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Cardiss Hortense Collins (née Robertson; September 24, 1931 – February 3, 2013) was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the fourth…
1930s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCards Among Boulders - Heavy duty transporting, New Jersey & Hudson River, 1930's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 123. A black-and-white photograph of men playing cards on the rocky shore of the Hudson River.
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "CARE compound, Makeni. Taken Nov. 1978 during P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is FEB 79.".
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Caressa Venal Cameron-Jackson (born August 4, 1987) is an American beauty pageant titleholder and occasional singer from Fredericksburg, Virginia who was Miss Virginia 2009 and Miss America 2010. She is the eighth African American Miss America titleholder,…
1947-1948
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Caretaker and children at Social Welfare, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1994 August 8
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Caretaker, Kizimkazi Mosque, Dimbani, Zanzibar” (Slides (photographs)).
2010-09-27
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 22, slide 34.
2010-09-27
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 22, slide 33.
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Carey Isiah Bailey (born January 16, 1969) is an American gridiron football coach and former player. Bailey served as the head football coach at Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 2007 to 2010, compiling a record of 8–36.
ca. 1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of blues musician Carey Bell playing harmonica during a performance in Miami, FL. Bell cups his hands around a microphone while performing and holds his face quite close. He wears a dark suit jacket and his eyes are closed…
Biography
Carey K. Jenkins (died 1987) was an American architect active in the Los Angeles area in the mid-20th century. He was one of few black graduate of the University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture. After graduating from USC in 1943, he…
2000-02-06
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCargo truck at Niger river's Edge. Original Carousel number, 14, slide number, 136.
Loading image…1978–
Cari Champion (born June 1, 1978) is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. She was the host of The Cari Champion Show on Amazon Prime Video Sports Talk. She has worked as an anchor and reporter for the Tennis Channel and as the host…
1998–
Carina Alicia Reyes Baltrip (born 1 July 1998), known as Carina Baltrip-Reyes, is a footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Première Ligue side Les Marseillaises. Born in the United States, she plays for the Panama women's national team.
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Caring for an animal at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1926–2014
Carl A. Rouse (July 14, 1926 – February 25, 2014) was an American physicist, working in the fields of atomic, plasma, and computational physics. Rouse was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in physics from Caltech.
1961–
Carl Allen (born April 25, 1961) is an American jazz drummer. Allen attended William Paterson University. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, George Coleman, Phil Woods, the Benny Green Trio, and Rickie…
Loading image…1945–2004
Carlton Earl "Carl" Anderson (February 27, 1945 – February 23, 2004) was an American singer, film and theater actor best known for his portrayal of Judas Iscariot in the Broadway and film versions of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd…
1956–
Carl Andrews was a member of the New York State Senate from Brooklyn from 2002 to 2006. A Democrat, he represented Crown Heights, Flatbush, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, and Prospect Heights. A graduate of Medgar Evers College – with an MA in…
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Carl Anthony (February 8, 1939 – April 4, 2026) was an American social environmental justice leader, architect, regional planner, and author. He was the founding director of Urban Habitat which primarily focused on the environmental movement to confront…
1945–1993
Carl Anthony Fisher, SSJ (November 24, 1945 – September 2, 1993) was an African-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 1987 to 1993. He was the first Black…
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Carl E. Banks (born August 29, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played from 1984 to 1995 for the New York Giants, Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns.
1944–2021
Carl Bean (May 26, 1944 – September 7, 2021) was an African-American singer and activist who was the founding prelate of the Unity Fellowship Church Movement, a liberal Protestant denomination that is particularly welcoming of lesbians, gay and bisexual…
1947–2019
Carl Compton Bell (October 28, 1947 – August 2, 2019) was an American professor of psychiatry and public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Bell was a National Institute of Mental Health international researcher, an author of more than 575…
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