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Corin Wells

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Corin Wells is an actress, writer, producer, and comedian. She received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for her work on A Black Lady Sketch Show.

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Corinna Brown

Biography

Corinna Brown is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Tara Jones in the Netflix series Heartstopper (2022–2024) and the 2026 film Heartstopper Forever.

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Music

Corinne Bailey Rae

1979–

Corinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae (; née Bailey; born 26 February 1979) is a British singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2006 single "Put Your Records On". Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC…

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Corinne Foxx

1994–

Corinne Marie Foxx (born 1994) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actor and singer Jamie Foxx.

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Corinne Mitchell

1914–1993

Corinne Mitchell (1914 - 21 April 1993) was an American painter and educator. She was the first African American to have a solo exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

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Corinne Skinner-Carter

1930–

Corinne Skinner-Carter (née Skinner; born 2 March 1930) is a Trinidadian actress based in the United Kingdom. As Corinne Skinner, she began acting professionally in the 1950s. She has worked in black British film and television, and is possibly best known…

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Corky McCoy

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Cortez "Corky" McCoy is an American illustrator from Los Angeles. He is known for his cartoon designs of urban African-Americans on Miles Davis album covers.

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Corn drying on a fence in a small village outside of Bamako, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “Corn drying on a fence in a small village outside of Bamako, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0829
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Corn harvest in Sirakoro village, Mali

1970

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Cataloged as “Corn harvest in Sirakoro village, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1739
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Corn husks, Northern Transvaal (South Africa)

1946

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Cataloged as “Corn husks, Northern Transvaal (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063414
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Corn on the cob and kernels of corn

1987

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Image used in the video production entitled,"Patterns of Life: West-African Strip Weaving Traditions," produced by Caribiner, Inc. under contract for the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1987. Image taken by Gavin Ashworth, 1987.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1991-005, Item EEPA 1991-050223
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Music

Corneille

1977–

Cornelius Nyungura (born 24 March 1977), known by his stage name Corneille, is a German-Rwandan naturalized Canadian R&B singer. He was born in West Germany to Rwandan parents. He spent most of his childhood in Rwanda, and eventually emigrated to Quebec,…

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Cornelius Bumpus

1945–2004

Cornelius Bumpus (May 7, 1945 – February 3, 2004) was an American woodwind, brass and keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California.

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Cornelius Carter

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Cornelius Carter is a dancer, choreographer, and professor emeritus of dance. He is the director of dance at the University of Alabama and also the artistic director of Transition into Performance (TiP) and of the Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre.

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Cornelius Eady

1954

Cornelius Eady (born 1954) is an American writer focusing largely on matters of race and society. His poetry, often praised for its simplicity and plainspokenness, centers on jazz and blues, family life, violence, and societal problems stemming from…

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Cornelius Grant

1943–

Cornelius Grant (born April 27, 1943) is an American guitarist, composer, and band leader. He served as the musical director, guitar player, and live show arranger for Motown vocal group The Temptations from 1964 until 1982.

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Cornelius "Tenoo" Coleman

1928–1973

Cornelius Jessie "Tenoo" Coleman (July 5, 1928 – February 20, 1973) was an American R&B drummer best known for playing with Fats Domino's band and on many of his hit records. Tenoo Coleman was born in New Orleans. He was raised uptown on Rocheblave Street,…

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Cornell Dupree

1942–2011

Cornell Luther Dupree (December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011) was an American jazz fusion and R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis, and Steve Gadd, appeared on Late Night with…

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Cornell Gunter

1936–1990

Cornell Gunter (November 14, 1936 – February 26, 1990) was an American rhythm and blues singer, most active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Coffeyville, Kansas, and died in Las Vegas, Nevada, after being shot in his automobile. He was inducted into…

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Cornell John

1963–

Cornell Solomon John (born 1963) is a British actor who has appeared in various film and television productions since 1999. He is most renowned for his role as Trife's uncle, Curtis, in the films Kidulthood (2006), Adulthood (2008) and Brotherhood in…

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Historical photographs & documents

Cornell University

2000

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Cataloged as “Cornell University” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 5
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Corner of Market Lagos

[ca. 1910]

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Orginal caption reads, "Corner of Market, Lagos.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1992-004, Item EEPA 1992-040066
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Corner storage area in village

2000-01-29

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Corner storage area in village. Original Carousel number, 9, slide number, 136.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1142
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Cornet case owned by Maxine Sullivan

ca. 1977

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A hard-sided Olds Ambassador cornet case. The exterior is covered with brown leather with a metal plaque attached on the front. The plaque has a large [O] at the top, above the word [OLDS]. The case's edges are rounded and covered with dark brown leather…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.29.1.2
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