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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Crystal Williams

1970–

Crystal Ann Williams (born 1970) is an American educator and poet serving as the 18th president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) since 2022.

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Arts & Performance

Crystal Z Campbell

1980–

Crystal Z Campbell (born 1980) is an American filmmaker and artist. A 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, they have created work with themes such as the "underloved" and in "public secrets", and in 2022 won the 58th Chicago International Film Festival Silver Hugo for…

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Literature

Crystle Roberson

Biography

Crystle Roberson Dorsey is an African-American filmmaker, writer, and television producer. She was honored by Women in Film &Television with the Woman to Watch Award in 2008. She was a director for television series including Greenleaf on the Oprah Winfrey…

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Arts & Performance

Crystle Stewart

Biography

Crystle Danae Stewart (born September 20, 1981) is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Stewart began her acting career in 2011, when she played real estate agent Leslie Morris-Jetson on the OWN/TBS comedy-drama television series For Better…

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Music

Cuba Gooding Sr.

1944–2017

Cuba Mark Gooding Sr. (April 27, 1944 – April 20, 2017) was an American singer. He was the most successful lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, replacing former lead singer Donald McPherson who was diagnosed with leukemia in 1971.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Cuckoo Roller, Andisibe National Park, Madagascar

2003-08-26

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Original Carousel 16, slide 29.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1947
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Music

Cuddly Dudley

1924–2011

Dudley Bernal Bancroft Heslop (22 May 1924 – 15 July 2011) was a Jamaican-born British rock & roll singer who rose to fame on the Oh Boy! TV series, and is noted for being "Britain's first black rock & roller".

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Cue vol. 14 no. 22

June 2, 1945

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Cue vol. 14 no. 22, featuring an illustration of a man standing in front of a theater marquee. The top fourth of the front cover is the masthead. The masthead is in a white field with the magazine title in green text that reads, [CUE], on the left. To the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.274.1
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Historical photographs & visual records

"Cueillette des palmistes" [Picking palm kernels], Conakry, Guinée

c. 1904

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CONAKRY - Cueillette des palmistes; CARTE POSTALE; Ce côté est esclusivement réserve à l'adresse.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0847
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Historical photographs & visual records

Cueta Puente de la Almina

[ca. 1940]

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Printed text on recto reads: "Cueta - Puente de la Almina." Manuscript, address and postmarked postage stamp on verso. Postmark possibly dated 1934. Printed series number on verso: "24.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SP 2011-001-0002
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Cuff bracelet by Jean Baptiste Périclès

late 1960s

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A cuff bracelet designed and created by Jean Baptiste Périclès. The main body of the cuff is hammered, with each end slightly tapering off and rounded. On it are different sized metals of various geometric shapes. One circular metal piece has an orange…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.7.9
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Cuff bracelet by Russell Ferrell

1985

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An abstract, mixed metals cuff bracelet designed and created by Russell Ferrell. The main body of the brass cuff takes a spilled-liquid shape, with two circular parts on one side (one brass, one copper), a “spilled” extension coated in silver, and a silver…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.7.5
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cuff links

Cuff link from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway

mid 20th-late 20th century

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A cuff link from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The cufflink is silver toned with a small, round, cabochon, onyx front face set inside a silver toned cup and insert member. The post and toggle are also silver tone. The toggle has two…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.1.7
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Jewelry and Adornment

Cuff links for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields

1982

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Cuff links from Ain't Misbehavin' costume ensemble for Act I worn by André De Shields during the 1982 NBC TV special. The head of the cufflink is a large blue rhinestone in circular metal head. The head connects to a metal mesh chain that ends in a large…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.1.1.5.1ab
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Jewelry and Adornment

Cuff links for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields

1978-1988

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Cuff links from Ain't Misbehavin' costume ensemble for Act I worn by André De Shields. The head of the cufflink is a large blue rhinestone in circular metal head. Surrounding the rhinestone the circular metal has a rope pattern and a ridged edge that…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.1.1.5.5ab
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Jewelry and Adornment

Cuff links for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields

1978-1988

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Cuff links from Ain't Misbehavin' costume ensemble for Act I worn by André De Shields. The head of the cufflink is a gold shaped triangle with a black circular rhinestone in the center. The head connects to a metal mesh chain that ends in a large hole to…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.1.1.5.7ab
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Jewelry and Adornment

Cuff links for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields

1982

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Cuff links from Ain't Misbehavin' costume ensemble for Act II worn by André De Shields during the 1982 NBC TV special. The head of the cufflink has a central brown rhinestone surrounded by smaller yellow rhinestones to look like a flower. A pattern of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.1.2.6.1ab
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cuff links

Cuff links worn by Cab Calloway

mid 20th-late 20th century

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A pair of cuff links with a round, flat onyx cap framed in gold metal and a gold bar and clip.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.237.4.5ab
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Cuff with discs designed by Winifred Mason Chenet

1951-1963

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A cuff bracelet with dangling discs designed by Winifred Mason Chenet. The cuff consists of a curved band of hammered copper with an opening so that it can be placed on the wrist. Suspended from the band are copper and bronze discs, eight small and three…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.4.1
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Historical photographs & visual records

"Cuisine d'Afrique" [African cuisine], Côte d'Ivoire

c. 1983

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25 - Cuisine d'Afrique. Photographed by Trichet, P.. Published by Missions Africaines.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0723
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Music

Cuje Bertram

1894–1993

Bennie Esterd "Cuje" Bertram (August 24, 1894 – April 2, 1993) was an American old-time fiddle player from Kentucky. Bertram, who was African-American, played in the same style as neighboring white musicians of the region. While musicians such as Leonard…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Cultivated ensete plants growing near roadside home, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

2010-10-13

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Cataloged as “Cultivated ensete plants growing near roadside home, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3504
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Cultivating Coffee

[19--]

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Image of people working on a coffee plantation. Text on front reads: "Roca 'Boa Entrada' Coveamento de cafe." Gold borders.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AO 1985-142134
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Cultivating sisal on estate in Tanga region on coast, Tanzania

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Cultivating sisal on estate in Tanga region on coast, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0485
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