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Civil Rights

Craig G. Harris

1958–1991

Craig G. Harris (April 8, 1958 – November 26, 1991) was an African-American writer, poet, health educator, and HIV/AIDS activist.

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Music

Craig Handy

1962–

Craig Mitchell Handy (born September 25, 1962) is an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Oakland, California, he attended North Texas State University and following this played with Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters, Art Blakey, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Haynes,…

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Education & Scholarship

Craig M. Boise

1963–

Craig M. Boise (born 1963) is an American legal scholar who was the dean of Syracuse University College of Law from July 2016 until June 30, 2024. He previously served as dean of Cleveland–Marshall College of Law.

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Sports & Achievement

Craig Robinson (basketball)

1962–

Craig Malcolm Robinson (born April 21, 1962) is an American college basketball coach, basketball executive, and broadcaster. He is a former head men's basketball coach at Oregon State University and Brown University. He was a star forward as a player at…

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Education & Scholarship

Craig Steven Wilder

Biography

Craig Steven Wilder is an American academic historian, professor of American history at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Sports & Achievement

Craig Wilson (baseball, born 1964)

1964–

Craig Wilson (born November 28, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball from 1989 through 1993, primarily as a third baseman but also playing at second base and in the…

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Sports & Achievement

Craig Yeast

1976–

Craig Nelson Yeast (born November 20, 1976) is an American football coach and former player who is the head football coach at Mercer County Senior High School in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He is the former head coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College. Yeast played…

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Biography & Culture

Creflo Dollar

1962–

Creflo Augustus Dollar Jr. (born January 28, 1962) is an American pastor, televangelist, and the founder of the non-denominational World Changers Church International (WCCI), based in College Park, Georgia. He is the head of Creflo Dollar Ministries and…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Crest Masquerader and Ngbe Masquerader at Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of University of Ibadan Celebration, Ibadan, Western State, Nigeria

1974

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Cataloged as “Crest Masquerader and Ngbe Masquerader at Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of University of Ibadan Celebration, Ibadan, Western State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2503
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Historical photographs & visual records

Crest Masquerader at Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of University of Ibadan Celebration, Ibadan, Western State, Nigeria

1974

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Cataloged as “Crest Masquerader at Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of University of Ibadan Celebration, Ibadan, Western State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2504
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Sports

Cris Carter

1965–

Graduel Christopher Darwin Carter (born November 25, 1965) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles (1987–1989), the Minnesota Vikings (1990–2001) and the Miami…

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Sports

Croix Bethune

2001–

Croix Collette Bethune ( CROY bə-THOON; born March 14, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.…

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Crowd of school children watching local officials, Mmabatho (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Crowd of school children watching local officials, Mmabatho (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066345
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Politics

Crystal Bird Fauset

1893–1965

Crystal Dreda Bird Fauset (June 27, 1893 – March 27, 1965) was a civil rights activist, social worker, race relations specialist, and the first African American woman elected to a state legislature in the United States, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.…

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Sports

Crystal Dunn

1992–

Crystal Alyssia Soubrier (née Dunn; born July 3, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player. A versatile player, she played primarily as an attacking midfielder or forward for club and left back for country. Dunn played college soccer for the…

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Military

Crystal Mangum

1978–

Crystal Gail Mangum (born July 18, 1978) is an American former stripper from Durham, North Carolina, who was incarcerated for murder from 2013 until her release in February 2026. In 2006, she came to attention in national news reports for having made false…

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Literature

Crystal Marie Fleming

1981–

Crystal Marie Fleming (born November 26, 1981) is an American sociologist and author. She is full professor of sociology and Africana studies at Stony Brook University. Fleming is the author/editor of four books about race and white supremacy.

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Biography & Culture

Crystal Nix-Hines

1963–

Crystal Nix-Hines (born August 23, 1963) served as the United States permanent representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the rank of Ambassador between July 2014 and January 2017.

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Literature & Journalism

Crystal Wilkinson

1962–

Crystal E. Wilkinson is an African-American feminist writer from Kentucky, and proponent of the Affrilachian Poet movement. She is winner of a 2022 NAACP Image Award and a 2021 O. Henry Prize winner; she is a 2020 USA Fellow of Creative Writing. She…

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Education & Scholarship

Crystal Williams

1970–

Crystal Ann Williams (born 1970) is an American educator and poet serving as the 18th president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) since 2022.

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Scholarship

Cudjoe Lewis

Biography

Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis (c. 1841 – July 17, 1935), born Oluale Kossola, and also known as Cudjo Lewis, was the third-to-last adult survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the Americas. Together with 115 other African captives, he was brought…

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Scholarship

Cuesta Benberry

1923–2007

Cuesta Benberry (September 8, 1923 – August 23, 2007) was an American historian and scholar. Considered to be one of the pioneers of research on quiltmaking in America, she was the pioneer of research on African-American quiltmaking. Her involvement in…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Jewelry and Adornment

Cuff links with West Point emblem worn by General Colin L. Powell

1998

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One (1) pair of West Point cuff links worn by General Colin L. Powell. These brassy gold color metal cuff links are an exact depiction of the Academy at West Point’s coat of arms. The logo features a shield, bearing the arms of the United States with a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.98ab
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Culottes of a Muslim Girl Training school uniform worn by Nadiyah Nasir

1968

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These are beige culottes made of synthetic fabric. The culottes are pleated with large flaps that give the appearance that the item is a skirt. The left leg corresponds with the front flap and the right leg with the back flap. It has an elastic waist with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.221.1.2
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