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Byron William Brown II (born September 24, 1958) is an American politician who served as the 62nd mayor of Buffalo, New York from 2006 until his resignation in 2024. He was the city's first African-American mayor and the longest-serving mayor. He…
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Byron Lowell Donalds (born October 28, 1978) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 19th congressional district since 2021. His congressional district includes much of Southwest Florida. From 2016 to 2020, he served in…
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Rev. Byron Gunner (1857–1922) was an American minister, educator, newspaper publisher, and civil rights activist. He was one of the seventeen African-American founders of the Niagara Movement, representing Rhode Island.
1969–
Byron Patrick Hurt (born 1969) is an American activist, lecturer, writer, and award-winning documentary filmmaker.
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Charles Anthony Muse (born April 17, 1958) is an American politician and minister who has served in the Maryland Senate representing the 26th district since 2023, and previously from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the…
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Caesar Carpentier Antoine (c. 1836–1921) was a soldier, businessman, editor, and African-American Republican politician in Louisiana during the Reconstruction era. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was a member of the Louisiana…
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Charles Henry James Taylor (1857–1899), was an African-American journalist, editor, lawyer, orator, and political organizer. An early supporter of Democratic President Grover Cleveland, he was appointed Minister to Liberia during Cleveland's first…
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Clarence Josef McLin Jr. was an American mortician and politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 36th district from 1967 to 1988. His father was civil rights leader Mac McLin.
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Cleon Lewis Bryant (born March 28, 1956) is an American Baptist minister and former radio and television host based in Jensen Beach, Florida. He is a senior fellow at FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy group.
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Cottrell Laurence Dellums (January 3, 1900 – December 6, 1989) was an American labor activist and one of the organizers and leaders of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Dellums worked as a porter for the Pullman Company from 1924 to 1927 and was…
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Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (né Walker; January 22, 1915 – July 27, 1984) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. Known as the man with the "Million-Dollar Voice", Franklin served as the pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit…
1901–1989
James connected Caribbean history, anti-colonial politics, literature and sport in influential works including The Black Jacobins.
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C. Riley Snorton is an American scholar, author, and activist whose work focuses on historical perspectives of gender and race, specifically Black transgender identities. His publications include Nobody is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low…
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Cordy Tindell Vivian (July 30, 1924 – July 17, 2020) was an American minister, author, and close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. He resided in Atlanta, Georgia, and founded the C. T. Vivian Leadership…
March 29, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.6.1a, 2011.174.6.1b, 2011.174.6.1c, and 2011.174.6.1d. C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the…
Biography
C. Vernon Mason is a former lawyer and civil rights advocate from Tucker, Arkansas. Best known for his involvement in several high-profile New York City cases in the 1980s, including the Bernhard Goetz, Howard Beach, and Tawana Brawley incidents, Mason has…
1839–1921
Christian Wesley Caldwell (18 July 1839 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina – 21 November 1921 in Columbia, South Carolina) was an American politician who served as an elected member of the South Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction…
1860-1878
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis cabinet card depicts Gideon Welles on a Mathew Brady mount. Shown from the waist up, he wears a black frock coat and waistcoat over a white shirt. A pocket watch chain T-bar is visible in one buttonhole. There is text at the bottom left corner of the…
1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCabinet card depicting Sojourner Truth seated, wearing a dark dress and a white shawl and cap. Her right arm is folded at the waist, her left arm is resting on a small table. She holds knitting in her left hand. On the table are a book and a vase of…
1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card of Thomas Peterson. Peterson is looking at the camera and wearing a three-piece suit with a medal attached to the left side of the vest. The medal was presented to Peterson in 1884 by the residents of Perth Amboy, N.J. in recognition of his…
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Claudemir Jerônimo Barreto (born 27 March 1981), known as Cacau (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈkaw], German: [kaˈkaʊ];), is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Brazil, he represented Germany at international level. Cacau…
1839–1910
Caesar Perkins (March 1839 – September 22, 1910) was a member of the Virginia General Assembly, elected in both 1869 and 1887. He represented Buckingham County as a Republican.
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Caeser P. Chisolm was a South Carolina state legislator. He represented Colleton County, South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He provided testimony as a witness to injuries causing disability to U.S. Colored Troops veteran James…
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Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (Brazilian Portuguese: [kajˈtɐnu emɐnuˈɛw viˈɐnɐ ˈtɛliz veˈlozu]; born 7 August 1942) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, musician, writer, and political activist. In the late 1960s, he helped develop Tropicália, a…
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