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The Black Names Project celebrates African-American names and the people behind the names by including mini-biographies of historical and famous people. We regularly add new bios. Learn more about the people....
- Madam C.J. Walker
- Major Taylor
- Malcolm Little
- Malcolm X
- Margaret Ann Holloway
- Marlon Humphrey
- Marshall Walter Taylor
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Mary Winston Jackson
- Mary Hattie Graham Turner
- Mary Turner
- Matt Judon
- Maurice Canady
- Maxine Moore Waters
- Medgar Wiley Evers
- Michael King, Jr.
- Michael Pierce
- Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
- Mike Espy
- Mike Wallace
- Mildred Delores Jeter Loving
- Mildred Loving
- Mingo
- Mintil Gardner
- Minty Ross
- Molefi Kete Asante
- Moses Updike
- Muhammad Ali