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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Calvin Hicks

1941–2012

Calvin Robert Hicks (1941–2012) was an African American photographer and gallerist, best known for founding The Black Photographers of California and its associated exhibition space, the Black Gallery, in Los Angeles, as well as for his classical nude…

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Biography & Culture

Calvin Robinson

1985–

Calvin John Robinson (born 29 October 1985) is a British political commentator, writer, broadcaster and priest. Previously, he worked as a computer science teacher at a secondary school and as a video games journalist. As a political commentator, he is…

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Arts & Performance

Calvin Royal III

Biography

Calvin Royal III (born 1988 or 1989) is an American ballet dancer. He is the third black dancer to be a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Calvin Simmons

1950–1982

Calvin Eugene Simmons (April 27, 1950 – August 21, 1982) was an American symphony orchestra conductor. He was the first African-American conductor of a major orchestra.

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Music

Calvin Simon

1942–2022

Calvin Eugene Simon (May 22, 1942 – January 6, 2022) was an American singer who was a member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 along with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Calvin Wilson

1972; printed February 2018

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A black-and-white photograph of Kamoinge Workshop member, Calvin Wilson, captured by Anthony Barboza. The close-up portrait depicts Wilson from the neck up, partially turned towards the left side of the image. He is looking down and towards the left.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.39.13
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Calypso Songs

1957

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A song and story book about Harry Belafonte, titled: [CALYPSO SONGS]. The cover features red and green letters at the top, a black and white photograph of Harry Belafonte at center left, and drawings of drums, maracas, and banjo at center right. Black type…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.34.13
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Music

Cam'ron

1976–

Cameron Giles (born February 4, 1976), known mononymously as Cam'ron, is an American rapper. Beginning his career in the early 1990s as Killa Cam, Giles signed with Lance "Un" Rivera's Untertainment, an imprint of Epic Records to release his first two…

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Music

Camara Kambon

1973–

Camara Kambon (born February 4, 1973) is an American film composer, songwriter, pianist, music producer and educator. He is known for collaborating with Dr. Dre on Chronic 2001, as well as Eminem on The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP. He…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Camay Calloway Murphy

1927–2024

Camay Calloway Murphy (née Camay Calloway; January 15, 1927 – November 12, 2024) was an American educator, author, and art impresario. The daughter of jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway, Murphy was one of the first African Americans to teach in white…

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Historical photographs & visual records

"Camayenne. Le jardin d'essai, vue des plantes." [Camayenne. The trial grarden, view of the plants.], Conakry, Guinée

Date not recorded

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CONAKRY. -- Camayenne. Le jardin d'essai, vue des plantes.; CARTE POSTALE.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0843
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

Cambodian Doughnut Dreams

1989

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A documentary film with the title Cambodian Doughnut Dreams. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The documentary follows refugees who fled their homeland during the Cambodian Civil War and found themselves a decade…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.89.1a
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Photographs and Still Images

Cambridge, Maryland. Clifford Vaughs, a SNCC Photographer is Arrested

1964; printed 1994

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A black-and-white photograph of an African American man wearing white pants who is being pulled in all directions. Men with guns, helmets, and gas masks pull on his leg, arm and shirt. On the right side of the image a man in a short sleeve uniform walks…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.107.20
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Music

Camden Stewart

Biography

Camden Stewart (born 2004) is a British composer, pianist, and operatic tenor whose work combines contemporary classical piano with operatic voice. He first became known for videos of his public performances shared on social media.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Camel

Date not recorded

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Caption reads, "PANDA, Katanga.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1989-001, Item EEPA 1989-010083
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Camel caravan

2000-02-05

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Camel caravan. Original Carousel number, 14, slide number, 69.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1741
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"Camel Caravan" painting by Terhas Iyassu, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “"Camel Caravan" painting by Terhas Iyassu, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0550
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Camel driver with his camel in the square in front of the Mosque in Goundam, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Camel driver with his camel in the square in front of the Mosque in Goundam, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1131
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Camel driver with his camels outside of Douentza, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Camel driver with his camels outside of Douentza, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1156
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Camel, Hausa Blanket, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria

1971

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Cataloged as “Camel, Hausa Blanket, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0168
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Camel herders sitting next a group of camels outside of a livestock market, Agordat, Eritrea

1998

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Cataloged as “Camel herders sitting next a group of camels outside of a livestock market, Agordat, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1517
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Camel herders standing next to two camels, Nakfa, Eritrea

2001

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Cataloged as “Camel herders standing next to two camels, Nakfa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1830
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Camel painted on a wall in a TIV Compound, Benue Plateau State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Camel painted on a wall in a TIV Compound, Benue Plateau State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-1465
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Camel, Sudan

1932

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Cataloged as “Camel, Sudan” (Photographs; Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-009, Item EEPA 1985-009-0098
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