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Music

Clifford Jarvis

1941–1999

Clifford Osbourne Jarvis (August 26, 1941 – November 26, 1999) was an American hard bop and free jazz drummer, who in the 1980s moved to London, England, where he spent the remainder of his career.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Clifford Jordan, 1992

1992

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A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician Clifford Jordan at a performance in Miami, FL. Jordan is photographed from a low angle and slightly to the right. His right hand is held up to his face with his thumb just touching his forehead. He wears a dark…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.92
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Arts & Performance

Clifford Owens

1971–

Clifford Owens is an African-American mixed media and performance artist, writer and curator. Owens was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1971 and spent his early life in Baltimore. Owens is known for his works which center on the body and often include…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Cliffs flanking Kakoya to the west

1980

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Donor notes read: "Cliffs flanking Kakoya to the west. Taken on a trip to visit Simon Ottenberg in Bafodia. April 26-27, 1980. The date on the slide is JUL 80.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1812
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Historical photographs & visual records

Cliffs flanking the old town of Kakoya

1980

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Donor notes read: "Cliffs flanking the old town of Kakoya. Taken on a trip to visit Simon Ottenberg in Bafodia. April 26-27, 1980. The date on the slide is JUL 80.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1810
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Historical photographs & visual records

Cliffs flanking the old town of Kakoya on the east

1980

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Donor notes read: "Cliffs flanking the old town of Kakoya on the east. Taken on a trip to visit Simon Ottenberg in Bafodia. April 26-27, 1980. The date on the slide is JUL 80.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1811
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Historical photographs & visual records

Cliffside

2000-01-30

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Cliffside. Original Carousel number, 11, slide number, 94.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1361
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Clifton Davis

1945–

Clifton Duncan Davis (born October 4, 1945) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, minister, and author. Davis wrote The Jackson 5's No. 2 hit "Never Can Say Goodbye" in 1971.

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Literature

Clifton E. Marsh

1946–

Dr. Clifton E. Marsh (born August 10, 1946 ) is an American author, sociologist and educator. He has written a number of books that chronicle the history of various people of the African Diaspora.

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Literature

Clifton Joseph

Biography

Clifton Joseph is a Canadian dub poet. He is most noted for his 1989 album Oral/Trans/Missions, from which the song "Chuckie Prophesy" was a shortlisted Juno Award finalist for Best Reggae Recording at the Juno Awards of 1990. A native of Antigua, Joseph…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Clifton on sea hotel (near Cape Town)

ca. 1970

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Original caption reads, "Clifton on sea hotel (near Cape Town.)".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-14-07
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Historical photographs & documents

"Clinic Doing Good Work Among Negroes of City: Institution on Harden Street Comes Into Being When Need Made Evident by Great Outpouring of Children - Doctor Evans Moving Spirit in Venture."

1931

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Cataloged as “"Clinic Doing Good Work Among Negroes of City: Institution on Harden Street Comes Into Being When Need Made Evident by Great Outpouring of Children - Doctor Evans Moving Spirit in Venture."” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2019.109_ref10
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Historical photographs & documents

Clinical Andrology

Winter 1995

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Cataloged as “Clinical Andrology” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 5
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Clint Dyer

1968–

Clint Dyer (born 4 November 1968) is an English actor, director, and playwright. He was director of the premier production of The Big Life, whose transfer to Apollo Theatre in 2005 made him the first Black British director of a musical in the West End. In…

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Literature & Journalism

Clint Smith (writer)

1988–

Clinton Smith III (born August 25, 1988) is an American writer, poet and scholar. He is the author of the number one New York Times Best Seller How the Word Is Passed, which won the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and was named one…

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Music

Clinton Derricks-Carroll

1953–

Clinton Derricks-Carroll (born May 15, 1953, in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American actor and musician who is best known for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), Wally Brown (1979) and Sanford (1980–1981).

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Biography & Culture

Clinton Liberty

Biography

Clinton Liberty is an Irish actor and dancer. On television, he is known for his roles in the ITV miniseries Holding (2022) and the HBO series House of the Dragon (2024–present). His films include Touchdown (2024).

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Historical photographs & documents

Clinton Swart home movie #1

Date not recorded

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A Family visiting abandoned homes with view of tomb stones from deceased relatives. Scenes show multiple motorcyle races in different locations and riders attemping going over obstacles and over hills. the cyclists laugh and joke while repairing the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20170201_Swart_R8S8_01-09
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

Clip from Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed

1968

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A documentary film with the title “Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed” from the Of Black America television series. It consists of two (2) reels of color acetate film with optical sound. The documentary opens with narrator Bill Cosby discussing…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.76.1a
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Clip of Benny Goodman Orchestra performing "Sing, Sing, Sing" on Hollywood Hotel

1937

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A 16mm motion picture film with a clip of The Benny Goodman Orchestra performing "Sing, Sing, Sing" on the musical comedy Hollywood Hotel. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.275.22.1a
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Historical photographs & visual records

Clipping, from Boston Sunday Globe, January 9, 1972, page 4-A, article titled, "USIA's right-wing bias: Director Frank Shakespeare's missionary zeal is directed at stopping Communism," with photograph of Frank Shakespeare

1972

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Cataloged as “Clipping, from Boston Sunday Globe, January 9, 1972, page 4-A, article titled, "USIA's right-wing bias: Director Frank Shakespeare's missionary zeal is directed at stopping Communism," with photograph of Frank Shakespeare”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref41539
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Clipping from New York Times with story "The Influence of Black Architects"

August 5, 1993

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A clipping from the August 5, 1993 edition of the New York Times page C3 with a brief article titled "The Influence of Black Architects" on the exhibition "Design Diaspora: Black Architects and International Architecture 1970-1990" at the Chicago…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.25.9
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Clipping - From Village to Vogue Brooklyn Museum Exhibit, "Antiques and the Arts Weekly" — Series 5: Legacy and Posthumous Exhibits

2008 September 5

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Cataloged as “Clipping - From Village to Vogue Brooklyn Museum Exhibit, "Antiques and the Arts Weekly"”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref276
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Historical photographs & visual records

Clipping from Zaire, January 31, 1972, page 9. Photograph of Eliot Elisofon and John Putnam with the director and the editor-in-chief of the publication

1972

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Cataloged as “Clipping from Zaire, January 31, 1972, page 9. Photograph of Eliot Elisofon and John Putnam with the director and the editor-in-chief of the publication”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.1973-001_ref41534
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