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Historical photographs & visual records

Dedication of mural by Marcus Jefferson, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date not recorded

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Original text on slide reads, "Dedication of mural by Marcus Jefferson on corner of East 75th Street and South Crandon Avenue".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1876
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Dee-1

1985–

David Arnold Augustine Jr. (born April 10, 1985), known professionally as Dee-1, is an American rapper, author, educator, and activist from New Orleans, Louisiana. The success of his 2010 single, "Jay, 50, and Weezy", led him to sign a recording contract…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Dee Brown (basketball, born 1968)

1968–

DeCovan Kadell "Dee" Brown (born November 29, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who spent thirty years in the NBA, including twelve seasons as a player (1990–2002) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for the…

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Music

Dee Dee Bridgewater

1950–

Dee Dee Bridgewater (born Denise Eileen Garrett, May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer and actress. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National…

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Music

Dee Harvey

1965–2012

Demetrius La Vell "Dee" Harvey (August 24, 1965 – December 1, 2012) was an American R&B singer. He was at one time signed to Motown and recorded his first album, Just as I Am with Motown in 1991. Harvey was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and attended…

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Music

Dee Jay Daniels

1988–

Dee Jay Daniels (born Dorjan Lyndell Daniels; October 17, 1988) is an American former television actor and rapper. Daniels is best known for his role as Michael Hughley on the D. L. Hughley sitcom, The Hughleys, playing the son of Hughley's character. He…

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Literature

Dee Rees

1977–

Diandrea Rees (born February 7, 1977) is an American screenwriter and director. She is known for her feature films Pariah (2011), Bessie (2015), Mudbound (2017), and The Last Thing He Wanted (2020). Rees has also written and directed episodes for…

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Music

Dee Shy

1973–

Dee Shy (born Doreen Samantha Mason in May 1973) is a British rapper. She has been rapping since the mid-1980s alongside her husband Darren Mason from the French band SKO (RME) who were originally a Birmingham-based commercial rap trio from the UK who were…

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Music

Dee Tails

Biography

Dee Tails is an English rapper, dancer and actor/creature performer best known for his work in the British boy band MN8 and the movies Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Solo: A Star Wars Story.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Deed Child’s I’s Didn’t Know You’s was Dare

1898

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A color half-tone print depicting a woman opening the doors to a cellar. This stereo card consists of two identical side by side images. In the daytime, outside of a light colored stone building, a hatted woman wearing a long sleeve pink top and grey-blue…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.3.6
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Music

DeeJay Punk-Roc

1971–

Deejay Punk Roc (born Jon Paul Davies) is an English former breakbeat, big beat and hip hop artist. The alias lasted from 1997 until 2002. He provided remixes for Korn, Pitchshifter and Kurtis Mantronik.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

"Deep Greenwood" - 1978

1978; printed 2014

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A black-and-white gelatin silver print of North Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The photograph is taken from the east side of the road near the intersection with East Archer Street and depicts a line of one to three story brick buildings, most of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.206.16
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Historical photographs & visual records

Deer, Upper West, Mole

1987

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Donor notes read: "Deer; Upper West, Mole. July, 1987. The date on the slide is JUL 87.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1110
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Music

Deezer D

1965–2021

Dearon Thompson (March 10, 1965 – January 7, 2021), known professionally as Deezer D, was an American actor, rapper and Christian motivational speaker. He is best known for his role as Nurse Malik McGrath in the American medical drama television series ER,…

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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

Def Jam Recording Correspondence

bulk 1987-2009

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Cataloged as “Def Jam Recording Correspondence” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 3
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Music

Def Jef

1966–

Jeffrey Fortson (born September 27, 1966), better known by the stage name Def Jef, is an American alternative hip hop musician and rapper of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born in Harlem, New York City. His debut album was 1989's Just a Poet with a…

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Historical photographs & visual records

"Défenses d'un village de la zône forestière (pays Toma)" [Defenses of a village in the forest zone (Toma country)], Guinée

Date not recorded

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COLONIES FRANÇAISE; HAUTE GUINÉE; Défenses d'un village de la zône forestière (pays Toma); 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 2001-001-1147
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Historical photographs & visual records

Defensive wall at the main gate of Kakoya

1979

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Donor notes read: "Defensive wall at the main gate of Kakoya. Trip to Bafodia (Kakoya), April 7-8, 1979. The date on the slide is JUN 79.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1556
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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Defne Joy Foster

1975–2011

Defne Joy Foster (September 2, 1975 – February 2, 2011) was an American-Turkish actress, presenter and VJ.

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Historical photographs & visual records

"Défonceuse, dessoucheuse Bajac (avril 1904)" [Bajac router, stump grinder (April 1904)], Cote d'Ivoire

Date not recorded

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CHEMIN DE FER ET PORT DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE; Défonceuse, dessoucheuse Bajac (avril 1904); Série 2 No - 19; 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 2001-001-6991
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

DeFord Bailey

1899–1982

DeFord Bailey (December 14, 1899 – July 2, 1982) was an American old-time musician and songwriter considered to be the first African American country music star.

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Literature

DeForest Soaries

1951–

The Reverend DeForest Blake "Buster" Soaries, Jr. (born August 20, 1951) is a Baptist minister, author and public advocate, from Montclair, New Jersey. A member of the Republican Party, He is the former Secretary of State of New Jersey and former chairman…

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

DeForrest Brown Jr.

Biography

DeForrest Brown, Jr. is a writer, music and media theorist, and curator. Brown releases music under his own name as well as by the moniker Speaker Music.

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Deidre McCalla

Biography

Deidre McCalla is an American singer-songwriter from New York City. McCalla was raised around the folk music scene of Macdougal Street in New York, where she began her career. In 1983, she moved to northern California.

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