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Historical photographs & visual records

Chameleon eating fly, Andisibe National Park, Madagascar

2003-08-27

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Original Carousel 16, slide 93.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2011
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chameleon Motif Painted on Wall of Title House, Atsogwa Title Ceremony, Idogu's Compound, Afokpella, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Chameleon Motif Painted on Wall of Title House, Atsogwa Title Ceremony, Idogu's Compound, Afokpella, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-1183
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Chameleons, Andisibe National Park, Madagascar

2003-08-27

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Original Carousel 16, slide 81.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2000
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Chamillionaire

1979–

Hakeem Temidayo Seriki (born November 28, 1979), better known by his stage name Chamillionaire ( kə-MIL-yə-nair), is an American rapper and businessman. He began his career in Houston's hip hop scene in the late 1990s. He was briefly signed with the local…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Champagne glass belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

1994

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This is a champagne glass with a gold bulb stem. The bowl is tall and narrow with horizontal fluting. At the base of the bowl is a gold sphere encased in glass. The gold bulb leads to the narrow stem that terminates in a wide flat base. On the underside of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.15
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Champagne glass belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

2001-2004

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This is a tall clear glass champagne flute. It has a tall conical bowl with a beaded coil spiraling from the outside of the top of the bowl down to the bottom. At the base of the bowl is a small sphere. The stem is twisted in a loose spiral that flares…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.29
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Historical photographs & visual records

Champion Cultivator Staff (Daleu); Senufo, Ivory Coast

1983

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EEPA 2016-003-0040.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2016-003_ref81
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Champion Jack Dupree

1910–1992

William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree (July 23, 1909 or July 4, 1910 – January 21, 1992) was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer. His nickname was derived from his early career as a boxer.

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Historical photographs & documents

Champtown & Kurtis Blow

n.d.

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Cataloged as “Champtown & Kurtis Blow” (Ephemera; Photocopies).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 6
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Literature

Chance the Rapper

1993–

Chancelor Jonathan Bennett (born April 16, 1993), known professionally as Chance the Rapper, is an American rapper. He gained widespread recognition with his second mixtape, Acid Rap (2013), which helped establish him as a leading figure in Chicago hip-hop…

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Chancellery of Yohannes I in the Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar, Ethiopia

2010-09-28

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Chancellery of Yohannes I (also named Fasilides Archive) in the Fasil Ghebbi Original Carousel 22, slide 93.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2766
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Literature

Chancellor Williams

1893–1992

Chancellor Williams (December 22, 1893 – December 7, 1992) was an American sociologist, historian and writer. He is known for his work on African civilizations prior to encounters with Europeans; his most notable work is The Destruction of Black…

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Music

Chanda Dancy

1978–

Chanda Yvette Dancy (born November 14, 1978) is an American film and television composer, and classical concert composer. In 2022, Dancy's score for the 2022 film Devotion was shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Original…

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Education & Scholarship

Chanda Feldman

1976–

Amaryllis Chanda Feldman (born 1976) is an American poet. She is an associate professor of creative writing at Oberlin College, where she has taught since 2017. Feldman was born in Tennessee in 1976.

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Biography & Culture

Chandi Moore

Biography

Chandi Moore is an American health education specialist, transgender rights activist, HIV/AIDS activist, and reality television personality. Moore was a former cast member of the documentary series I Am Cait and works as the Health Education Associate at…

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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Chandler Kinney

2000–

Chandler Kinney (born August 3, 2000) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Willa in Disney's Zombies franchise and Tabby Haworthe in Pretty Little Liars (2022–2024).

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Literature

Chandler Moore

1995–

Chandler David Moore (born March 21, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist, and worship leader. Moore was a member of Maverick City Music from 2019 to 2025. Maverick City Music released two projects in 2019 followed by an additional…

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Literature & Journalism

Chandler Owen

1889–1967

Chandler Owen (April 5, 1889 – November 2, 1967) was an African-American writer, editor and early member of the Socialist Party of America. Born in North Carolina, he studied and worked in New York City, then moved to Chicago for much of his career. He…

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Literature

Chandra Davis

1978–

Chandra London Davis (born January 2, 1978), better known by the nickname Deelishis, is an American reality television star, video vixen, model and singer. She is best known for her appearance on the second season of the hit VH1 celebreality series, Flavor…

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Literature

Chandra Russell

Biography

Chandra Russell is an American actress and writer. She is known for her performance in the comedy series South Side.

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Chandra Wilson

1969–

Chandra Danette Wilson (born August 27, 1969) is an American actress and director best known for her role as Dr. Miranda Bailey in Grey's Anatomy (since 2005), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a…

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Chanel Haynes

1978–

Chanelle "Chanel" Haynes (born December 31, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the gospel girl group Trin-i-tee 5:7, one of the most successful contemporary gospel acts of their era.…

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Arts & Performance

Chanell Stone

1992–

Chanell Stone is an American photographer. She is Black and known for her "Natura Negra" series. Stone lives and works in Oakland, California.

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Arts & Performance

Chanelle Aponte Pearson

Biography

Chanelle Aponte Pearson is an American writer, producer, and director. She is a member of the New Negress Film Society. She is best known as the director of 195 Lewis, a scripted web series about Black queer women living in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn.

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