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1948–
Carolyn L. Mazloomi (née Carolyn Louise Stewart; born August 22, 1948) is an American curator, quilter, author, art historian, and aerospace engineer. She is a strong advocate for presenting and documenting African-American-made quilts. Her quilts are…
1946–
Carolyn Ray Boone Mahoney (born 1946) is an American mathematician who served as president of Lincoln University of Missouri. Her research interests include combinatorics, graph theory, and matroids.
Biography
Carolyn Bradshaw Morgan is an American statistician and applied mathematician, one of the first African-American undergraduates at Vanderbilt University, and the former chair of the mathematics department at Hampton University.
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Carolyn Beatrice Parker (November 18, 1917 – March 17, 1966) was a research physicist and educator whose scientific contributions helped expand our understandings of physics and aircraft radio technologies during WWII. After obtaining her undergraduate…
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Carolyn Robertson Payton (May 13, 1925 – April 11, 2001) was appointed Director of the United States Peace Corps in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. She was the first female and the first African American to be Peace Corps Director. Payton was a pioneer in…
1975-06-09
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Carpenter and coffin maker Z.F. Awoyomi with family. 1 Moko St.. Monday afternoon".
1975-06-09
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Carpenter and coffin maker Z.F. Awoyomi with girl wearing Suky. 1 Moko St.. Monday afternoon".
1887–1962
Carrie E. Bullock (c. 1887 – December 31, 1962) was an American nurse. She served as the president of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) and founded their official newsletter.
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Carrie Beatrice Halsell Ward (1903–1989) is the first known African American to graduate from a public university in the state of Oregon. She graduated in 1926, with a Bachelor of Science in Business from Oregon State University.
1929–2024
Carroll Burns Williams Jr. (September 24, 1929 – March 1, 2024) was an American research forester and entomologist. He was the first African American scientist hired by the United States Forest Service and the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in…
ca. 1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCarte-de-visite of Georgiana Willets Stradling shown in half portrait. She is seated and turned one quarter to her left, but her face is turned directly to the camera. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered into a dark colored snood behind her head.…
1950-1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cardboard carton with cardboard dividers containing approximately 35 wax ampules of 1% silver nitrate solution. The carton is coated in brown paper tape, and is stamped in several areas with the message "SOLUTION OF / SILVER NITRATE 1%". The ampules…
mid 20th Century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCash register made by the National Cash Register Company and used by The Chicago Defender. The cash register has a light brown body with a dark brown base and middle section. The keys are orange, green, yellow, and white. A green smiley-faced sticker is…
1947-1948
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Cashier at Martin Chemist store, Somerset West (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
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Cassandra Extavour is a Canadian geneticist, researcher of organismic and evolutionary biology, professor of molecular and cell biology at Harvard University, and a classical singer. Her research has focused on evolutionary and developmental genetics. She…
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Catharine Deaver Lealtad (April 26, 1895 – January 30, 1989) was an American pediatrician and humanitarian worker. She was the first African-American graduate of Macalester College, where the Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice is named partly in her…
1944–
Catherine Alicia Georges, EdD, RN, FAAN, (born February 14, 1944) is an American registered nurse, professor, and nonprofit executive. She served as the volunteer president of the AARP from 2018 through 2020 and has been recognized as a Living Legend by…
Biography
Catherine Hartley is an American psychologist and a Professor of Psychology within the Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science at New York University in New York City. Hartley's research explores how brain development impacts the evaluation…
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Catherine L. Ross is an American educator and author. She is the Harry West Professor of City and Regional Planning, the director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, and the deputy director of the Center for Transportation System…
1921–2018
Catherine Mae McKee McCottry (February 3, 1921– February 6, 2018) was the first female African American physician in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the first female African American obstetrician and gynecologist in Charleston, South Carolina. She worked to…
1962–
Cathy J. Cohen (born 1962) is an American political scientist, author, feminist, and social activist, whose work has focused on the African-American experience in politics from a perspective which is underlined by intersectionality. She is currently the…
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Sir Cato Thomas Laurencin (born January 15, 1959) is an American engineer, physician, scientist, and professor of the University of Connecticut. He is also the chief executive officer of The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering.…
Biography
Cavell Brownie (née Sherlock) is a Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the North Carolina State University. Her research considered biometric methods and wildlife sampling.
1894–1970
Cecil Belfield Clarke (also known as Belfield Clarke) (12 April 1894 – 28 November 1970) was a Barbadian-born physician who qualified in the United Kingdom and practised near the Elephant & Castle in London. He was a Pan-Africanist and was one of the…
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