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Historical photographs & visual records

Dixcove Fort, Ghana

1986

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Donor notes read: "Dixcove Fort, Jan. 8, 1986. VanDantzig trip, Jan. 1986. The date on the slide is FEB 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0180
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Historical photographs & visual records

Dixcove town, Ghana

1986

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Donor notes read: "Dixcove town, Jan. 8, 1986. VanDantzig trip, Jan. 1986. The date on the slide is FEB 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0179
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Dixie Café

1948

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A depiction of a segregated café rendered in black and white, with black diners seated in the "Colored" section on the left, and white diners seated in the "White" section on the right. The drawing is signed and dated by the artist on the front.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.73
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Music

Dixie Peach

Biography

Bernie Michael, known by the stage name Dixie Peach, is a British radio DJ and musician. He was part of a UK funk band called Mirage before he started his broadcasting career. Peach was one of the starting line-up on Radio Caroline when it re-launched on…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

Dixieland Jamboree

1946

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A motion picture film with the title Dixieland Jamboree. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. It opens with footage of people working in a field and a narrator saying,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.275.19.1a
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Music

Dizzee Rascal

1984–

Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), known professionally as Dizzee Rascal, is a British rapper and MC. He is often credited as a pioneer of British hip hop and grime music and was ranked by Complex as one of the greatest British rappers of all…

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Music

Dizzy Gillespie

1917–1993

Gillespie's virtuosic playing, distinctive bent trumpet and collaborations with Cuban percussionist Chano Pozo brought Afro-Cuban rhythms into jazz.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Dizzy Gillespie, 1973

1973

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A digital print of jazz musician and composer Dizzy Gillespie playing trumpet during a performance in New York City. The photo is from an extreme low angle, and looks up at Gillespie's face between his arms. He wears a pair of sunglasses in which the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.172
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Photographs and Still Images

Dizzy Gillespie at Newspaper Guild Canteen

1944

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A black and white photograph of Dizzy Gillespie and band by Arthur Leipzig. On the left there is an unidentified man, partially out of the image. He is in a black jacket with one hand on the bass drum. To the right a young unidentified man is seated at the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.67.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Dizzy Gillespie - Boston Gardens, Boston, Mass. - 1967

October 27, 1967

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This image depicts Dizzy Gillespie standing and singing in front of a microphone at a civil rights fundraiser with Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Holding his trumpet in his left hand, he grasps the microphone with his right.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.14
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Photographs and Still Images

Dizzy Gillespie - Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. - 1980

1980

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This image depicts Dizzy Gillespie sitting behind a drum set. Wearing a light colored suit, Gillespie sits leaning forward, forearms leaning on the two drums in front of him, and speaks into the microphone in front of him. He wears a wrist watch on his…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.15
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Photographs and Still Images

Dizzy Gillespie - Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. - 1980

1980

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This image depicts Dizzy Gillespie playing his trumpet. He stands at a three-quarter angle to the viewer, holding his trumpets to his lips, cheeks inflated. The trumpet's bell is bent upward at a 45 degree angle. Gillespie wears a light colored suit and he…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.16
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Photographs and Still Images

Dizzy Gillespie & James Moody - Resurrection City. Wash., D.C. - 1968

1968

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This image depicts musicians Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody performing at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign, May-June 1968. Gillespie, standing to the left, wearing a dark colored sweatshirt, dark pants, and white sneakers, plays his…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.17
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MUSEUM OBJECT
portraits

Dizzy Gillespie - on conga drums - Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. - 1980

1980

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This image depicts the musician Dizzy Gillespie playing a set of conga drums. Seated behind the drums, with another drum set behind him, Gillespie wears a light colored suit and button down shirt. He has a large pendant around his neck. His eyes closed,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.13
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Photographs and Still Images

Dizzy Gillespie Performance at Hunter College, New York City, 1959

1959; printed 1995

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A black and white silver gelatin photograph of a man playing the trumpet. Dizzy Gillespie is captured performing at Hunter College, New York City, 1959, wearing horned rimmed eyeglasses, a bright long sleeve shirt and checkered jacket. There is a large…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.62.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Dizzy Gillespie & woman with white scarf - Resurrection City, Wash, D.C. - 1968

May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

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This imaged depicts musician Dizzy Gillespie, outside, seated on the edge of a platform in a crowd of people at Resurrection City. Gillespie is sitting slightly sideways to the camera, facing to the viewer's right, among other sitting and standing…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.40
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Music

DJ A-Tron

1993–

Aaron Williams (born April 10, 1993), best known as DJ A-Tron, is an American DJ, radio host, web personality, event producer, and entrepreneur. He was referred to by the LA Weekly as "The Twerk King". A-Tron has toured nationally and internationally,…

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Music

DJ AG

1985–

Ashley Gordon (born 1985), known professionally as DJ AG, is a British DJ and online streamer. He is recognised for outdoor open-format DJ sets across London that are broadcast live on social media platforms. His live streams have featured appearances from…

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Music

DJ Alamo

1968–

Keith Jones (born October 16, 1968), also known by his stage name, DJ Alamo or Alamo. is an American DJ and producer, who is known for being one of the founding members of Brand Nubian.

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Music

DJ Assault

1977–

Craig De Shan Adams (born October 19, 1977), better known as DJ Assault or Craig Diamonds, is an American electronic musician and producer known for his work with Detroit booty music and the ghettotech genre.

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Music

DJ B-Do

1984–

Bradley Davis (born July 31, 1984), professionally known by his stage name DJ B-Do, is an American Record producer affiliated with UGK. He is a member of hip-hop duo Da Underdawgz with fellow rapper Young T.O.E., brought together by the late Pimp C.

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Business

DJ Bobcat

1967–

Bobby Ervin (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Bobcat or DJ Bobcat, is an American record producer, songwriter, DJ, and music executive. He is perhaps best known for his co-production work on LL Cool J's 1990 single "Mama Said Knock You…

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Biography & Culture

DJ Cameo

Biography

DJ Cameo is an English DJ and former host of "Pirate Sessions", a now-defunct Sunday afternoon grime show on the digital UK radio station BBC 1Xtra. He later hosted the Tuesday night UKG show, but on 4 November 2015 it was announced that he would be…

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Music

DJ Candlestick

1985–

Omar Barton (born June 21, 1985), better known by his stage name DJ Candlestick, is an American DJ, radio personality, and record producer. He is a member of The Chopstars of the ChopNotSlop subgenre, former on-air personality for KQBT 93.7 The Beat…

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