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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Ari Lennox

1991–

Courtney Shanade Salter (born March 26, 1991), known professionally as Ari Lennox, is an American R&B singer-songwriter from Washington, D.C. She signed with J. Cole's Dreamville Records, an imprint of Interscope Records as the former label's first female…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Ari people on the roadside, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

2010-10-11

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Original Carousel 27, slide 6.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3328
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Historical photographs & visual records

Ari woman models enset leaf skirt, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

2010-10-11

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The woman is wearing her grandmother's traditional skirt, made of enset leaves. Original Carousel 27, slide 13.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3335
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Historical photographs & visual records

Ari woman wearing enset leaf skirt, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

2010-10-11

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The woman is wearing her grandmother's traditional skirt, made of enset leaves. She poses with her toddler and young children. Original Carousel 27, slide 14.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3336
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Arts & Performance

Aria Dean

1993–

Aria Dean (born 1993) is an American artist, critic, and curator. Until 2021, Dean served as Curator and Editor of Rhizome. Her writings have appeared in various art publications including Artforum, e-flux, The New Inquiry, Art in America, and Topical Cream.

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Literature

Ariana Brown

Biography

Ariana Brown (born in San Antonio, Texas) is an American spoken word poet. In 2014, she was part of a winning team at the national collegiate poetry slam. Ariana Brown has won the “Best Poet” award twice at the same event.

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Music

Ariana DeBose

1991–

Ariana DeBose (; born January 25, 1991) is an American actress and singer who has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In…

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Film & Television

Arica Himmel

2005–

Arica Himmel (born February 23, 2005) is an American actress, best known for her role as Rainbow "Bow" Johnson in the ABC comedy series, Mixed-ish.

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BIOGRAPHY
Scholarship

Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen

1863–1904

Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen (March 3, 1863 – July 7, 1904) was an African-American writer, temperance activist, and professor of music at Clark University in Atlanta in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Twentieth Century Negro Literature (1902) noted…

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Literature

Ariel Williams Holloway

1905–1973

Ariel Williams Holloway (March 3, 1905 –January 3, 1973) was an African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Arts & Performance

Arielle Prepetit

Biography

Arielle Prepetit is an American actress, dancer and singer. She was born and raised in Orlando, Florida and began training in dance at the age of five before beginning acting training when she was 17. She has performed in shows at Walt Disney World and in…

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Arts & Performance

Aries Spears

1975–

Nairobi Aries Spears (born April 3, 1975) is an American stand-up comedian, impressionist, and actor from New Jersey. Spears was a regular on Fox's sketch comedy series Mad TV (1997–2005), appearing in 198 episodes, making him the second longest-serving…

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Music

Arik Marshall

1967–

Arik Ben Marshall (born February 13, 1967) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, poet, and author, best known as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1992-93.

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Biography & Culture

Arisa Cox

1978–

Arisa Cox (born December 7, 1978) is a Canadian television and radio personality, best known as the host of Big Brother Canada. Cox was born in Toronto, Ontario. Attending Carleton University's journalism program, Cox first came to prominence as an on-air…

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Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Aristocrat of Harlem

1935

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This sheet music for "Aristocrat of Harlem" depicts a cartoon of a grinning man, outlined in black. Pictured from the shoulders up, he wears a top hat and polkadot bow tie, and holds a black and white tipped cane. The background is an orange and white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.223.2
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Literature

Arit Anderson

Biography

Arit Anderson is a British garden designer, writer, and television presenter. She has presented on the BBC show Gardeners World and the BBC One show Garden Rescue.

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Arts & Performance

Ariyon Bakare

1971–

Ariyon Bakare () (born 1 July 1971) is an English actor, writer and director. He is known for his roles in shows including Doctor Who, His Dark Materials, and Doctors. In 1998, he became the first Black man to play a lead role in a BBC period drama,…

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Music

Arizona Dranes

1889–1963

Juanita "Arizona" Dranes (May 4, 1889 or 1891 – July 27, 1963) was an American blind female gospel singer and pianist. Dranes was one of the first gospel artists to bring the musical styles of Holiness churches' religious music to the public in her records…

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Film & Television

Arjay Smith

1983–

Arjay L. M. Smith (born November 27, 1983) is an American actor best known for his teenage role portraying the title character of the Nickelodeon children's television series The Journey of Allen Strange. Smith portrayed terrorist Laurent Dubaku during…

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Music

Arkatech Beatz

Biography

Arkatech Beatz (formerly known as The Infinite Arkatechz) are an American music production team from New York City, now based in Atlanta. Arkatech Beatz consists of members Collin "Jugrnaut" Dewar and Michael "Mike Trauma D" Dewar. They were affiliated…

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Music

Arlene Duncan

Biography

Arlene Duncan is a Canadian actress and singer. Her father is African Canadian, with ancestors from Nova Scotia. Duncan has appeared in more than 80 film and television roles, in addition to many theatrical productions.

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Biography & Culture

Arlette Amuli

1995–

Arlette Amuli (born July 15, 1995) is an American content creator, social media personality, and producer. She is best known as the host of the YouTube dating show Pop the Balloon or Find Love and as an executive producer of its Netflix live adaptation,…

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Literature

Arlindo Veiga dos Santos

1902–1979

Arlindo Veiga dos Santos (February 12, 1902 – 1978) was a Brazilian intellectual, poet, writer, philosopher and politician. He was the founder of the Brazilian Patrianovist Imperial Action (AIPB) and Black Brazilian Front (FNB) and one of the most…

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