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BIOGRAPHY
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
Photographs and Still Images

Class photo album for a Booker T. Washington High School reunion, Tulsa

July 1978

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A class photo album made for a Booker T. Washington High School reunion in Tulsa, Oklahoma, held July 20 - 23, 1978, for classes 1916 through the 1920s. The album consists of twenty-eight (28) photocopied pages of black ink printed on white paper and is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.145
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Classic Chrysoprase

ca. 1972

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This is the Classic Chrysoprase ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The ring's sterling silver band is a split shank design, with the split into two bands creating a large bridge in which floats a large, green cabochon stone. The speckled…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.12.3
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Classic Translucency

ca. 1967

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This is the Classic Translucency ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The ring's wide and flat sterling silver band is open-ended at the base and features a large chalcedony cabochon. The chalcedony stone is a translucent, grayish white and has…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.12.6
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Literature

Claude McKay

1889–1948

Born in Jamaica, McKay became a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance, whose poem 'If We Must Die' and novel Home to Harlem shaped Black literary modernism.

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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Claudine

1974

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A romantic comedy with the title Claudine. It consists of two reels of 16mm color acetate film with optical sound. In the opening scene, Claudine (Diahann Carroll), a single mother of six who, in addition to working as a maid, relies on Welfare to support…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.56.1ab
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Music

Claudja Barry

1952–

Claudja Barry (born in 1952) is a Jamaican-born Canadian singer. Her successful songs were "Down and Counting", "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes" (which peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 9 June 1979), "Dancing Fever", and others.

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Literature

Clay Evans

1925–2019

Clay Evans (June 23, 1925 – November 27, 2019) was an African American Baptist pastor and founder of the influential Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois, famous for its gospel music infused Sunday service and choir. Evans released his…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Clay Pots in Courtyard of Gurunsi Home

2004 November 10

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Clay Pots in Courtyard of Gurunsi Home. Original Carousel number, 2, Slide number, 4.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0138
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Civil Rights & Community

Clayola Brown

1948–

Clayola Brown (born Clayola Beatrice Oliver; 1948) is an African-American labor unionist, civil rights activist and International President of the APRI since August 2004. She is the first woman to take on this role. Brown also held positions as First…

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Sports

Clayton Latham

1980–

Clayton Latham (born 18 April 1980 in Toronto, Ontario) is a long jumper from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Latham was a two-time NJCAA Division I All-American and Champion in the Long Jump while at Barton County Community College (2001-2003). He is…

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Historical photographs & documents

Clayton LeBouef Home Movie #1

Date not recorded

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Super 8 footage of about 4 people traveling in a car. No sound.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref706
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Historical photographs & documents

Clayton LeBouef Home Video #1

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Clayton LeBouef Home Video #1” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref707
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Photographs and Still Images

Cleaning Streets - Tulsa, OK

1971

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A sepia toned digital image of a man wearing white coveralls, gloves and a trilby hat sweeping the street. Another man wearing a white shirt and holding a briefcase is on the left side of the picture. Additional people are walking in the background.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.30
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Jewelry and Adornment

Clear beaded necklace from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

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Clear beaded necklace from Mae's Millinery Shop. The necklace is a single continues strand of clear faceted plastic beads in varying shapes and sizes, with the larger beads concentrated near the center front. The strand has no break or fastener, it slips…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.56
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Clear clutch with beaded decoration from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

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Clear plastic clutch bag with brown, pink, and white floral beaded decoration from Mae's Millinery Shop. The bag has a fold-over flap that closes with one (1) metal snap. The beading is only done on the front side, the back side is blank. A label has been…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.81
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Clear plastic handbag with gold metallic thread

1960s - 1970s

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The handbag is made from one panel of clear plastic that’s been cut and seamed to itself at the sides. There’s an all over grid pattern made from gold metallic thread that’s embedded in the plastic. The purse frame is made from gold plated metal and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1085
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Clear plastic peep toe mules with rhinestones

1950s-1960s

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A pair of clear plastic peep toe mules with rhinestones. The shoe vamp is made from one panel of clear plastic with a central ovoid plastic decoration. Clear glass rhinestones are glued on the central ovoid in an abstract vine-like formation. Rhinestones…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.986ab
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Cleats worn and signed by Rickey Jackson during Super Bowl XXIX

ca. 1995

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A pair of Reebok cleats worn and signed by Rickey Jackson. The size 13 cleats are black, white, and red with the Reebok logo throughout. The logo can be found on the sides, the back, and the straps. The exterior of the tongue is black and has white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.66.2ab
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Arts & Performance

Clementine Hunter

Biography

Clementine Hunter (pronounced Clementeen; late December 1886 or early January 1887 – January 1, 1988) was a self-taught Black folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation. Hunter was born into a Louisiana…

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Biography & Culture

Cleo Manago

1960–

Cleo Manago (born September 21, 1960) is an African-American activist and social architect who coined the term same-gender loving (or SGL) as an alternative for African-descended or black people who do not wish to identify as gay or lesbian due to the…

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Clothing - Costume

Cleopatra costume armbands worn by Lauren Anderson

2000

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A set of armbands for a Cleopatra costume worn by Lauren Anderson for the Houston Ballet Company. The armbands are composed of a tan colored sheer net fabric, with gold chain trim on both sides and a gold and has a design of three beaded flowers of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.19.3ab
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Clothing - Costume

Cleopatra costume bodice worn by Lauren Anderson

2000

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The bodice of a Cleopatra ballet costume worn by Lauren Anderson for the Houston Ballet Company. The top is a sleeveless, close-fitting, gold and pink bodice hitting above the waist. The majority is gold with metallic thread and gold appliqué along the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.19.2
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