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Music

Cokni O'Dire

1967–

Cokni O'Dire aka Jah CoknI, King CoknI, OTO and Uncle O Williams (born 1967) is a British ragga MC, DJ and hip hop artist best known for being a member of the original Scheme Team featured on the Rhyme Syndicate/Epic Records release of Divine Styler's Word…

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Music

Coko

1970–

Cheryl Elizabeth Gamble (formerly Clemons; born June 13, 1970), known professionally as Coko, is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer of the R&B vocal trio Sisters With Voices (SWV). Aside from her R&B career, Gamble also has a solo…

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Music

Cola Boyy

1990–2024

Matthew Joseph Urango (February 14, 1990 – March 17, 2024), known professionally as Cola Boyy, was an American musician and disability activist based in Oxnard, California. His debut EP, Black Boogie Neon, was released in 2018. His debut album Prosthetic…

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Music

Cold 187um

1967–

Gregory Fernard Hutchison (born August 4, 1967), known as Big Hutch and Cold 187um, is an American rapper and producer, and leader of the rap group Above the Law. He currently records for his self-founded label.

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Music

Cold Specks

Biography

Cold Specks is the stage name of Somali Canadian singer-songwriter Ladan Hussein, who was previously known as Al Spx. Her music has been described as doom-soul. The name Cold Specks is taken from a line in James Joyce's Ulysses ("Born all in the dark wormy…

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BIOGRAPHY
Film

Cole Anderson-James

1997–

Cole Anderson-James (born 10 May 1997) is a British YouTuber, social media personality, and actor.

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Music

Coleman Hawkins

1904–1969

Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim-Ernst Berendt explained, "There were some…

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Literature & Journalism

Coleman Hughes

1996–

Coleman Cruz Hughes (born February 25, 1996) is an American writer and podcast host. He was a fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and a fellow and contributing editor at their City Journal, and he is the host of the podcast Conversations…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Colen Brander, Cole Bowen, Ashe with cactus, South Africa

1947-1948

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Cataloged as “Colen Brander, Cole Bowen, Ashe with cactus, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064792
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Historical photographs & visual records

Colen Brander, Cole Bowen, Ashe with sheep, South Africa

1947-1948

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Cataloged as “Colen Brander, Cole Bowen, Ashe with sheep, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064787
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Music

Coleridge Goode

1914–2015

George Coleridge Emerson Goode (29 November 1914 – 2 October 2015) was a British Jamaican-born jazz bassist best known for his long collaboration with alto saxophonist Joe Harriott. Goode was a member of Harriott's innovatory jazz quintet throughout its…

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Literature

Colin Channer

1963–

Colin Channer (born 13 October 1963) is a Jamaican writer, often referred to as "Bob Marley with a pen," due to the spiritual, sensual, social themes presented from a literary Jamaican perspective. His first two full-length novels, Waiting in Vain and…

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Literature

Colin Grant

1961–

Colin Grant (born 1961) is a British writer of Jamaican origin, who is the author of several books, including a 2008 biography of Marcus Garvey entitled Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey and His Dream of Mother Africa and a 2012 memoir,…

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Sports

Colin Jackson

1967–

Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete, sports commentator and television personality who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an…

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Arts & Performance

Colin McFarlane

1961–

Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is a British actor, narrator and voice actor. He is known for his roles in film and television, including in comedy sketch show The Fast Show, as Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher…

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Education & Scholarship

Colin Prescod

1944–

Colin Prescod (born 1944) is a British sociologist and cultural activist, originally from Trinidad, who in a career spanning five decades has worked as an academic, documentary filmmaker, theatre maker, and BBC Television commissioning editor, as well as…

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Arts & Performance

Colin Salmon

1961–

Colin Roy Salmon (born 6 December 1961) is an English actor. He is known for playing Charles Robinson in three James Bond films and James "One" Shade in the Resident Evil film series. He has had roles in many television series such as Doctor Who, Merlin,…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Collage by Willie Bester Cape Town, South Africa

Date not recorded

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"Klopper / Godby Collection." [ms. on slide].

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-0888
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Collage of Alberta Hunter news clippings by Rex Madsen

1978

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A collage of newsprint clippings, handwritten notes and lyrics, two-tone prints, and cutout color images of flowers celebrating Alberta Hunter's late-career renaissance, created by Rex Madsen and from a collection belonging to Jimmie Daniels. Newsprint is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2020.19.1.2
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black-and-white photographs

Collage of photographs of the Alpha Phi Alpha "Sphinx Club" fraternity

1923

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A collage of photographs of young men in Howard's Sphinx Club. There are fifteen images arrayed around the head of the Sphinx and a label stating: [Sphinx Club Howard University].

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.54.7
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Historical photographs & visual records

Collapsed bastian, Fort Amsterdam, Abandzi, Ghana

1986

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Donor notes read: "Fort Amsterdam, Abanzi, Jan. 6, 1986; collapsed bastian. Trip along coast with Albert Van Dantzig and family, Jan 6 - 8, 1986. The date on the slide is FEB 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0122
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Collapsed walls, Fort Butre

1987

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Donor notes read: "Fort Butre; collasped walls. May 5, 1987. The date on the slide is JUL 87.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0904
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