A film with the title “The War Between the Classes” from the television series CBS Schoolbreak Special. It consists of a single reel of acetate film with optical sound. In the film, high school students play a "Color Game" assigned by their teacher, in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.5.1a
An albumen photograph carte-de-visite of John Hines, a formerly enslaved man and the cook of Company K, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Hines is seated in a wooden chair with his hands in his lap. He is wearing a military uniform which is unbuttoned in the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.105.6
Albumen photograph carte-de-visite of Thomas Henderson, identified as the servant of Lt. Col. C.B. Lamborne of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Henderson is depicted seated, visible from the waist up, and facing the camera. He is wearing a high-collared…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.105.7
Cecilia Veronica "CeCe" Peniston (; born September 6, 1969) is an American singer and former beauty queen. In the early 1990s, she scored five number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Her signature song "Finally" reached No. 5 on…
Cecelia Nabrit Adkins (September 3, 1923 – January 2, 2007) was an African-American publisher from Atlanta. She was the first woman, and first lay person, elected to the position of executive director of the Sunday School Publishing Board of the National…
Cecelia Antoinette Bruton (November 24, 1949 – May 28, 2020), known professionally as Cecelia Antoinette or CeCe Antoinette, was an American actress, comedian, and writer.
Cecelia Tapplette Pedescleaux, also known as Cely, (born August 6, 1945) is an African-American quilter of traditional and art quilts, inspired by historians, other African-American quilters, and quilt designs used during the Underground Railroad to…
Cecil Antonio Brockman (born September 18, 1984) is an American politician and accused child rapist from North Carolina. He was first elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2014. A member of the Democratic party, he represented the 60th…
Cecil Brown (born July 3, 1943) is an African-American writer and educator. He is a published novelist, short story writer, script writer, and college educator. His noted works include The Life and Loves of Mr.
Charles Cecil Cohen (April 27, 1894 – November 30, 1967) was an American pianist, composer, and long-time faculty member of the Howard University piano department.
Cecil Fergerson (July 6, 1931 – September 18, 2013) was an African-American art curator and community activist. He is widely credited with fostering African-American and Latin-American art communities in Los Angeles for more than 50 years, and was named a…
Cecil Foster (born September 26, 1954) is a Barbadian-Canadian novelist, essayist, journalist, and scholar. He is a professor in the Department of Transnational Studies at the University at Buffalo.
Cecil J. Williams (born November 26, 1937) is an American photographer, publisher, author and inventor who is best known for his photographs documenting the civil rights movement in South Carolina. He began his career at an early age, photographing wedding…
The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.26.1a, 2011.174.26.1b, 2011.174.26.1c, 2011.174.26.1d, and 2011.174.26.1e. Cecil J. Williams remembers his childhood in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and starting his career as a photographer for…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.26.1a-e
A black-and-white photograph of jazz bassist Cecil McBee performing in New York City. McBee is photographed in left-profile and quite close up. The neck of his bass rests on his shoulder and his left hand is on the strings.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.101
Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929 – April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex…
Cecile Emeke ( ə-MEE-kay) is a British filmmaker, writer and artist born in London of Jamaican and English descent. She is known for the online documentary series Strolling, as well as the short film turned web series Ackee & Saltfish. Emeke's work has…
Cécile McLorin Salvant (born August 28, 1989) is a French-American jazz singer-songwriter and composer. Salvant is one of the most highly regarded jazz vocalists of her generation, often winning DownBeat annual critics polls. She has released eight albums…
