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1985–
Candice Davis Price (née Davis, born October 26, 1985) is an American hurdler, On Air Personality, and an Performance Coach. She won gold for the 100 meters hurdles during the 2007 NACAC Championships. A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Candice attended…
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Candice Rickelle Glover (born November 22, 1989) is an American R&B singer and actress who won the twelfth season of American Idol. Glover is the first winner to have auditioned three times before being cast for the live shows. Her debut album Music Speaks…
Biography
Candice Iloh (stylized in lowercase as candice iloh) is a queer, first-generation Nigerian-American writer, poet, educator and dancer. Their debut novel, Every Body Looking, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and…
Biography
Candice Renee Price is an African-American mathematician and co-founder of the website Mathematically Gifted & Black, which features the contributions of modern-day black mathematicians.
1984–
Candice Dontrelle Stewart (born September 19, 1983) is an American television personality and beauty pageant titleholder from Metairie, Louisiana. She competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. In addition to her pageantry career, she…
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Candida Alvarez (born 1955) is an American artist and professor, known for her paintings and drawings. Alvarez has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA PS1, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Her work…
1986-1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of three bridesmaids and two flower girls taken candidly in an interior setting.
1973-10-18
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Candido Lodge. #2 Market St on West End of town. South side of Main road. Home of the Dada Ibeji. Mother is Ikenne Native and father is probably at Lagos. One is male and one is female. Both have long braided hair. Their…
September 19, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.52.1a, 2011.174.52.1b, 2011.174.52.1c, 2011.174.52.1d, and 2011.174.52.1e. Candie Carawan recalls attending Fisk University as an exchange student and meeting civil rights activists in Nashville,…
1924–1997
Candis Mosely Pettway (November 25, 1924 – May 22, 1997) was an American artist. She is associated with the Freedom Quilting Bee and the Gee's Bend group of quilters, alongside her daughters Qunnie Pettway, Sally Mae Pettway, and Edwina Pettway.
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA silver metal candle holder (a) designed and created by Art Smith, with a white candle (b). The candle holder’s body is made of thin silver alloy circles in various sizes soldered together to form a spherical shape. A single circle is flat at the bottom…
19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tin candle mold for the making of four candles. The top of the mold is square. Below the square top are four tubes that gradually tapper to a point toward the bottom. Each tube has a hole at the end for a wick to be inserted. A handle is attached to the…
19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tin candle mold for the making of six candles.. The top of the mold is rectangular with curved corners. Below the square top are six tubes that gradually tapper to a point toward the bottom. Each tube has a hole at the end for a wick to be inserted. A…
20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brass candle snuffer depicting a caricature of a man's head. The man is wearing a brimmed hat. The interior of the snuffer is hollow in order to be placed over a lit candle. The handle is a thin piece of brass.
1922
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA metal candleholder in the form of a caricatured woman. The figure is cut out in the silhouette, with incised details. The woman is wearing a kerchief with a pattern of repeated circles around her head. She is also wearing a long-sleeved top, and skirt or…
Biography
Candy Brown (also known as Candy Brown Houston) is an American dancer, choreographer and theatre, film and television actress.
1946–
Candy Dawson Boyd (born August 8, 1946) is an American writer, activist, and educator. She is an author of more than six children's books focused on African-American youth.
Biography
Candy Ford is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for starring in the sketch comedy, The Rerun Show, Ford has also appeared in other TV programs including: Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 1, Episode 2), Will & Grace, and she provided voicework…
1947–
Alonzo Harris (born September 17, 1947) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros just at the beginning of the 1967 season (April 13-April 27). He had been signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent before the 1966…
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John B. Shaffer III (born June 25, 1968), known by his stage name Candyman and also as Candell Manson, is an American rapper and record producer. He is best known for his hit single "Knockin' Boots". Candyman appears in the front row on N.W.A. and the…
ca. 1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black painted, wooden, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity cane, wrapped entirely in black plastic tape. The cane has a black rubber cane tip. The cane has been wrapped in tape from just above the cane tip to the bottom curve of the handle.
2011-2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wooden, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity cane wrapped in red plastic tape and decorated with white stripe and white and red stripe decals wrapped along the body of the cane, forming red, diamond shapes. The front of the cane has been decorated with white…
ca. 2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA medical cane used by Reverend Ike. The cane has an aluminum shaft and a black plastic handle. The bottom half of the cane shaft features ten holes and a spring loaded button to adjust the height. It also has an aluminum tightening band near the base. A…
1984–
Canela Cox, known mononynously as Canela (pronounced Kuh-NAY-luh), is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She is best known in the mixtape circuit for her DJ Clue-remixed song, "Sponsor", and for co-writing Anastacia's worldwide top 20 hit "Why'd You…
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