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1915
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a Poro contract from the office of Annie Pope-Turnbo. On the first page is an undated and unsigned Contract for the Poro System of Hair Treatment and Instruction. Included in the contract are the cost of the course, the proper use of the course…
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound contracts, specifications, and plans of a freedmen school, 1867, are arranged by type of record.
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA first edition hardcover copy of Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President by Johnnetta B. Cole. The book is paperboard bound with cloth tape and sewn binding. The book has a dust jacket that features a large color photograph of Cole…
1949–2020
Conway Holmes Hayman (January 9, 1949 – March 7, 2020) was an American professional football player and coach. He played as a guard in college and professionally and later became a collegiate head football coach.
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Conya Doss (born June 13, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, and educator. She is known as The Queen of Indie Soul. In the late 1990s, Doss formed a music duo called Lyrik.
1940 June 6
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Cooper Union Day Art School Certificate Presented to Arthur George Smith”.
September 25, 1957
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of a photo of Minnie Brown, Melba Pattillo, and Thelma Mothershed doing homework after a day of school at Little Rock Central High School with caption at top. A newspaper clipping of the photo and accompanying caption is glued to the back. The…
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCopy Work, School Photo of a Boy & Girl.
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Coquese Makebra Washington (born January 17, 1971) is a basketball coach and former player, who is currently an assistant coach for the SMU Mustangs women's basketball team. Earlier in her career, she was the head women's basketball coach for the Penn…
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Cora Bagley Marrett (born 1942) is an American sociologist. From May 2011 until August 2014, Marrett served as the deputy director of the National Science Foundation.
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Cora Daniels is an African-American author who has written on issues of African-American culture. She is now teaching writing and reporting at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.
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Coralie Franklin Cook (March 1861 – August 25, 1942) was an African-American educator, public speaker, and government official. She is also the first known descendant among those enslaved at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate to graduate from college.
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Corbin Bleu Reivers ( BLOO; born February 21, 1989) is an American actor and singer. He began acting professionally in the late 1990s before rising to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Chad Danforth in the High School Musical trilogy…
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Cord Jefferson is an American writer and director. After studying at the College of William & Mary, he started a career in journalism and wrote for numerous publications before becoming an editor at Gawker until 2014. Jefferson transitioned to working as a…
1852–1916
Henrietta Cordelia Ray (August 30, 1852 – January 5, 1916) was an African American poet and teacher. Her parents were notable abolitionists, and had worked for the Underground Railroad in Manhattan.
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Corey Jermaine Chamblin (born May 29, 1977) is an American football coach who is the senior offensive analyst at Arizona State. He previously served as the defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Battlehawks of the United Football League (UFL). He is a…
1971–
Corey Bushe Fuller (born May 1, 1971) is an American football coach and former player. He has been Florida State football Director of Football Relations since Jan 28, 2022. He was the interim head football coach at Florida A&M University in 2014. Fuller…
1978–2015
Corey Cornelius Hill (October 3, 1978 – May 15, 2015) was an American mixed martial artist. In high school in Florida he won state wrestling championships on multiple occasions and was a two-time national finalist college wrestler.
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Corey Mace (born December 22, 1985) is a Canadian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played as a defensive tackle in the CFL and National Football…
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Corey Williams (born April 24, 1970) is an American retired professional basketball player and assistant coach for the Auburn Tigers of the SEC Conference. He is the former men's basketball head coach of Stetson University. A 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) point guard…
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Corina Newsome is an American ornithologist, birder, science communicator, and graduate student at Georgia Southern University. In response to the racism faced by Black birder Christian Cooper in Central Park, Newsome co-organized Black Birders Week to…
1914–1993
Corinne Mitchell (1914 - 21 April 1993) was an American painter and educator. She was the first African American to have a solo exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
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Corliss Mondari Williamson (born December 4, 1973) is an American basketball coach who serves as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a former player who played for four teams during his…
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Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, theologian, activist, and public intellectual. West was an independent candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election and is an outspoken voice in left-wing politics in the…
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