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Charlie Buhler (born December 25) is an American director, photographer, and producer. She is best known for her directorial debut, Before the Fire, a pandemic thriller that premiered in 2020 amid the COVID-19 crisis.
1901–1965
Charlie Burse (August 25, 1901 – December 20, 1965) was an American blues musician, best known for his work with the Memphis Jug Band. His nicknames included "Laughing Charlie," "Uke Kid Burse" and "The Ukulele Kid." The "uke" in his nicknames referred to…
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Charles Henry Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942) was an American swing and jazz guitarist. He was among the first electric guitarists and was a key figure in the development of bebop and cool jazz. He gained national exposure as a member of the…
August 2, 2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oral history interview and conversation with journalist Charlie Cobb. It consists of three versions of a digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.6.1.1 and 2025.12.6.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file (2025.12.6.1.3, .mov file). Charles…
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Charles W. "Charlie" Cook was an American professional wrestler who competed in Southeastern regional promotions such as Mid-South Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, and Championship Wrestling from Florida during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Charlie Lucas (born October 12, 1951) is a contemporary sculptor born in Pink Lily, Alabama, who now lives and works in Selma, Alabama. He is owner and operator of the Tin Man Studio, part gallery and part studio, in Selma.
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Charles Quinton Murphy (July 12, 1959 – April 12, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and magician. He was best known as a writer and cast member of the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series Chappelle's Show, and a co-star of the sitcom Black…
1920–1955
Nicknamed Bird, Parker's dazzling speed and harmonic invention helped launch bebop in the 1940s and changed the direction of modern jazz.
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Charlie Parker Birthday Broadcast" aired on WKCR NY” (Audio; Audio cassette).
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Ronald Phillips (born 22 November 1944), better known as Charlie, also known by the nickname Smokey, is a Jamaican-born restaurateur, photographer, and documenter of black London. He is now best known for his photographs of Notting Hill during the period…
1976
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Charlie Rouse with a saxophone around his neck at a performance in New York City. He is wearing a white shirt and is standing behind two microphones. A black button on his shirt has a picture of Charlie Parker on it.
1927–2006
Charles Adolphus Williams, MBE (23 December 1927 – 2 September 2006) was an English professional footballer and one of the first black players in British football after the Second World War, Later he became Britain's first well-known black stand-up…
1988–
Charlo Greene (born Charlene Egbe in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-American businesswoman and former reporter/anchor for KTVA television in Anchorage, Alaska. Greene received media notice after she quit her job on-air in September 2014 while covering a…
Biography
Charlotte Crossley, nicknamed "Charlo", is an American singer and actress, best known for her roles in the musical theatrical productions of Hairspray, The Color Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar, as a member of the Harlettes in Bette Midler's Clams On The…
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Charlotte Dyer Enty Catlin (1903 – November 13, 1968) was an American pianist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who worked with Lena Horne. Among her piano students was jazz pianist and composer Billy Strayhorn.
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Charlotte Louise Bridges Grimké (née Forten; August 17, 1837 – July 23, 1914) was an African-American abolitionist, poet, and educator. She grew up in a prominent abolitionist family in Philadelphia. She taught school for years, including to freedmen in…
October 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Charly Becker buying a bottle of colored sand in Djiberi Ndoye's shop, Gorée, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Charm, Akoko Edo, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Charm for Eshu, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1988–
Charmaine La'Donna Jordan (born May 14, 1988), known professionally as Charm La'Donna, is an American dancer and choreographer. Known for her work with various recording artists, her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and two MTV Video Music Awards.
1994–
Charmaine Willie, known as Charmaine is a Zimbabwean-Canadian rapper from Toronto, Ontario, who won the Juno Award for Rap Single of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022 for her 2021 single "Bold".
Biography
Charmaine Lurch is a Toronto-based painter, sculptor, installation artist and arts educator known for her interdisciplinary work and exploration of themes including Black studies and environmental issues.
1971–
Charmaine Andrea Nelson (born 1971) is a Canadian art historian, educator, author, and independent curator. Nelson was a full professor of art history at McGill University until June 2020 when she joined NSCAD University to develop the Institute for the…
Biography
Charmaine Wilkerson is a Jamaican-American journalist, writer, and author. She is known for her debut novel, Black Cake, which was a New York Times Bestseller.
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