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Cesar Picton (c. 1755 – 1836) was a British merchant of West African descent. Born in West Africa, he was presumably enslaved by the time he was about six years old. He was subsequently brought to England by a British Army officer in 1761 and given as a…
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Chaka Pilgrim is a music industry executive who is most well known as the former president of Roc Nation Records. Roc Nation consists of both management and label clients, many of whom Pilgrim has helped from the beginning of their careers. Some of the…
circa 1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Chalice Made by Art Smith”.
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Chamaine's Ideas for a Smooth 1995” (Text).
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Hakeem Temidayo Seriki (born November 28, 1979), better known by his stage name Chamillionaire ( kə-MIL-yə-nair), is an American rapper and businessman. He began his career in Houston's hip hop scene in the late 1990s. He was briefly signed with the local…
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA book titled, Cortez Peters Championship Formatting, written by Cortez Peters. The front cover features a color photograph of a large gold trophy cup set against a purple background. The trophy is casted in a soft spotlight. It has two (2) handles and a…
1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA book titled, Cortez Peters Championship Keyboarding, Skillbuilding, & Applications, written by Cortez Peters, Jr. The front cover features a color photograph of a large gold trophy cup set against a red background. The trophy is casted in a soft…
1969–
Chanin Kelly-Rae (born 1970) is an American diversity and inclusion practitioner. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Chanin Kelly-Rae Consulting, a diversity management firm. She served briefly as the global director of diversity in the…
1969–
Channing Nicole Dungey (born March 14, 1969) is an American television executive and the first black American president of a major broadcast television network. In 2020, she was announced as the new chairwoman and CEO of Warner Bros. Television.
Biography
Charlene E. Cothran is an American journalist, publisher of the magazines Venus (named after her friend Venus Landin, who was killed by an ex-girlfriend in 1993) and Kitchen Table News (not to be confused with the feminist, activist publishing company…
Loading image…1861–1941
Rev. Charles Benjamin William Gordon Sr. (1861–1941) was an American newspaper publisher, author, journalist, and Baptist minister.
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Charles Banks (March 25, 1873 – October 18, 1923) was an American bank founder and businessman. He founded the Bank of Mound Bayou, and the Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Banks was a member of the executive…
1841–1911
Charles C. Leslie (April 12, 1841 – April 14, 1911) was free African American fisherman, mariner, and businessman in South Carolina.
1931–2018
Charles "Chuck" Harrison (September 23, 1931 – November 29, 2018) was an American industrial designer, speaker and educator. He was the first African-American executive to work at Sears, Roebuck and Company, starting in 1961 as a designer and eventually…
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Charles Clinton Spaulding (August 1, 1874 – August 1, 1952) was an American business leader. For close to thirty years, he presided over North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, which became America's largest black-owned business, with assets of over…
1870–1937
Charles Edward Mitchell (May 30, 1870 – March 29, 1937) was an American bank president and diplomat. He was a Republican, and was appointed by U.S. president Herbert Hoover to a consular position in Liberia. He had lived in Institute, West Virginia and…
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James Charles Evers (September 11, 1922 – July 22, 2020) was an American civil rights activist, businessman, radio personality, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers. After…
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Charles F. Harris (January 3, 1934 – December 16, 2015) was an American book publisher and editor. Through his pioneering work at Howard University Press and at Amistad Press, which he founded in 1986, Harris was instrumental in the publication of many…
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Charles Francis Tilghman Jr. (March 11, 1897 – December 2, 1985) was an American printer, and the son of social activist Hettie B. Tilghman. His publishing company, Tilghman Press, was the leading West Coast black-owned publishing company from the 1930s to…
Biography
Charles Farrar is an American songwriter, composer, and producer, best known for his songwriting work with vocal groups SWV, 702, Today, and Shades. In the late 1990s/early 2000s, Farrar, alongside Troy Taylor, was a member of "The Characters": a…
Biography
Charles H. Barbour is a politician from Charlottesville, Virginia. He served as the first Black mayor of Charlottesville from 1974 to 1976. Barbour was also the first African-American to be elected to the Charlottesville City Council (1970–1978), and was…
1905–1978
Charles Harold Loeb (April 2, 1905 – August 21, 1978) was an American journalist known for detailing radiation casualties from the Hiroshima bomb. Loeb's article reporting on World War II was published in multiple newspapers with support of the National…
1886–1966
Charles Henry Mahoney (May 29, 1886 – January 29, 1966) was an American attorney, politician, and businessman, and the first African American appointed as a delegate to the United Nations. Mahoney was also the first African American to serve on the Detroit…
1886–1963
Charles Henry Pace (August 4, 1886, Atlanta, Georgia – December 16, 1963, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American composer, publisher, and choral director of Christian music. At the age of 13, he relocated with his family to Chicago. There, he continued…
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