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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Chelsea Surpris

1996–

Chelsea Ariane Surpris (born 20 December 1996) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club SC Sand. Internationally, she plays for the Haiti national team, despite previously representing the United States…

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Literature

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe

Biography

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe is a Nigerian–Canadian author and academic. She is best known for her 2019 family saga novel The Son of the House which she won the Nigeria Prize for Literature awards for in 2021. She is also a Professor of Law at Babcock University,…

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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Cherie Johnson

1975–

Cherie Johnson (born November 21, 1975) is an American actress, writer, film producer, and author. She is known for her roles on Punky Brewster as Punky's best friend Cherie and Family Matters, where she played Laura Winslow's best friend Maxine Johnson…

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Education & Scholarship

Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan

1951–

Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan (born 24 July 1951) is an African-American womanist theologian, professor, author, poet, and an elder in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. She is Professor Emerita of Religion and Women's Studies and Director of Women's…

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Literature

Cheryl Clarke

1947

Cheryl Lynn Clarke (born Washington D.C., May 16, 1947) is an American lesbian poet, essayist, educator, and Black feminist community activist. Her scholarship focuses on African-American women's literature, black lesbian feminism, and the Black Arts…

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Film & Television

Cheryl Dunye

1966–

Cheryl Dunye (; born May 13, 1966) is a Liberian-American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress. She is the daughter of Edith Irene Hamilton Dunye and George Kekura Dunye. She was born in Liberia, but shortly after, her family moved to…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Chest of drawers from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

mid 20th century

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A chest of drawers from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The four tier chest of drawers is primarily constructed from wood with a reddish brown finish and has eight, matching brass oval drop swing handles on the drawer fronts. The top tier has two small, equal…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.19
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Costume

Chest piece for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume

2015

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The chest piece, or collar, of a man's costume for the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami, Florida. The chest piece has a circular neck hole and rests across the shoulders and chest of the wearer. It has an elaborate yellow, white, red, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.140.3
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Biography & Culture

Chester Talton

1941–2025

Chester Lovelle Talton (September 22, 1941 – November 20, 2025) was an American bishop in the Episcopal Church who served as the Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of San Joaquin.

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Literature

Cheyne

Biography

Cheyne Anderson, better known mononymously as Cheyne, is an American R&B singer who was still a teenager when her song "Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)" hit number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1985. She also contributed to the…

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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Chi Chi DeVayne

1985–2020

Zavion Michael Davenport (September 24, 1985 – August 20, 2020), better known by the stage name Chi Chi DeVayne, was an American drag queen and reality television personality who came to international attention on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race…

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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights & Community

Chi Ossé

1998–

Chi Ajani Ossé ( CHEE oh-SAY, born March 18, 1998) is an American politician and activist from New York City who serves as a member of the New York City Council for the 36th district, based largely in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant, and…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Chicago Bears jersey worn by Gale Sayers

1963-1973

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Game-worn and signed Chicago Bears jersey worn by Gale Sayers. The white jersey is made of a thin, slightly see-through material. It has a navy-blue trim around the neckline. There is a navy number “40” outlined in orange and sewn onto the front of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.91.2
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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Chidera Eggerue

1994–

Chidera Eggerue (pen name, The Slumflower) is a British Nigerian writer and fashion blogger. She is best known for her book, What a Time to Be Alone, and the online campaign #SaggyBoobsMatter.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Chiedozie Ogbene

1997–

Chiedozie Somkelechukwu Ogbene (born 1 May 1997) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Lincoln City on loan from Premier League club Ipswich Town, and the Republic of Ireland national team. Ogbene began his…

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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Chief Adedayo and Egungun Gbeboloja visiting neighboring compounds

1981

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Cataloged as “Chief Adedayo and Egungun Gbeboloja visiting neighboring compounds” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-1078
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chief Adedayo with Egungun Gbeboloja, Ile Asamo

1981

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Cataloged as “Chief Adedayo with Egungun Gbeboloja, Ile Asamo” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-1076
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chief Alapinni holding his egungun staff, Ile Alapinni

1981

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Cataloged as “Chief Alapinni holding his egungun staff, Ile Alapinni” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-1218
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chief Ali dressed as priest of Obatala

1981

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Cataloged as “Chief Ali dressed as priest of Obatala” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2252
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chief Aloyin dressed in his paaka

1981

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Cataloged as “Chief Aloyin dressed in his paaka” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-1179
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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance

1890–1932

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance (born Sylvester Clark Long; December 1, 1890 – March 20, 1932) was a mixed race Native-American journalist, writer and film actor, believed today to be of Lumbee descent, who, for a time, became internationally prominent as a…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Chief Elemona holding his egungun staff, Ile Elemona

1981

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Cataloged as “Chief Elemona holding his egungun staff, Ile Elemona” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-1026
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chief Esafin and women of Ile Esafin

1981

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Cataloged as “Chief Esafin and women of Ile Esafin” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-1095
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chief Esafin with Egungun Orefonmugun, Ile Elemokun

1981

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Cataloged as “Chief Esafin with Egungun Orefonmugun, Ile Elemokun” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-1093
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