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Loading image…1991–2023
Curtis "CJ" Harris (January 28, 1991 – January 15, 2023) was an American singer and songwriter from Jasper, Alabama, who finished in sixth place on the thirteenth season of American Idol in 2014.
1968–2021
Cottrell James Hunter III (December 14, 1968 – November 28, 2021) was an American shot putter, coach, and the 1999 World Champion. Hunter is well known for his involvement in the BALCO scandal and as the former spouse of sprinter Marion Jones.
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Clarence Josef McLin Jr. was an American mortician and politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 36th district from 1967 to 1988. His father was civil rights leader Mac McLin.
1996–
Christoper McCall "C. J." Sanders (born September 18, 1996) is an American former college football wide receiver and child actor. Sanders has had acting roles in several Hollywood movies and television shows.
Loading image…1988–
Charles "CJ" Nana Kwabena Sapong (; born December 27, 1988) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Born in Manassas, Virginia, Sapong was part of the D.C. United youth academy before playing college soccer for the James…
Loading image…1987–
Clifford "C. J." Spiller Jr. (born August 5, 1987) is an American football coach and former running back and return specialist who is currently the running backs coach at Clemson University. He previously served as a graduate intern at Clemson in 2020.…
1996–
Christopher Jordan Wallace (born October 29, 1996), also known as CJ and Lil Biggie, is an American actor and entrepreneur. He is the son of the renowned rapper The Notorious B.I.G and American singer Faith Evans.
Biography
C. Kelly Wright is an actress, singer, and dancer. She has performed in Off-Broadway musicals and plays in New York City and in television and film in the U.S. and internationally. She is known for the development of new works in theater.
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C – L”.
Loading image…1956–
Cleon Lewis Bryant (born March 28, 1956) is an American Baptist minister and former radio and television host based in Jensen Beach, Florida. He is a senior fellow at FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy group.
Loading image…1900–1989
Cottrell Laurence Dellums (January 3, 1900 – December 6, 1989) was an American labor activist and one of the organizers and leaders of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Dellums worked as a porter for the Pullman Company from 1924 to 1927 and was…
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Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (né Walker; January 22, 1915 – July 27, 1984) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. Known as the man with the "Million-Dollar Voice", Franklin served as the pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit…
1969–
C. L. Polk (born 1969) is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction, known for their debut novel Witchmark which won the World Fantasy Award in 2019. Polk's 2022 novella Even Though I Knew the End won the Nebula Award for Best Novella, and several of their…
1901–1989
James connected Caribbean history, anti-colonial politics, literature and sport in influential works including The Black Jacobins.
1952–
Columbus Lorenzo Whittington (born August 1, 1952) is an American former professional football player and coach. He played as a defensive back for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL). Whittington served as the head football coach at…
1866–67
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C – M”.
Loading image…1873–1927
Cornelius Marion Battey (August 26, 1873 – March 14, 1927) was an American photographer who shot photographic portraits of black Americans in a pictorialist style. His photograph of black leaders appeared on the cover of the NAACP's magazine The Crisis…
1973-11-26
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "C.M.S. Bookstore. Post Office Road. Dated 1937".
1901 June
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C.M.S. Mission house, Mbarara, Ankole” (Photographic prints).
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C. P. X. Problem” (Text).
June 1865–June 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C – R”.
Dates not recorded
Claude Randolph Taylor was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach and educator. He served as the head football coach at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, Tillotson College—now a part of Huston–Tillotson…
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C. Riley Snorton is an American scholar, author, and activist whose work focuses on historical perspectives of gender and race, specifically Black transgender identities. His publications include Nobody is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low…
bulk 1863 and 1866–1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “C – S”.
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