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Christine Swanson
1971–
Christine Swanson (born July 15, 1971) is an American film and television director and screenwriter.
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Christine Truman Beats Althea Gibson in Wightman Cup
1958
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGIn this black-and-white photograph, Christine Truman (left) walks off with Althea Gibson (right). Both women wear tennis skirts and jackets. A crowd is visible in the background.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.27.1.2
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Historical photographs & documents
Christmas card with drawing by Clarence DeW. Herreschoff
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Christmas card with drawing by Clarence DeW. Herreschoff” (Text).
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.17.2_ref92
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Photographs and Still Images
Christmas Eve Watch • Johns Island, SC
1964; printed 1998
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a group of parishoners attending an all night Christmas Eve service at the Moving Star Hall in Johns Island, SC by the photographer Leonard Freed. The photo shows the backs of the congregation in the right half of the frame.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.10.6
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Archival documents & files
Christmas Letter and Photographs of Roosevelt Van Williams — Writing and Biography Research
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Christmas Letter and Photographs of Roosevelt Van Williams”.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref362
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Christmas Regatta, Old Calabar
1898
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal caption reads "Regatta. Christmas. O. Calabar /98.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0075
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Music
Christon Gray
1986–
Christon Michael Gray (born 18 July 1986) is an American R&B singer and rapper born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He calls his music "about being human." It is this approach that has allowed him a successful transition from Christian music to mainstream.
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Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
1999–
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (born January 19, 1999) is an American blues guitarist and singer from Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States, who became a well-known performer as a teenager.
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Business & Enterprise
Christopher B. "Stubb" Stubblefield
1931–1995
Christopher B. "Stubb" Stubblefield, Sr. (March 7, 1931 – May 27, 1995) was an American barbecue restaurateur, music patron and a Barbecue Hall of Famer, known for his barbecue sauces, rubs and marinades distributed by Stubb's Legendary Kitchen, Inc.
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Christopher Boykin
1972–2017
Christopher "Big Black" Boykin (January 13, 1972 – May 9, 2017) was an American television personality and musician best known for his role on the MTV reality television series Rob & Big, in which he co-starred with professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek…
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Christopher C. Bell
1933
Christopher C. Bell Jr. (born May 7, 1933) is an American writer, African American author, poet, and lecturer. Bell is best known for his controversial writings on racial issues in the Black church that cause the "White Superiority Syndrome" which is a…
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Arts & Performance
Christopher Colquhoun
1970–
Christopher Colquhoun (pron: ca-HOON) (born 10 January 1970) is an English actor. He is known for appearing as Simon Kaminski in the BBC drama series Casualty, from 2002 to 2004; he also appeared in Holby City in this role. Colquhoun also played Jake Quinn…
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Christopher Darden
1956
Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer, author, and lecturer. He worked for 15 years in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, where he gained national attention as a co-prosecutor in the murder trial of O. J. Simpson.
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Arts & Performance
Christopher Jeffers
1988–
Christopher Edwin Leigh Jeffers (born May 1988) is an English actor and dancer. After graduating from theatre school, he worked at Disneyland Paris, before going onto appear in various stage productions across the UK. Jeffers then began making minor…
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Arts & Performance
Christopher John Rogers
Biography
Christopher John Rogers is an American fashion designer, born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Rogers debuted his first collection in fall 2018 at age 24, and in 2019 received the top prize at the 16th…
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Christopher Judge
1964–
Christopher Judge (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Teal'c in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007). He is also the second actor to portray Kratos in the God of…
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Christopher Martin
1962–
Christopher Martin (born July 10, 1962) is an American rapper and actor, who is the latter half of the late 1980s/early 1990s hip-hop/comedy duo Kid 'n Play.
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Christopher Massey
1990–
Christopher Michael Massey (born January 26, 1990) is an American rapper and actor, best known for his role as Michael Barret on the Nickelodeon television series Zoey 101 (2005–2008, 2015) and Zoey 102 (2023).
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Christopher Myers
1974–
Christopher Myers (born 1974) is an American interdisciplinary artist, author and illustrator of children's books, and playwright. His wide-ranging practice—including tapestries, sculpture, stained glass lightboxes, theater and writing—is rooted in…
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Christopher Paul Curtis
1953
Christopher Paul Curtis (born May 10, 1953) is an American children's book author. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, was published in 1995 and brought him immediate national recognition, receiving the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award…
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Christopher Priest (comic book writer)
1961–
Christopher James Priest (born James Christopher Owsley , June 30, 1961) is an American comic book writer who is at times credited simply as Priest. He changed his name legally circa 1993. He was the first black writer-editor in mainstream comics.
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Film & Television
Christopher Scott Cherot
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Christopher Scott Cherot is an American actor, writer and director, best known for his debut romantic comedy film, Hav Plenty (1997), a true story that he wrote, edited, produced, acted in and directed. For his debut film, Cherot won Acapulco Black Film…
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Film & Television
Christopher St. John
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Christopher St. John, sometimes credited as Chris St. John, is an American film and television actor.
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Literature
Christopher Williams
1967–
Christopher Lawrence Williams (born August 22, 1967) is an American singer and actor. Emerging in the late 1980s as a recording artist with Geffen Records, Williams became a notable figure in the new jack swing era with a series of R&B chart hits,…
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