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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Claudia Jordan

1973–

Claudia Angela Jordan (born April 12, 1973) is an American talk show host, actress, model, businesswoman, and reality television and radio personality. She is known for appearing as a model on the American version of Deal or No Deal and The Price Is Right,…

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Arts & Performance

Claudia Kariuki

Biography

Claudia Kariuki is a British actress, singer, dancer and songwriter who is best known for playing Jane Seymour in Six in the West End.

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Music

Claudia Lennear

1946–

Claudia Lennear (born Claudia Joy Offley; 1946) is an American soul singer and educator. Lennear began her performing with the Superbs before becoming an Ikette in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. She was also a background vocalist for various acts, including…

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Claudia McNeil

1917–1993

Claudia Mae McNeil (August 13, 1917 – November 25, 1993) was an American actress known for premiering the role of matriarch Lena Younger in both the stage and screen productions of A Raisin in the Sun. She later appeared in a 1981 production of the musical…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Claudia Rankine

1963–

Claudia Rankine (; born September 4, 1963) is a Jamaican-American poet, essayist, playwright, and the editor of several anthologies. She is the author of five volumes of poetry, two plays and various essays. Her book of poetry, Citizen: An American Lyric,…

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BIOGRAPHY
Film

Claudia Tagbo

1973–

Claudia Tagbo (born 14 June 1973) is a French-Ivorian actress, comedian and TV personality.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Record Albums

Claudine

1974

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A vinyl record (a) with cardboard jacket (b) and paper sleeve (c).The front of the album jacket features a central color image of three men and one woman, Gladys Knight and the Pips. Knight wears a blue dress and the three men wear matching red shirts with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.152.152abc
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Claudine

1974

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A song book with sheet music for the 1974 film, Claudine. The front cover is white with rows of orange hearts, black text, and eight (8) color photographs. Black cursive text at the top of front cover reads, [Claudine]. Across the center of the front cover…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.288.26
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

Claudine

1974

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A romantic comedy with the title Claudine. It consists of two reels of 16mm color acetate film with optical sound. In the opening scene, Claudine (Diahann Carroll), a single mother of six who, in addition to working as a maid, relies on Welfare to support…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.56.1ab
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Literature

Claudine Clark

1941–

Claudine Clark (born April 26, 1941) is an American R&B musician, best known as the singer and composer of the 1962 hit "Party Lights", which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Claudine Gay

1970–

Claudine Gay (born August 4, 1970) is an American political scientist who is the Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University. Her research focuses on American political behavior, including…

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Music

Claudja Barry

1952–

Claudja Barry (born in 1952) is a Jamaican-born Canadian singer. Her successful songs were "Down and Counting", "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes" (which peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 9 June 1979), "Dancing Fever", and others.

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Music

Clavish

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Cian Francis William Wright (born 4 October 1998), known professionally as Clavish, is a British rapper from Stamford Hill, London. He is currently signed with EGA Distro, and is noted for his signature flow on trap and drill beats. In December 2022,…

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Literature

Clay Cane

Biography

Clay Cane is a journalist, author, political commentator, and radio host. He is the author of The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump (2024) and Burn Down Master's House: A Novel. Cane is also the…

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Music

Clay Drayton

1947–

Clarence R. "Clay" Drayton (born August 4 1947) is an American songwriter, arranger, producer, and sideman best known for his work at Motown.

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Literature

Clay Evans

1925–2019

Clay Evans (June 23, 1925 – November 27, 2019) was an African American Baptist pastor and founder of the influential Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois, famous for its gospel music infused Sunday service and choir. Evans released his…

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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Clay Figures

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Clay Figures” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0226
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Historical photographs & visual records

Clay has been pounded up and mixed with water, near Lunsar

1980

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Donor notes read: "Potters near Lunsar; Clay has been pounded up and mixed with water. Jan.- Feb. 1980. The date on the slide is MAY 80.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1742
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Historical photographs & visual records

Clay pots at Ebu Dada pottery center, northern edge of Okelele district, Ilorin

1980

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As of the 1980s, Ebu Dada was the largest pottery making site in Ilorin, where numerous potters gathered to make and fire their pots. In this photograph, Ilorin "red" pots, for water or other storage, with red slip added, are set out to dry. Pots in the…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-004, Item EEPA 2016-004-0016
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Clay pots drying in the sun outside of a clayworks, Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Clay pots drying in the sun outside of a clayworks, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-2049
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Historical photographs & visual records

Clay Pots in Courtyard of Gurunsi Home

2004 November 10

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Clay Pots in Courtyard of Gurunsi Home. Original Carousel number, 2, Slide number, 4.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0138
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Historical photographs & visual records

Clay pots made by Hausa artisans outside of a clayworks, Yelwa, Nigeria

1968

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Cataloged as “Clay pots made by Hausa artisans outside of a clayworks, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0179
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Clay pots made by Hausa artisans, Yelwa, Nigeria

1968

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Cataloged as “Clay pots made by Hausa artisans, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0186
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Historical photographs & visual records

Clay Pots Made in Lobi Village

2004 November 8

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Clay Pots made by resident in Lobi village. Original Carousel number, 1, Slide number, 130.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0124
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