at the State…

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Education & Scholarship

Musette Brooks Gregory

1876–1921

Musette Brooks Gregory (October 10, 1876 – July 26, 1921) was an African-American suffragist and civil rights activist.

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Arts & Performance

Mustapha Khan

Biography

Mustapha Khan is an American film and television director, best known for such films and television shows as Imagining America, Rocksteady, Sesame Street and The Electric Company. The son of a Caribbean immigrant, Khan graduated in 1980 from Moorestown…

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Music

Mwata Bowden

1947–

Mwata Bowden (born October 11, 1947 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States) is an American jazz reeds player associated with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and an instructor in improvisational Jazz at the University of Chicago. He…

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Literature & Journalism

Mwatabu S. Okantah

1952–

Mwatabu S. Okantah (born August 18, 1952 in Newark, New Jersey, United States) is an American poet, essayist, professor, and vocalist.

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Civil Rights

Mwende Katwiwa

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…

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Books and Published Materials

My American Journey

1996

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A 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…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.42.1
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Books and Published Materials

My American Journey

1995

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A 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…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.42.2
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Books and Published Materials

My American Journey

1995; published 2002

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A 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…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.42.4.3
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Books and Published Materials

My American Journey (Russian Edition)

1995; printed 2002

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A 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…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.42.9
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Books and Published Materials

My American Journey (Taiwanese Edition)

1995; published 2002

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A 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…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.42.4.1
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Books and Published Materials

My American Journey (Taiwanese Edition)

1995; published 2002

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A 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…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.42.4.2
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

My Musical Zine

2020

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A 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…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.87.5.2.2
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