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BIOGRAPHY

Literature

Carmen Costa

1920–2007

Carmelita Madriaga, known as Carmen Costa, (5 July 1920 – 25 April 2007) was a Brazilian singer and composer.

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Photographs and Still Images

Carmen de Lavallade

1962; printed 1990s

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A black and white digital print photograph of Carmen de Lavallade. The photograph features de Lavallade standing sideways, facing the camera. Her proper left hand rests on her proper right arm. She is wearing an outfit with thin shoulder straps, a flower…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.77.3

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Music

Carmen de Lavallade

1931–2025

Carmen de Lavallade (March 6, 1931 – December 29, 2025) was an American actress, choreographer, and dancer. For many years, she was associated with and married to Tony Award–winning actor, dancer, and director Geoffrey Holder. In 2017, she received the…

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Business & Enterprise

Carmen E. Turner

Biography

Carmen E. Turner (1931 – April 9, 1992) was an American administrator who served as Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and General Manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro). Turner was the first African-American…

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Music

Carmen Ejogo

1973–

Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo (; born 22 October 1973) is a British actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in such films as Metro (1997), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001), Boycott (2001), Away We Go (2009),…

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Education & Scholarship

Carmen J. Walters

Biography

Carmen Jean Walters (née Hawkins) is an American academic administrator and college president. She was the president of Tougaloo College from 2019 until 2023, a private historically Black college in Jackson, Mississippi.

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History & Culture

Carmen Marina Torres

1956–2015

Carmen Marina Torres (8 October 1956 – 6 October 2015) was a Colombian actress from El Charco. She was best known for her participation in various telenovelas such as Zorro, La Espada y la Rosa, La Tormenta and Telemundo's El Clon.

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Film & Television

Carmen McRae

1920–1994

Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretation of lyrics.

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Photographs and Still Images

Carmen McRae, 1980

ca. 1980

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A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician and composer Carmen McRae singing during a performance in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. McRae is photographed in left profile while seated. She holds the microphone in her right hand and wears a floral patterned shirt.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.134

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Photographs and Still Images

Carmen McRae on stage, c. mid-1950s

ca. 1955

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This black and white photograph depicts Carmen McRae standing on stage. Viewed from below, she stands in front of a microphone and gazes out over the heads of audience seated below her. She wears a striped short sleeve shirt and dark pants. The backs of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.117.12

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Photographs and Still Images

Carmen McRae swings with the band, c. mid 1950s

ca. 1955

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This black and white photograph depicts Carmen McRae performing with a band. Shown from the waist up, she stands close to a microphone with her head slightly turned and her eyes closed. She wears a short sleeved striped shirt. Visible behind her are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.117.13

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Arts & Performance

Carmen Munroe

1932–

Dame Carmen Esme Munroe (born 12 November 1932) is a British actress who was born in Berbice, British Guiana (now Guyana), and has been a resident of the UK since the early 1950s. Munroe made her West End stage debut in 1962 and has played an instrumental…

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Culture

Carmen Platero

1933–2020

María del Carmen Platero (August 3, 1933 – March 16, 2020), known as Carmen Platero, was an Afro-Argentine playwright and actress who worked to promote Afro-descendant culture in Latin America. In 1987, she co-founded the theater group Comedia Negra de…

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Medicine & Health

Carmen Renée Green

Biography

Carmen Renée Green is an American anesthesiologist, pain medicine physician, and academic administrator. She is the second dean of the CUNY School of Medicine.

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Sports & Achievement

Carmen Rodallega

1983–

Carmen Elisa Rodallega (born 15 July 1983) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a full back for Atlético Huila. She has been a member of the Colombia women's national team.

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Education & Scholarship

Carmen Twillie Ambar

1968–

Carmen Twillie Ambar (born July 3, 1968) is an American lawyer and academic. She has been the president of Oberlin College since 2017.

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Arts & Performance

Biography

Carmine Pierre-Dufour is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. She is most noted as co-director with Émilie Mannering of the short film Mahalia Melts in the Rain, which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action…

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Historical photographs & visual records

"Carnaval" [Carnival], Conakry, Guinea

Date not recorded

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CONAKRY - REP. DE GUINEE[,] Carnaval; Lyna [logo]; Reproduction interdite; EXA [logo]; 546/38. Photographed by Photo Cisse, Diango, photographer (Bamako, Mali). Published by ABEILLE-CARTES - Editions "LYNA-PARIS"[,] 8, rue du Caire - 75002 PARIS - Tél. (1)…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6650

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MUSEUM OBJECT

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Carnegie Hall

April 12, 1963

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A program for a performance by Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall on April 12, 1963. The 14-page program has a cover with a black and white illustration of the interior of Carnegie Hall. The interior pages present the program of songs planned for the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.132.13

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