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Carlene Firmin MBE (born 1983 or 1984) is a British social researcher and writer specialising in violence between and against young people, creator of the concept Contextual Safeguarding, and founder of the MsUnderstood Partnership. She is a professor of…
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Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas, known professionally as Carlinhos Brown (Brazilian Portuguese: /kaʁˈlĩɲus bɾaw̃, -iɲuʃ/, 23 November 1962), is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, and record producer from Salvador, Bahia. His musical style blends funk,…
1950–
Carlos Rafael Handy (born 18 October 1950) is a Cuban-American physicist. He is a professor of physics at Texas Southern University, where he helped establish the university's physics program and served as its first chair. He also co-founded the Center for…
1971–
Carlos James (born October 12, 1971) is an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach of the Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season.
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Carlos Devonn Polk (born February 22, 1977) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the assistant special teams coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the…
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Carlos Watson (born September 29, 1969) is an American entrepreneur, journalist, television host, executive producer, and education advocate. He has worked as a host and journalist for CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, PBS, and OWN. His programs included Conversations…
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Carlotta Berry is an American academic in the field of engineering. She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is co-director of the Rose Building Undergraduate Diversity (ROSE-BUD) program.
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Carlotta Stewart Lai (September 16, 1881 – July 6, 1952) was an educator and administrator in the Hawaiian public schools for four decades. She was the first African American school principal in Honolulu. Lai, an African American from New York, worked as a…
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Carlton E. Brown is an American retired academic administrator, educator, and university president. He was the third president of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, a position served from August 1, 2008, until July 1, 2015. He also served as…
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Carlton W. Veazey (May 9, 1936 – August 10, 2021) was an American minister in the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., and the President of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC). Veazey founded RCRC's National Black Church Initiative.…
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Carmen Jean Walters (née Hawkins) is an American academic administrator and college president. She was the president of Tougaloo College from 2019 until 2023, a private historically Black college in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Carmen Renée Green is an American anesthesiologist, pain medicine physician, and academic administrator. She is the second dean of the CUNY School of Medicine.
1968–
Carmen Twillie Ambar (born July 3, 1968) is an American lawyer and academic. She has been the president of Oberlin College since 2017.
1914–2001
Carmencita Romero (born Lily Butler; 1914 – May 6, 2001) was an American dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. She was associated with Katherine Dunham's company, appeared in the original Broadway productions of Cabin in the Sky and Carmen Jones, and…
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Carol Elaine Anderson (born June 17, 1959) is an American academic. She is the Charles Howard Candler professor of African American Studies at Emory University. Her research focuses on public policy with regard to race, justice, and equality.
1904–1971
Carol Blanche Cotton (Carol C. Bowie) (August 20, 1904 – November 22, 1971) was an American psychologist. She was born in the city of Henderson, North Carolina, the only child of John Adams Cotton and Maude (Brooks) Cotton. Carol Cotton received her…
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Carol Brice (April 16, 1918 – February 15, 1985) was an American contralto. Born in Sedalia, North Carolina, she studied at Palmer Memorial Institute and later at Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, where she received a Bachelor of Music in 1939. She…
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Ana Carolina Moura Melo Dartora, known as Carol Dartora (born 1 May 1983), is a Brazilian politician, teacher, historian, trade unionist and member of the Workers' Party (PT). She is currently a congresswoman for the state of Paraná, Brazil, having been…
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Carol Yvonne Espy-Wilson (born c. 1957) is an electrical engineer and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD) at College Park. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of…
1948–
Carol R. Johnson-Dean (born 1948) is an American academic administrator who served as the interim president of LeMoyne–Owen College from 2019 to 2021. She was the superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools, Memphis City Schools, and Boston Public Schools.
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Carol Miller Swain (born March 7, 1954) is a conservative American political scientist and legal scholar who is a retired professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University. She is a frequent television analyst and has authored and edited…
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Carol Tulloch is a British author and academic who is a Professor of Dress, Diaspora and Transnationalism at the University of the Arts London, known for her work on cultural heritage, auto/biography, personal archives and style narratives.
March 5, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history interview and conversation with community activist Carole Mumin. It consists of three versions of a digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.11.1.1 and 2025.12.11.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file (2025.12.11.1.3, .mov…
1941–
Carole Simpson (born December 7, 1940) is an American retired broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author. She is the first African-American woman to anchor a major United States network newscast.
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