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Byron Antom Scott (born March 28, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a role player, Scott won three NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era…
1977–
Byron Douglas Thweatt (born March 21, 1978) is an American former professional football player and college football coach. He was the head football coach Virginia State University in 2015. Thweatt played collegiately as a linebacker at the University of…
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Byron Wallen (born July 1969) is a British jazz trumpeter, composer and educator. He was described by Jazzwise as "one of the most innovative, exciting and original trumpet players alive".
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Charles Alfred Anderson Sr., (February 9, 1907 – April 13, 1996) was an American aviator who is known as the father of black aviation. He earned the nickname "Chief" as chief flight instructor of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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Charles Anthony Muse (born April 17, 1958) is an American politician and minister who has served in the Maryland Senate representing the 26th district since 2023, and previously from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the…
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Claudius B. Claiborne is an American professor and former basketball player who was the first African-American to play on the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team. Claiborne grew up in Danville, Virginia where he attended John M. Langston High School.…
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Clilan Bethany Powell (August 8, 1894 – September 22, 1977) was an American businessman who served as publisher of the Amsterdam News.
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Caesar Carpentier Antoine (c. 1836–1921) was a soldier, businessman, editor, and African-American Republican politician in Louisiana during the Reconstruction era. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was a member of the Louisiana…
1881–1970
Constant "C. C." Dejoie Sr. (1881-1970) was a businessman and entrepreneur in New Orleans, Louisiana who co-founded The Louisiana Weekly newspaper. He was African-American.
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Ulysses "C. C." Grant (born c. 1966) is an American college football coach and former baseball coach. He is the head football coach for the United States Coast Guard Academy, a position he has held since 2020. He previously was an assistant coach for…
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C. C. Vaughn (December 27, 1846 – October 21, 1923) was an American educator and Baptist minister in Ohio and Kentucky. He served in the American Civil War and was promoted to orderly sergeant in his heavy artillery regiment. He was also active in the…
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Christian Devont'a Pelham (born February 21, 1995) is an American professional baseball relief pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers.
1972; printed February 2018
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Kamoinge Workshop member, C. Daniel Dawson, captured by Anthony Barboza. The close-up portrait depicts Dawson from the chin up, looking directly at the viewer with a serious expression on his face. Dawson has a trimmed, full…
1949–
Cardozie Darnell Jones II (born November 23, 1949) is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2008 to 2022), and the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the First Judicial…
1924–2000
Charles Eric Lincoln (June 23, 1924 – May 14, 2000) was an American scholar. He was the author of several books, including sociological works such as The Black Church Since Frazier (1974) and Race, Religion and the Continuing American Dilemma (1984), as…
1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C – F”.
May 1865–May 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C – F”.
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C – G”.
1925–2015
Charles Gerald Fraser (July 30, 1925 – December 9, 2015) was an American journalist, best known for his long service (1967–1991) at The New York Times, having begun his journalistic career at the New York Amsterdam News in 1952. He was described by…
1867–69
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C – H”.
Aug. 1865–Jan. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C – H”.
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Charles Henry James Taylor (1857–1899), was an African-American journalist, editor, lawyer, orator, and political organizer. An early supporter of Democratic President Grover Cleveland, he was appointed Minister to Liberia during Cleveland's first…
1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C – J”.
ca. 1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of zydeco musician C. J. Chenier playing accordian during a performance in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Chenier stands in front of a microphone and is gesturing with his right hand. He wears a dark baseball cap and sunglasses. An…
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