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Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Recording Artist and Actress

Music

Mandy Moore is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She signed with Epic Records in 1999. As of 2009, Billboard reported that Moore had sold more than ten million albums worldwide. In 2019, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Malika Haqq
Malika Haqq
Actress

Television

Malika Haqq is an American actress and television personality who is best known for her role as Penny in the 2005 film "Sky High". She has also been a recurring cast member of reality television show "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" since season 2.

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Malik B.
Malik B.
Founding Member, The Roots

Music

Malik B. was an American rapper and singer who was a founding member of The Roots. He appeared on the first four albums released by The Roots, before departing the group. He returned as a featured artist for some later albums.

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Actor

Television

Malcolm-Jamal Warner is an American actor, musician, director, producer, writer, and consultant. He is best known for his roles as Theo Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" and as Malcolm McGee on the UPN sitcom "Malcolm & Eddie".

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Malcolm X
Malcolm X
African-American Muslim Minister and Human Rights Activist

Activism

To the admirers of Malcolm X, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence.

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Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai
Co-Recipient, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize

Activism

Malala Yousafzai is an activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan.

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MAJOR.
MAJOR.
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

MAJOR. is a Grammy Award nominee, soul musician, singer-songwriter, vocal producer, and stage performance coach. His debut album "Even More", was released on September 7, 2018. He starred as Rashad in the television musical drama "Star" (FOX).

Tags: Houston, Texas · Curtis Mayfield · Confidence Coaching · Even More · Star · FOX · EMPIRE · Berklee College of Music · Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts · Grammy Award Nominee

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Leader, Indian independence Movement

Activism

Gandhi was an Indian activist, who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

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Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Mahalia Jackson was a singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. With a career spanning 40 years, she was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black churches throughout the United States.

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Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
Actress

Film

Maggie Smith has had an extensive, varied career on stage, film, and television, spanning over 68 years. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 for contributions to the performing arts, and a Companion of Honour in 2014 for services to drama.

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Magdallan
Magdallan
Recording Group

Music

Magdallan (later known as Magdalen), was a Christian metal supergroup, originally started in 1990, as a studio project and collaboration between Ken Tamplin and Lanny Cordola. The band was active from 1990 to 1995, and released 2 albums and an EP.

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Madonna
Madonna
7-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Madonna is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Having sold more than 300 million records worldwide, she is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by Guinness World Records.

Tags: Singer · Actress · Queen of Pop · Controversy · Critical Acclaim · Golden Globe Award Winner · Guinness World Records · Greatest Artists of All Time · Grammy Award Winner · MTV Video Music Award Winner

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Madeline Manning
Madeline Manning
Olympian (1968, 1972, 1976)

Sports

Madeline Manning is a former American runner. Between 1967 and 1981 she won ten national titles and set a number of American records. She participated in the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Summer Olympics.

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Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker
Entrepreneur

Business

Madam C. J. Walker was an African-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a political and social activist. She was considered the wealthiest African-American businesseswoman and wealthiest self-made woman in America at the time of her death in 1919.

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Macy Gray
Macy Gray
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Macy Gray is a singer-songwriter and actress. She is known for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday. Gray has released ten studio albums, and received five Grammy Award nominations, winning one.

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Machine Gun Kelly
Machine Gun Kelly
Recording Artist

Music

Machine Gun Kelly is a apper, singer, songwriter, and actor from Cleveland, Ohio. His major label debut album, "Lace Up", was released in October 2012 to positive response from critics. The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart.

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Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Culkin
Golden Globe Award Nominee

Film

Macaulay Culkin is best known for his role as Kevin McCallister in the Christmas films "Home Alone" (1990), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992).

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Mac Dre
Mac Dre
Recording Artist

Music

Mac Dre was an American rapper, hip-hop pioneer, and record producer based in Vallejo, California. He was instrumental in the emergence of hyphy, a cultural movement in the Bay Area hip-hop scene that emerged in the early 2000s.

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Mac Davis
Mac Davis
3-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Mac Davis was a country music singer, songwriter, and actor. He enjoyed much crossover success. His early work writing for Elvis Presley produced the hits "Memories", "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "A Little Less Conversation".

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Mac Band
Recording Group

Music

Mac Band was an American R&B group from Flint, Michigan, formed by four brothers as the primary vocalists. They are best remembered for their 1988 hit "Roses Are Red".

Tags: R&B · Flint, Michigan · Roses Are Red · Babyface · Atlantic Starr · Stonebridge United Methodist Church · McKinney, Texas · McCampbell Brothers · MCA Records · Unidisc Music

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Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Mother of the Blues

Music

Ma Rainey was one of the earliest African-American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of blues singers to record. The "Mother of the Blues", she bridged earlier vaudeville and the authentic expression of southern blues.

Collections: Black Music Month

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M.C. El Bee
Recording Artist and Author, "A Gangsta'z Tale Hip-Hop in Da '70s: Invisible Legends of Hip-Hop"

Music

Author Larry Boatright, also known as M.C. El Bee in the hip-hop community, talks about the birth and propagation of hip-hop in the 1970s and 1980s in his biography "A Gangsta'z Tale Hip-Hop in Da '70s: Invisible Legends of Hip-Hop".

Tags: Hip-Hop · Ghettologist · Jeweler · Invisible Legend of Hip-Hop · Legendary · Biography · 1970s · 1980s · Musical Phenomenon · Cultural Significance

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M. Night Shyamalan
M. Night Shyamalan
Academy Award Nominee

Film

M. Night Shyamalan is known for making films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings. His most well-received films include the supernatural horror thriller "The Sixth Sense" (1999), of which he received a nomination for an Academy Award.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Lynyrd Skynyrd was an American rock band best known for having popularized the Southern rock genre during the 1970s. Lynyrd Skynyrd has sold 28 million records in the United States. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006.

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Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield
Primetime Emmy Award Winner and 7-Time NAACP Image Award Winner

Television

Lynn Whitfield won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical drama film "The Josephine Baker Story" (1991).

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