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BIOGRAPHY
Culture

Emílio Santiago

1946–2013

Emílio Vitalino Santiago (6 December 1946 – 20 March 2013), known as Emílio Santiago, was a Brazilian singer.

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Arts & Performance

Emily Burnett

1997–

Emily Burnett (born 8 August 1997) is a Welsh actress. From 2017 to 2019, she portrayed the role of Charlie Morris in the CBBC series The Dumping Ground, a role for which she won the 2019 British Academy Children's Award for Performer. In 2020, she…

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Emily King

1985–

Emily King (born Emily Cowings; July 10, 1985) is an American singer and songwriter. She started her career in 2004 and her first album East Side Story was released in August 2007. In December 2007, she was a Grammy Award nominee for Best Contemporary R&B…

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Arts

Emily Miles

1910–1999

Emily Miles (July 31, 1910 – June 11, 1999) was an African-American fashion designer and entrepreneur associated with Newark, New Jersey.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Emily's Kitchen

ca 1978; printed 2007

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a rural kitchen. A cast iron stove stands on the left side of the and a shelves line the wall on the right. There is table in the center that is covered by a table cloth. On top of the table sit…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.310.4
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Emir of Kano

[ca. 1956]

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Emir of Kano." Manuscript message, address, and postmarked postage stamps on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA NR 2012-001-1680
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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Emira D'Spain

1996–

Emira D'Spain (born October 8, 1996) is an American model, social media influencer, television personality, and former beauty director. In 2022, she became the first Black transgender woman to model for Victoria's Secret. She has also been a cover girl for…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Emjae Frazier

2004–

Emjae Frazier (born January 29, 2004), frequently stylized as eMjae or éMjae, is an American artistic gymnast and a former member of the United States women's national artistic gymnastics team (2019–2022). She is currently competing in collegiate…

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BIOGRAPHY
Visual Arts

Emma Amos

1938–2020

Emma Amos (16 March 1937 – 20 May 2020) was a postmodern African-American painter and printmaker. Amos became associated with other important African American artists early in her career through the artists' collective Spiral, whose members had been part…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Emma Azalia Hackley

1867–1922

Emma Azalia Hackley, also known as E. Azalia Hackley and Azalia Smith Hackley (1867–1922), was a concert soprano, newspaper editor, teacher, and political activist. An African American, she promoted racial pride through her support and promotion of music…

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Education & Scholarship

Emma Chambers Maitland

1893–1975

Emma Chambers Maitland (1893 – March 1975), born Jane Chambers, was an American dancer, teacher, and boxer.

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Biography & Culture

Emma Dabiri

1979–

Emma Dabiri FRSL (born 25 March) is an Irish writer and broadcaster. Her debut book, Don't Touch My Hair, was published in 2019. Her 2021 book, What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition, became an international bestseller.

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins

1863–1938

Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins (November 11, 1863 – October 22, 1938) was an American writer, and author of the novel Four Girls At Cottage City (1895). An earlier novel, Megda (1891), was published under her maiden name of Emma Dunham Kelley and the pseudonym…

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Music

Emma Harris

1871–1940

Emma Richardovna Harris-Mizikina (Russian: Эмма Ричардовна Харрис-Мизикина; October 9, 1871, in Augusta — after 1940 in New York City; born Emma Elizabeth Matthews) was an American-born Russian actress, singer, dancer, cabaret artist, and writer.

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Literature

Emma J. Ray

1859–1930

Emma J. Ray (January 7, 1859 – November 25, 1930) was an African-American activist, evangelist, and suffragist. She was also known as Emma J. Smith, Emma Smith, Emma J. Smith Ray, Emma Ray, and Mrs. L.P. Ray.

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Arts & Performance

Emma Lee Pettway Campbell

1922–2002

Emma Lee Pettway Campbell (1928–2002) was an American artist associated with the Gee's Bend group of quilters. She was included in the 2013 History Refused to Die exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her work is included in the collection of the…

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Arts & Performance

Emma McDonald

1993–

Emma Katherine McDonald (born 1993) is an English actress. She began her career in theatre. On television, she is known for her roles in the AMC+ series Moonhaven (2022) and the Starz series The Serpent Queen (2024).

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Arts & Performance

Emma Naomi

Biography

Emma Naomi is a British actress. She is best known for her roles in the television series Professor T. and Bridgerton, and is a winner of a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series.

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Biography & Culture

Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath

1986–

Emma Clare Thynn, Marchioness of Bath (née McQuiston; born 26 March 1986), styled as Viscountess Weymouth from 2013 to 2020, is a British aristocrat, socialite, model, and television personality. She is married to Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath and is…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Emmanuel Acho

1990–

Emmanuel Chinedum Acho (born November 10, 1990) is an American sports analyst, author and former professional football player who now hosts a YouTube sports show. He played as a linebacker for the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles in the National…

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Emmanuel Jal

1980–

Emmanuel Jal (née Jal Jok, 1 January 1980) is a South Sudanese-Canadian rapper, actor, author, former child soldier, and political activist. His autobiography, War Child: A Child Soldier's Story, was published in 2009.

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Arts & Performance

Emmanuel Kabongo

1986–

Emmanuel Kabongo (born December 25, 1986) is a Canadian actor and producer. Born and raised in Zaire, now present day Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabongo immigrated to Canada and began his acting career as an extra before achieving recognition for…

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Arts & Performance

Emmanuel Sonubi

Biography

Emmanuel Sonubi (born 1980 or 1981) is a British-Nigerian comedian based in London, England, where he was born and he was raised in Enfield as the youngest of six children and the only boy. Before focusing on a career in comedy, he worked as a bouncer and…

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Arts & Performance

Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede

1943–

Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede (born June 1943) is a Nigerian poet, storyteller and artist, best known as a painter, printmaker, and sculptor (in wood, bronze and ceramics).

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