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Literature

Echo Brown

1984–2023

Echo Unique Ladadrian Brown (April 10, 1984 – September 16, 2023) was an American writer whose work is known for addressing race, class, and identity. Her debut novel, Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard (2020), is a…

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Arts & Performance

Echo Kellum

1982–

Echo Kellum (born August 29, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. Kellum is best known for his roles as Curtis Holt on The CW drama series Arrow, Tommy on the Fox sitcom Ben and Kate, Hunter on the NBC sitcom Sean Saves the World, and Noah Coleman on…

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Historical photographs & documents

Echoes Newspaper

11-6-1996

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Cataloged as “Echoes Newspaper” (Text; Clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref939
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

ECHOIC I

2023

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A blue rug designed by Little Wing Lee.Titled ECHOIC I, the handmade Persian knot rug was constructed in India using hand spun wool from New Zealand. The rug has a black ground with a geometric design of asymmetrical rectangles in two different tones of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.34
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Historical photographs & visual records

Eckstein park lake Johannesburg

ca. 1970

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Original caption reads, "Eckstein Park Lake, Johannesburg.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-44-19
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Historical photographs & visual records

"Ecole des Garçons." [Boys School.], Conakry, Guinée

c. 1906

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Colonies Françaises. - GUINÉE FRANÇAISE.; CONAKRY. - Ecole des Garçons.; CARTE POSTALE; Tous les pays étrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto. (Se renseigner à la poste).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1000
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Arts & Performance

Ecstasia Sanders

1985–

Ecstasia Lenore Sanders is an American-Canadian actress. She's known for her supporting roles in Final Destination 3 (2006) and Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006).

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Ecstasy

ca. 1959

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This is the Ecstasy ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The ring has a fourteen carat band and the ring’s gallery has a single twist. The large, asscher cut smoky quartz gemstone is set in a four-prong setting. The ring has two hallmarks on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.12.30
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Ed Atkins walking along the oyster beds, St. Helena Island, SC

2004-2014

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A black and white digital image of Ed Atkins walking along oyster beds on Saint Helena Island in South Carolina. He is on the right side of the photograph walking with his left side facing the camera. He is wearing a baseball cap, a sweater, jeans, rubber…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.49.16
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Music

Ed Blackwell

1929–1992

Edward Joseph Blackwell (October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Blackwell first came to national attention as a member of Coleman's quartet around 1960, when he took over…

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Literature

Ed Bullins

1935–2021

Edward Artie Bullins (July 2, 1935 – November 13, 2021), sometimes publishing as Kingsley B. Bass Jr, was an American playwright. He won awards including the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and several Obie Awards. Bullins was associated with the…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Ed Bullins, Playwright

1980

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Black and white photograph of Ed Bullins. Bullins is seen from the waist up wearing a black turtleneck shirt. He is looking at the viewer with his hands clasped behind his back. He stands in front of a textured wall of torn paper painted in alternating…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.157.6
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Music

Ed Cherry

1954–

Edward E. Cherry Jr. (born October 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and studio musician. Cherry is perhaps best known for his long association with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, with whom he performed from 1978 until shortly before Gillespie's death in…

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Arts & Performance

Ed Clark

1926–2019

Edward "Ed" Clark (May 6, 1926 – October 18, 2019) was an abstract expressionist painter known for his broad, powerful brushstrokes, radiant colors and large-scale canvases. An African American, his major contributions to modernist painting remained…

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Arts & Performance

Ed Douglas

Biography

Ed Douglas is a Canadian film and television sound editor. He is most noted as a two-time winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing, winning at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards for Hyena Road, and at the 14th Canadian Screen Awards in 2026…

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BIOGRAPHY
Visual Arts

Ed Dwight

1933–

Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. (born September 9, 1933) is an American sculptor, author, retired test pilot, and astronaut. Dwight enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1953 and was commissioned a lieutenant in 1955.

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Politics

Ed Forchion

1964–

Edward Forchion (born Robert Edward Forchion Jr., July 23, 1964), also known as NJWeedman, is an American Rastafari cannabis rights and free speech activist, perennial candidate, actor, writer, and restaurateur. He is the founder of the Legalize Marijuana…

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Biography & Culture

Ed Gordon

1960–

Edward Lansing Gordon III (born August 17, 1960) is an American television journalist known for his association with BET over four different decades. A native of Detroit, Ed Gordon is the son of an Olympic athlete also named Ed Gordon. The younger Gordon…

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Music

Ed Lover

Biography

Ed Lover (born James Roberts; February 12, 1963) is an American disc jockey, radio personality, actor, musician, and one of the first MTV VJ hosts of Yo! MTV Raps with Doctor Dré and Fab 5 Freddy. Lover has been host of many influential radio and…

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Arts & Performance

Ed Mock

1938–1986

Ed Mock (c.1938–April 25, 1986) was a San Francisco-based dancer, teacher, and choreographer, whose style and teaching influenced future generations of dancers and artists. Most active through the 70s and 80s, Mock founded and ran the West Coast Dance…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Ed Montgomery

1952–

Edward Lee "Ed" Montgomery (born February 1, 1952) is an American author, motivational speaker, gospel musician, and pianist, who is the founder and pastor of Abundant Life Center For Dynamic Living in Houston, Texas. He started his music career in 2000…

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Arts & Performance

Ed Ratcliff

1983–

Edward Norris Ratcliff (born March 5, 1983) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 2005 until 2010, he fought in the WEC.

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Sports & Achievement

Ed Ruth

1990–

Edward Lee Ruth (born October 21, 1990) is an American former professional mixed martial artist and freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. He competed in the Middleweight division of Bellator MMA. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a three-time NCAA Division I…

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Arts & Performance

Ed Wilson

1925–1996

Edward N. Wilson, Jr. (March 28, 1925 – November 26, 1996) was an African-American sculptor. His work was featured in the landmark 1976 exhibition Two Centuries of Black American Art.

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