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Sports & Achievement

Clarence Thomas (American football)

?–2011

Clarence "Motts" Thomas (October 17, 1945 – February 20, 2011) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bowie State University from 1974 to 1975, Morgan State University from 1978 to 1980, and at Pomona-Pitzer in Claremont,…

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Politics & Public Life

Clarence "Tiger" Davis

1942–

Clarence "Tiger" Davis (born September 25, 1942) is an American politician who represented Maryland's 45th legislative district located in northeast Baltimore City in the Maryland House of Delegates.

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Military

Clarence Van Allen

1883–1964

Corporal Clarence Roland Van Allen (July 28, 1883-November 29, 1964) was a war hero from the 372nd Infantry Regiment, an all Black unit that fought with honor in World War I. For his bravery under fire, he won the Médaille militaire, one of a few Americans…

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Politics

Clarence W. Blount

1921–2003

Clarence W. Blount (April 20, 1921 – April 12, 2003) was an American politician who was the first African American to be the majority leader of the Maryland State Senate. He represented the 41st district in Baltimore, from January 11, 1971, to January 8, 2003.

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Architecture

Clarence W. Wigington

1883–1967

Clarence Wesley "Cap" Wigington (1883-1967) was an American architect who grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. After winning three first prizes in charcoal, pencil, and pen and ink at an art competition during the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in 1899, Wigington…

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Music

Clarence Williams

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Clarence Williams (October 8, 1898 or October 6, 1893 – November 6, 1965) was an American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher.

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Sports

Claressa Shields

1995–

Claressa Maria Shields (born March 17, 1995) is an American professional boxer and former professional mixed martial artist. She has held 20 major world championships spanning five weight classes, including the undisputed female light middleweight title in…

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Arts & Performance

Clarice McLean

1936–

Clarice "Dollie" McLean (born 1936) is founding executive director of the Artists Collective, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut. McLean, born Clarice Helene Simmons in Antigua, West Indies, was raised in Manhattan, New York.

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Biography & Culture

Clarice Morant

1904–2009

Clarice Morant (August 29, 1904 – June 10, 2009), also known as Classie, was an American centenarian from Washington, D.C., who gained national media attention for her role as caregiver to Rozzie Laney, Morant's younger sister diagnosed with Alzheimer's…

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Science

Clarice Phelps

Biography

Clarice Evone Phelps (née Salone) is an American nuclear chemist researching the processing of radioactive transuranic elements at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She was part of ORNL's team that collaborated with the…

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Science & Inventions

Clarice Reid

1931–

Clarice D. Reid (born 1931) is an American pediatrician born in Birmingham, Alabama, who led the National Sickle Cell Disease Program at the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health. She went on to become…

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Literature

Clarissa Allen

1859–1941

Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen (October 1, 1859 – November 23, 1941) was an American educator and author. She wrote fictional stories about wealthy African-American families in the American South.

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Music

Clarissa Burton Cumbo

1903–1988

Clarissa Wilhelmina Burton Cumbo (January 15, 1903 – August 20, 1988) was an American musician and arts patron, based in New York and born in the British West Indies.

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Literature

Clarissa Scott Delany

1901–1927

Clarissa Scott Delany, nee Clarissa Mae Scott (1901–1927) was an African-American poet, essayist, educator and social worker associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

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Literature

Clarissa Sligh

1939–

Clarissa T. Sligh (born 1939) is an African-American book artist and photographer based in Asheville, North Carolina. At age 15, she was the lead plaintiff in a school desegregation case in Virginia. In 1988, she became a co-founder of Coast-to-Coast: A…

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Historical photographs & documents

Clark Atlanta University Tuition Pay Plan

1-3-2007

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Cataloged as “Clark Atlanta University Tuition Pay Plan” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref608
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Arts & Performance

Clark Backo

1993–

Clark Backo (born September 5, 1993) is a Canadian actress. She is most noted for her recurring role as Rosie, Wayne's love interest, in the television series Letterkenny, her starring role as Emma in the Apple TV+ television series The Changeling (2023),…

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Film & Television

Clark Johnson

1954–

Clark Johnson (born September 10, 1954) is an American-Canadian actor and director, who has worked in both television and film. He is best known for his roles as David Jefferson on Night Heat (1985–88), Clark Roberts on E.N.G. (1989–94), Meldrick Lewis in…

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Sports

Clark Kellogg

1961–

Clark Clifton Kellogg Jr. (born July 2, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player who is the lead college basketball analyst for CBS Sports. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Indiana Pacers.

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Arts & Performance

Clark Moore

1991–

Clark Moore (born 1991) is an American actor and writer. He is best known for the role of Ethan in the film Love, Simon and the role of AJ on the final season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

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Literature

Clark Terry

1920–2015

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in the genre, and a composer and educator. Terry performed with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke Ellington…

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Photographs and Still Images

Clark Terry, 1996

1996

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A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician Clark Terry playing flugelhorn at a performance in Hollywood, FL. Terry is photographed from a low angle and from the waist up. He is holding the flugelhorn upside down while playing and stands in front of a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.120
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Sports

Clarke Carlisle

1979–

Clarke James Carlisle (born 14 October 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and was chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association. Born in Preston, he began playing football at a young age, taking inspiration…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
yearbooks

Class album for the 101st Airborne Division

1955

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Black hardcover yearbook with central image featuring an eagle drawn in profile. Gold type on front cover reads, [101st/AIRBORNE DIVISION/FORT JACKSON, S.C./COMPANY F,/501ST AIRBORNE INFANTRY REGT.].

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.215.3
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