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1953–
Doña Croll (born 29 August 1953) is a Jamaican-born British actress. She is best known for her roles in soap operas, playing Pearl McHugh in Channel 5's Family Affairs, Vera Corrigan in Doctors, and Emerald Fox in EastEnders, both on the BBC. She also…
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Dona Drake ( DOH-nə; November 15, 1914 – June 20, 1989) was an American singer, dancer, and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She was typically cast in ethnic roles including Latin American and Middle Easterners. Drake often presented herself as Mexican…
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Yvonne Lara da Costa OMC (April 13, 1922 – April 16, 2018), better known as Dona Ivone Lara, was a Brazilian singer and composer. Known as the Queen of Samba and Great Lady of Samba, she was the first woman to sign a samba-enredo and take part in a wing of…
1922–2000
Neuma Gonçalves da Silva (8 May 1922 – 17 July 2000) was a Brazilian samba dancer. She began dancing samba in a small group at age seven and was president of the Mangueira samba school for multiple terms, establishing the institution's children's and…
1913–2003
Euzébia Silva de Oliveira, better known as Dona Zica (6 February 1913 – 22 January 2003), was a Brazilian samba dancer at the Mangueira Samba school in Rio de Janeiro, who went on to play an important role in the Mangueira favela.
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Ian Greenidge, better known by his stage name Donae'o ( doh-NAY-oh; meaning Gift from God), is a British singer, songwriter and rapper from North-West London. He has worked with numerous British musicians throughout his career including The Streets, Giggs,…
1952–
Donal Fox (born July 17, 1952) is an American composer, pianist and improviser in the jazz and classical genres. He was the first African-American composer-in-residence with the St. Louis Symphony (1991–1992).
Biography
Donald A. Morgan is an American cinematographer. He has won 10 Emmy Awards, including seven for Home Improvement and three for The Ranch. In 2022, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Elmina excavation; Donald Andoh screening. The date on the slide is DEC 86.".
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Elmina excavation; Donald Andoh with head pan. The date on the slide is DEC 86.".
1944–
Donald Bogle is an American film historian and author of six books concerning black history in film and on television. He is an instructor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians…
1949–
Donald Byrd (born 1949) is an American modern dance choreographer, known for themes relating to social justice, and in particular, racism.
1938
Donald Crews (born August 30, 1938) is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. In 2015, the American Library Association (ALA) honored him with the Children's Literature Legacy Award, recognizing his lasting contribution to…
January 27, 2007; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Donald Cunningham. He is wearing glasses and a dark colored stocking cap. The print is inscribed on the back.
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Donald "DJ" Johnson Jr. is an American musician, songwriter, and music producer best known as the drummer for Khruangbin, a trio from Houston, Texas, and one half of the hip hop production duo Beanz N Kornbread.
1994 August 1
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Donald Duck mural on local bar, Lamu, Kenya” (Slides (photographs)).
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Donald Adeosun Faison (; born June 22, 1974) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his leading role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC/NBC comedy-drama Scrubs, its revival (2001–2010; 2026-), and a supporting role as Murray in both the film Clueless…
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Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (; born September 25, 1983), also known by his musical stage name Childish Gambino (), is an American actor, rapper, singer, comedian, and filmmaker. While he studied at New York University and after working in Derrick Comedy, a…
1936–1974
Donald Goines (pseudonym: Al C. Clark; December 15, 1936 – October 21, 1974) was an African-American writer of urban fiction. His novels were deeply influenced by the work of Iceberg Slim.
1934–2023
Donald Hinds (13 January 1934 – 13 March 2023) was a Jamaican-born writer, journalist, historian and teacher. He is best known for his work on the West Indian Gazette and his fiction and non-fiction books portraying the West Indian community in Britain,…
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Donald Jasper Harris (born August 23, 1938) is a Jamaican-American economist and emeritus professor at Stanford University, known for applying post-Keynesian ideas to development economics. He was a scholar granted tenure in the Stanford Department of…
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Donald Towe Jones (January 24, 1932 – November 5, 2004) was an American-Dutch actor, singer and dancer; born in Harlem, he went to the Netherlands in his early twenties and became one of the first Dutch black stars.
1948–
Donald L. Graham (born December 15, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Graham was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Arts from West Virginia…
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