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Charles Herbert Garvin, M.D. (October 27, 1890 – July 17, 1968) was a prominent African-American physician, writer, and educator in Cleveland, Ohio. He published 26 papers for the Journal of the National Medical Association on subjects ranging from…
1886–1978
Charles Holston Williams (January 25, 1886 – 1978) was an American choreographer and professor of physical education. He was the organizer and first director of the Hampton Institute Creative Dance Group, the first national touring company composed of…
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Charles Lewis Reason (July 21, 1818 – August 16, 1893) was an American mathematician, linguist, and educator. He was the first black college professor in the United States, teaching at New York Central College, McGrawville. He was born and died in New York…
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Charles Lee Isbell Jr. (born December 18, 1968) is an American computer scientist who has been the 11th chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since August 2025. Isbell joined the faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology College of…
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Charles Lightfoot Roman (May 19, 1889 – June 8, 1961) was a Canadian surgeon, author and researcher. He was also one of the first Black Canadians to graduate from McGill University's Faculty of Medicine.
1921–2003
Charles M. Bussey (April 23, 1921 – October 26, 2003) was a decorated soldier in the U.S. military who served with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, and with the Army Corps of Engineers in the Korean War. Bussey was awarded an Air Medal for service in…
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Charles H. McGruder III is an African-American astrophysicist, researcher and professor at Western Kentucky University, where he holds the William McCormack Endowed Chair in Physics and Astronomy. He is a former president of the National Society of Black…
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Charles P. Clemens (1842 – November 29, 1895) was a soldier, reverend, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Clarke County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He was born 1842 in Darke County, Ohio to…
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Charles Patton Dimitry (July 31, 1837 – November 10, 1910) was an American author, poet, journalist, inventor, historian and Confederate soldier. He was mixed race Creole and the second son of author and diplomat Alexander Dimitry and also the grandson of…
1908–1988
Charles Prudhomme, M.D. (1908–1988), an African-American physician and psychoanalyst, entered the field of psychiatry in the 1930s. He served as the vice-president of the American Psychiatric Association in 1970–1971, the first African-American to gain…
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Charles Spurgeon Johnson (July 24, 1893 – October 27, 1956) was an American sociologist and college administrator, the first black president of historically black Fisk University, and a lifelong advocate for racial equality and the advancement of civil…
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Charles S. Lewis Baker (August 3, 1859 – May 5, 1926) was an American inventor who patented the friction heater.
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Charles Sumner Duke (July 21, 1879 – June 15, 1952) was an architect, engineer, and public official who advocated for opportunities for African Americans and helped found the National Technical Association (NTA) in 1925. His father was newspaperman and…
1910–1969
Charles Ulysses DeBerry (April 21, 1910 – October 11, 1969) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at North Carolina A&T University from 1942 to 1944, compiling a record of 10–11. DeBerry was later the chair of the…
1872–1941
Charles Ward Chappelle (July 11, 1872 – February 28, 1941) was an early 1900s African-American aviation pioneer and medal winner, electrical engineer, and businessman who was president of the US's African Union Company, Inc., whose mission in the early…
1926–1990
Charles William Thomas II (April 24, 1926 – September 29, 1990) was an African American psychologist and one of the founders of the Association of Black Psychologists. He was regarded as the "father of Black psychology" and worked towards social…
1920–1955
Nicknamed Bird, Parker's dazzling speed and harmonic invention helped launch bebop in the 1940s and changed the direction of modern jazz.
1988–
Charlo Greene (born Charlene Egbe in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-American businesswoman and former reporter/anchor for KTVA television in Anchorage, Alaska. Greene received media notice after she quit her job on-air in September 2014 while covering a…
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Charmaine DM Royal is a Jamaican-American geneticist and is the Robert O. Keohane Professor of African & African American Studies, Biology, Global Health, and Family Medicine & Community Health at Duke University. She studies the intersections of race,…
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Chavonda J. Jacobs-Young (born 1967) is an American government executive who served as the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics from 2022 to 2025. Jacobs-Young was previously the administrator of the Agricultural Research…
1971–
Chawne Monique Kimber ( SHAWN; born 1971) is an African-American mathematician and quilter, known for expressing her political activism in her quilts. After working as a professor and head of mathematics at Lafayette College, and as Dean of the College at…
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Chekesha M. Liddell Watson (née Liddell) researches colloidal materials, and the relationship between micron and submicron length scales. She was an Associate Professor of Material Science and Engineering at Cornell University.
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Chelsea Camille Pinnix is an American oncologist who is an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Director of the Residency Program at the MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC). Having joined the faculty 2012, her research looks to improve the outcomes…
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Chelsea Walton is an American mathematician whose research interests include noncommutative algebra, noncommutative algebraic geometry, symmetry in quantum mechanics, Hopf algebras, and quantum groups. She is a full professor at Rice University and a Sloan…
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