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Film

Cynthia Addai-Robinson

1985–

Cynthia Addai-Robinson (born January 12, 1985) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Naevia in the Starz television series Spartacus, DC Comics character Amanda Waller in The CW TV series Arrow, and Nadine Memphis on the USA Network series…

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Literature

Cynthia Adinig

1985–

Cynthia Adinig (born 1985) is an African-American healthcare equity activist. She is based in Northern Virginia.

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Film & Television

Cynthia Bailey

1967–

Cynthia Denise Bailey (born February 19, 1967) is an American model, reality television personality, podcaster and actress. Born and raised in Alabama, she moved to New York City at the age of 18 to pursue a modeling career. There, she signed a five-year…

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Literature

Cynthia Bond

1961–

Cynthia Bond (born 24 April 1961) is an American author and actress. Her debut novel Ruby spent six consecutive weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, and was chosen as a selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0. She was born in Hempstead, Texas, and now…

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Music

Cynthia Clarey

1949–

Cynthia Clarey (born April 25, 1949) is an American operatic singer and educator. In opera, she has sung both soprano and mezzo-soprano roles and is often associated with the role of Carmen.

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Music

Cynthia Cozette Lee

1953–

Cynthia Cozette Lee, also known as Cynthia Cozette or Nazik Cynthia Cozette (born October 19, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a contemporary African-American classical music composer and librettist. Cozette was the first African-American woman to…

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Music

Cynthia Erivo

1987–

Cynthia Erivo ( ə-REE-voh; born 8 January 1987) is an English actress and singer. Known for her work on both stage and screen, she is the recipient of several accolades and one of few individuals nominated for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award…

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Music

Cynthia Haymon

1958–

Cynthia Haymon-Coleman (born September 6, 1958, in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American soprano. She is known for the beauty of her voice and seeming ease with which she uses it, and more recently as a voice teacher. She received a bachelor's degree of…

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Literature

Cynthia Horner

Biography

Cynthia Horner is a writer, magazine editor, and entertainment industry entrepreneur. An African-American woman, Horner is based in New York City. Former Right On!

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Music

Cynthia Johnson

1956–

Cynthia Johnson (born April 22, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter and television personality. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the disco and funk group Lipps Inc. with the worldwide smash hit "Funkytown".

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Music

Cynthia Layne

1963–2015

Cynthia Layne (February 27, 1963 – January 18, 2015) was an American jazz and neo soul singer. Layne performed around the world singing in many styles. She signed with Indianapolis jazz label Owl Studios in 2006. She worked with Rob Dixon and Reggie…

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Music

Cynthia Robinson

1944–2015

Cynthia Robinson (January 12, 1944 – November 23, 2015) was an American musician, best known for being a founding member of Sly and the Family Stone, for which she was the trumpeter and a vocalist. Her voice and presence were featured in the hits "Dance to…

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Literature & Journalism

Cynthia Tucker (journalist)

1955–

Cynthia Tucker (born March 13, 1955) is an American journalist whose weekly column is syndicated by Universal Uclick. She received a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2007 for her work at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she served as editorial page…

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Education & Scholarship

Cynthia Warrick

Biography

Cynthia Warrick is the seventh president of Stillman College, a liberal arts college in the West Tuscaloosa area of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Before starting a career in higher education, she practiced as a licensed pharmacist. Warrick has two children, Alan…

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Literature

Cyntoia Brown

1988–

Cyntoia Brown Long (née Brown; born January 29, 1988) is an American author and speaker who was convicted of robbing and murdering the person who bought her from sex trafficking. Brown, who was a victim of child sex trafficking at the time of the incident…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cypress Hill, L.A., 1996

1996

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A color photograph of Cypress Hill outdoors in Los Angeles, California. From left to right is DJ Muggs, Sen Dog, and B-Real. Sen Dog stands slightly back from the other two and the image is taken from a low angle to capture a blue sky and the tops of palm…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.210
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Cypress Hills Cemetery Deed — Family Papers

1953-1956

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Cataloged as “Cypress Hills Cemetery Deed”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref46
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Historical photographs & visual records

Cyrano - Maisons

ca. 1904

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Original caption reads, "Cyrano - Houses." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Tamatave, Madagascar, 4 December 1904." Original hand-written address on verso, "Mademoiselle Augustine. Adenet 64 B9 Diderot Paris France." Original hand-written text on recto,…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0341
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Literature

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson

1990–

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson (born 1990) is an American poet, editor, and librarian. He co-founded the literary magazine Deaf Poets Society and is currently a librarian at Pratt Institute. His debut poetry collection Slingshot received a Lambda Literary Award for…

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Cyril Briggs

1888–1966

Cyril Valentine Briggs (May 28, 1888 – October 18, 1966) was an African-Caribbean American writer and communist political activist. Briggs founded the African Blood Brotherhood (ABB), a small but historically important radical organization dedicated to…

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Arts & Performance

Cyril Nri

1961–

Cyril Ikechukwu Nri (born 25 April 1961) is a Nigerian-born English actor best known for playing Superintendent Adam Okaro in the police TV series The Bill. Cyril Nri plays the role of Lord Herman Danbury in the Netflix series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton…

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Literature

Cyrus Cassells

1957

Cyrus Cassells (born 1957) is an American poet and professor.

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Literature

Cyrus Colter

1910–2002

Cyrus Colter (January 8, 1910 – April 15, 2002) was an American author. Trained as a lawyer and during an extended career in public service, he began writing short stories at aged 50. He joined the faculty at Northwestern University in the 1970s and became…

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Music

Cyrus Da Virus

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Cyrus Mchardy, better known as Cyrus Da Virus, is an English rapper. Cyrus was born on 22 November 1979 in Leytonstone, East London. He relocated to south London in his late teens.

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