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Music

Carl Morgan

1981–

Carl Morgan (born 1981) is a former record producer of the rap group So Solid Crew. In October 2005, he was sentenced to 30 years for murder. He was tried before a jury for the murder of 24-year-old Colin Scarlett in Tooting, South London, in November 2004.

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Biography & Culture

Carl N. Sidle

1943–

Carl N. Sidle (born 1943) is an American photographer and one of the three founders of the Southwest Black Artists Guild (SBAG).

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Literature & Journalism

Carl Phillips

1959–

Carl Phillips (born 23 July 1959) is an American writer and poet. He is professor emeritus of English at Washington University in St. Louis. In 2023, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020.

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Arts & Performance

Carl Robert Pope

1961–

Carl Robert Pope, Jr. is an artist, working primarily in the mediums of photography and video. His work address issues related to race in America, specifically the social conditions of African Americans.

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Literature

Carl Rowan

1925–2000

Carl Thomas Rowan (August 11, 1925 – September 23, 2000) was an American journalist, author and government official whose columns were syndicated across the U.S. At one point, he was the highest ranking African American in the United States government.

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Arts & Performance

Carl Spencer

1993–

Carl Anthony Spencer (born 1993) is an English actor. His television credits include Doctors (2022) and Queenie (2024), whilst his film roles include Rocketman (2019), Matilda the Musical (2022) and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. He…

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Literature

Carl Tart

1989–

Carl Tart (born January 5, 1989) is an American actor, improviser, writer, and comedian. Tart is known for being a featured player on the 2016 Fox sketch show Party Over Here, a writer on the 2016 Mad TV revival, and a regular guest on the podcast Comedy…

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Civil Rights & Community

Carl Upchurch

1950–2003

Carl Douglass Upchurch (1950, Philadelphia – May 2, 2003, Bexley, Ohio) was an American activist, author and educator. His commitment to education, civic and urban issues, and political justice earned him a national reputation. He was portrayed by Omar…

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Sports

Carl Weathers

1948–2024

Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor, director and football player. His prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in…

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Biography & Culture

Carla Hall

1964–

Carla Hall (born May 12, 1964) is an American chef, television personality, and former model. She appeared in the fifth and eighth seasons of Top Chef, Bravo's cooking competition show. She was a co-host on The Chew, a one-hour talk show centered on food…

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Music

Carla Harvey

Biography

Carla Harvey (born October 4, 1976) is an American musician, best known as a former co-vocalist of the metal band Butcher Babies. She landed her first job in Hollywood as an entertainment reporter for the Playboy Channel, and appeared on many popular…

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Film & Television

Carla Jeffery

1993–2026

Carla Jaran Jeffery (July 10, 1993 – September 1, 2026) was an American actress best known for playing the cheerleader Bree in Disney Channel's Zombies film franchise.

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Carla Williams

1965–

Carla Williams (born 1965) is an American photographer. She worked as a photography curator and professor before opening at store in New Orleans. She was noticed by Paul Sepuya after posting her old photographs on Instagram during the COVID-19 pandemic,…

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Music

Carlena Williams

1942–2013

Carlena Williams (February 25, 1942 – November 13, 2013) was an American vocalist. Early in her career, she recorded under her name, Flora Williams, as an Ikette in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. In the 1960s she released a few singles as Carlena Weaver. She…

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Education & Scholarship

Carlene Firmin

Biography

Carlene Firmin MBE (born 1983 or 1984) is a British social researcher and writer specialising in violence between and against young people, creator of the concept Contextual Safeguarding, and founder of the MsUnderstood Partnership. She is a professor of…

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Music

Carline Ray

1925–2013

Carline Ray (April 21, 1925 – July 18, 2013) was a jazz instrumentalist and vocalist. She was a member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.

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Music

Carlinhos Brown

1962–

Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas, known professionally as Carlinhos Brown (Brazilian Portuguese: /kaʁˈlĩɲus bɾaw̃, -iɲuʃ/, 23 November 1962), is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, and record producer from Salvador, Bahia. His musical style blends funk,…

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Culture

Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro

Biography

Carlos de Oliveira, better known as Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro, is a Brazilian percussionist best known for playing the pandeiro, a tunable tambourine, played with a different technique than in North American music, and is one of the instrument's major…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Musical Instruments

Carlo Robelli-brand hollow body electric guitar used by Pete Cosey

1970s

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A black Carlo Robelli-brand jazz archtop hollow body 6-string electric guitar used by Pete Cosey. Guitar has f-holes on either side of the bridge. Four clear unlabeled pickup control knobs located off lower f-hole are numerically graduated. Bridge,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.105.2.1
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Carloaongo River Rapids

[ca. 1925]

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Image of a river, cascading over rocks. Printed text on front reads: "Empreza Agricola da Boa Viagem. Limitada. Ponto principal da captacao das aguasno Rio Carloaongo. 1925." Gold border on front.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AO 1985-142200
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Music

Carlon Jeffery

1993–

Carlon Jeffery (born July 10, 1993) is an American actor and rapper. He is best known for playing Cameron Parks in the Disney Channel sitcom A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014).

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Sports

Carlos Boozer

1981–

Carlos Austin Boozer Jr. (born November 20, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. A two-time NBA All-Star, he played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers, and then spent his last season playing…

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Carlos García López

1958–2014

Carlos Alberto García López (9 September 1958 – 27 September 2014), better known as El Negro García López, was an Argentine guitarist and rock and roll musician, and one of the most influential instrumentalists of Argentine rock. Alongside Patricia Sosa,…

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Carlos Gonzaga

1924–2023

José Gonzaga Ferreira (10 February 1924 – 25 August 2023), better known as Carlos Gonzaga, was a Brazilian singer who had national success with the 1958 version of the song "Diana".

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