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Caleen Sinnette Jennings is an American actor, director, and playwright. She is a professor of performing arts at American University College of Arts and Sciences.
1998
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Calendar Newspaper” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).
1949–2017
Calep H. Emphrey Jr. (May 1, 1949 – April 25, 2017) was an American blues drummer and bandleader, best known as a member of B. B. King's band. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, he played French horn and saxophone in the school band at Coleman High School,…
ca 1978; printed 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of the Calibogue Sound at dawn. Birds are flying in the sky in the center of the photograph. The ocean extends as far as the eye can see and the sky is covered by clouds. There are no inscriptions,…
1976–
Calida Garcia Rawles (born 1976 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a Los Angeles-based contemporary visual artist. In her large-scale paintings and murals, Rawles merges hyperrealism and abstraction. The artist is interested in questions of identity and race in…
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “California Business "Women in Business: threat of lawsuits can hinder architects, designer contends"” (Text).
1919
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis real photo postcard features an image of a man riding a bull. The man and bull are in the center of the postcard with onlookers standing behind the fence in the distance. The man is wearing fur chaps, cowboy boots, a long sleeve shirt and a vest. The…
2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “California Senate Resolution Norma Merrick Sklarek... deep appreciation for her dedication and contributions to the people of the State of California” (Text).
2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “California State University” (Text).
1911–1971
Harvey Call Cobbs Jr. (January 30, 1911 – September 21, 1971) was an American jazz pianist, electric harpsichordist, and organist. He is remembered for his work with saxophonist Albert Ayler in the mid- and late-1960s.
1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Callabash water containers displayed at the IES Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia” (Slides (photographs)).
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Callie Crossley is an American broadcast journalist and radio presenter in the Boston area. In March 2013 she began hosting a new radio program entitled Under the Radar and continues to contribute to WGBH Radio's "Boston Public Radio", where various…
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white print of men dancing and playing tambourines in New Orleans. There are seven men of differing ages in the foreground. All wear coats and hats. Other people, houses, and telephone poles are visible in the background. At bottom center,…
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Charles Kidd II (born September 25, 1987), known professionally as Calmatic, is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing several notable commercials and music videos as well as the films House Party (2023) and White Men Can’t Jump (2023), both of…
1999
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown-and-white photograph portrait of a man using the Vandyke brown printing process. The man looks into the camera, holding his right hand at his neck, while a crucifix worn on a necklace rests on his hand. Outside the upper and lower borders of the…
1934–2010
Calvin Bell Jones (January 7, 1934 – August 21, 2010) was an afrocentric visual artist and a Black Arts Movement activist from Chicago. He is known primarily for his nine murals and paintings. He was awarded a full scholarship to attend the School of the…
1972
Calvin Baker (born 1972) is an American novelist, educator, essayist, and editor who has chronicled the African-American experience from the colonial era to the present, centering the Black voice and perspective within the context of trans-Atlantic…
1916–1970
Calvin B. Boze, Sr. (October 15, 1916 – June 18, 1970) was an American trumpeter and bandleader, best known for his recordings at the turn of the 1950s.
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Calvin James Bridges (born January 24, 1952) is an American gospel musician. He started his music career in 1988, with the release of Renew My Spirit by Word Records, and this was his breakthrough release on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. His…
1921–2007
Calvin Burnett (July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Massachusetts – October 8, 2007 in Medway, Massachusetts) was an African-American artist, illustrator and art educator. Calvin Burnett graduated from the Massachusetts School of Art with a B.F.A. in 1942, and…
1932–2001
Calvin Coolidge Hernton (April 28, 1932 – September 30, 2001) was an American sociologist, poet and author, particularly renowned for his 1965 study Sex and Racism in America, which has been described as "a frank look at the role sexual tensions played in…
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Calvin Arron A. Demba is an English actor, writer and director. He is known for his roles in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2011–2012), the E4 series Youngers (2013–2014), the BBC One drama Life (2020) and the Netflix series Supacell (2024–).
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Calvin Earl is an American singer, musician, storyteller and documentary film maker specializing in the history of African American Spirituals. His passion for the preservation of the spirituals led him to lobby for the introduction of twin resolutions (H.…
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Calvin Edouard Ward (April 19, 1925 – February 10, 2018) was an American concert pianist, music theorist and educator.
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