The collar for a Cleopatra ballet costume worn by Lauren Anderson for the Houston Ballet Company. The collar is a deep red color with metallic red threads. There is a shiny gold appliqué on the collar in varying shapes, including loops and swirls. There…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.19.4
A snake headband from a Cleopatra ballet costume. The headband features a gold pliable band with braided metallic gold threads around it. The back of the headband appears to have been previously attached with thread but is now separated. The braided…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.19.5
The gold skirt of a costume for Cleopatra worn by Lauren Anderson for the Houston Ballet Company. The body of the skirt is gold and the back hem is longer than the front. The waistband features a gold appliqué with gold mesh and multicolored beads, pearls,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.19.1
Cleophus Emmanuel Cooksey Jr. (born March 25, 1982) is an American convicted spree killer and serial rapist who was found guilty in 2025 of killing eight people during a three-week killing spree in the Phoenix metropolitan area in late 2017. Cooksey was…
Cleophus C. Hatcher (June 18, 1925 – August 1983) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Claflin College (now known as Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Mississippi Vocational College (now known as…
Cleora Butler (1901–1985) was a chef, caterer and cookbook writer based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is the author of the 1985 book Cleora's Kitchens: The Memoir of a Cook and Eight Decades of Great American Food, a memoir about her life as a house cook in…
Clervie Ngounoue (born 19 July 2006) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 169 by the WTA, achieved on 10 November 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No.
Cleveland Leigh "Cleve" Abbott (December 9, 1894 – April 14, 1955) was an American college football and college basketball coach, athletics administrator, and educator. He was the head coach of the Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team from 1923 to 1954.
Cleve Bryant (March 27, 1947 – January 31, 2023) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Ohio University from 1985 to 1989. Bryant was later the Associate Athletics Director for Football Operations for the…
Cleveland Francis Jr. (born April 22, 1945) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and cardiologist based in Washington, D.C. Active since the late 1960s, Francis has recorded a total of ten albums, including three for Liberty Records. He has…
Cleveland Campbell (born 3 October 1977 in Rochdale, UK) is a British actor. His family is originally from Kingston, Jamaica. He is best known for his role in ITV's Emmerdale as Danny Daggert.
Cleveland Moland Colbert (October 6, 1906–January 23, 1962) was an African American 20th-century community organizer, political candidate, and author. Colbert served as the president of the Afro American National Economical Society (AANES) in the 1940s. In…
Cleveland Josephus Eaton II (August 31, 1939 – July 5, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist, producer, arranger, composer, publisher, and head of his own record company in Fairfield, Alabama, south of Huntsville. His most famous accomplishments were…
A promotional pencil for the Cleveland Indians from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The sharpened graphite pencil has a white, round body with black text that reads [Cleveland Indians] in cursive on one side and the reproduction of an…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.1.34
Cleveland "Cleve" Lewis (born November 1, 1955) is an American retired professional soccer player who was the first African American drafted by the North American Soccer League.
