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1947
Cheryl Lynn Clarke (born Washington D.C., May 16, 1947) is an American lesbian poet, essayist, educator, and Black feminist community activist. Her scholarship focuses on African-American women's literature, black lesbian feminism, and the Black Arts…
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Cheryl D. Holmes Miller (born 1952) is an American graphic designer, Christian minister, writer, artist, theologian, and decolonizing historian. She is known for her contributions to racial and gender equality in the graphic design field, and establishing…
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Cheryl Irene Harris is an American legal scholar and critical race theorist. She is a professor of civil rights and civil liberties and the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. Harris…
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Cheryl L. Shavers (born December 26, 1953, San Marcos, Texas) is an American chemist, engineer, and businesswoman. After gaining a degree in chemistry, she worked as an engineer at Motorola. Shavers returned to university for a few years, gaining a PhD in…
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Cheryl Lynn Allen (born December 16, 1947) became the first African-American woman to be elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. A Pittsburgh native and former Pittsburgh public school teacher, Judge Allen is a graduate of Penn State University and the…
1965–
Cheryl Denise Mills (born 1965) is an American lawyer and corporate executive. She first came into public prominence while serving as deputy White House Counsel for President Bill Clinton, whom she defended during his 1999 impeachment trial. She has worked…
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Cheryl Thompson is a Black Canadian academic known for studying Black media studies, performance, archives and collections in Canada. She is an associate professor at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in the school of…
1947–
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (born 1947) is an American sociologist, womanist scholar, college professor, and ordained Baptist minister.
1986–
Chester Frazier (born April 14, 1986) is an American college basketball coach from Baltimore, Maryland currently serving as an associate head coach at Virginia Tech.
1927–2016
Chester Middlebrook Pierce ((1927-03-04)March 4, 1927 – (2016-09-23)September 23, 2016) was an American psychiatrist and tenured professor of education and psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He was the first African-American full professor at…
1946–
Chester Novell Turner (born September 30, 1946) is an American filmmaker known for his blaxploitation horror films Black Devil Doll From Hell and Tales from the QuadeaD Zone. Since their releases in the 1980s, Turner's movies have developed cult followings…
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Chester Rogers (born January 12, 1994) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Grambling State Tigers and signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an…
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Chester Seabury was the first African-American student to graduate from a white high school in the state of Florida, in 1963.
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Chesya Burke is an American editor, educator and author of comic books and speculative fiction, most notably in the genres of horror and dark fantasy. She has published over a hundred short stories, essays, and articles in magazines and anthologies such as…
1998–
Cheyanne Evans-Gray (born 15 July 1998) is a British sprinter, who won the 60 metres event at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships, and came third in the same event in 2025. She has been the British Universities and Colleges Sport record holder…
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Cheyney McKnight is an African-American historical interpreter and educator, known for her interpretation company and online handle Not Your Momma's History.
2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA name tag from the Cheyney University class of 1964 40th class reunion owned by Jim Vance. The tag is white with blue text. It is in a plastic holder with a metal clasp. Text on the tag reads “CHEYNEY UNIVERSITY / CLASS OF 64’ / 40TH CLASS REUNION / JAMES…
1956–
Chinyere Adah "Chi-Chi" Nwanoku (; born June 1956) is a British double bassist and professor of Historical Double Bass Studies at the Royal Academy of Music. Nwanoku was a founder member and principal bassist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, a…
1893–1965
Walter Henry "Chief" Aiken (January 31, 1893 – December 14, 1965) was an American college football coach, athletics administrator, and real estate developer. He served as the head football coach at both Atlanta University and Clark College in Atlanta,…
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Chika Stacy Oriuwa is a Canadian physician, spoken word artist, and advocate against systemic racism in health care. In 2021, she was one of six frontline workers honored by the Barbie Role Model Program with a doll created in her likeness. In 2020, Oriuwa…
1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Child playing near school bell, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).
1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Child reading book near school bell, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).
1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Child writing on tablet outside of schoolhouse, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).
1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Child writing on tablet, surrounded by other children, outside of schoolhouse, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).
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