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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of Cayton's weekly (Seattle, Wash.), September 22, 1917. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog: Seattle, Washington,…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of Cayton's weekly (Seattle, Wash.), September 25, 1920. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog: Seattle, Washington,…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of Cayton's weekly (Seattle, Wash.), September 27, 1919. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog: Seattle, Washington,…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of Cayton's weekly (Seattle, Wash.), September 28, 1918. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog: Seattle, Washington,…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of Cayton's weekly (Seattle, Wash.), September 29, 1917. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog: Seattle, Washington,…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of Cayton's weekly (Seattle, Wash.), September 4, 1920. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog: Seattle, Washington,…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of Cayton's weekly (Seattle, Wash.), September 7, 1918. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog: Seattle, Washington,…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis card identifies the front page of Cayton's weekly (Seattle, Wash.), September 8, 1917. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog: Seattle, Washington,…
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Cazzie Lee Russell (born June 7, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. An NBA All-Star, he was selected by the New York Knicks with the first overall pick of the 1966 NBA draft. He won an NBA championship with the Knicks in…
Biography
Cbabi Bayoc is an American visual artist and illustrator based in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a painter whose work centers on African American history and families.
1985
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA film with the title “The War Between the Classes” from the television series CBS Schoolbreak Special. It consists of a single reel of acetate film with optical sound. In the film, high school students play a "Color Game" assigned by their teacher, in…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGplace holder.
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Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr. ( sə-BA-thee-uh; born July 21, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, and New York Yankees. Sabathia batted…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “CCAIA - California Council, the American Institute of Architects - Movers & Shapers CCAIA'S 34th Annual Convention” (Text).
10-9-1998
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “CDK NET: For Immediate Release” (Text).
1863-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen photograph carte-de-visite of John Hines, a formerly enslaved man and the cook of Company K, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Hines is seated in a wooden chair with his hands in his lap. He is wearing a military uniform which is unbuttoned in the…
1861-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAlbumen photograph carte-de-visite of Thomas Henderson, identified as the servant of Lt. Col. C.B. Lamborne of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Henderson is depicted seated, visible from the waist up, and facing the camera. He is wearing a high-collared…
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CeCe McDonald (; born May 26, 1989) is an American transgender activist convicted of second-degree manslaughter in the 2011 stabbing death of 47-year-old Dean Alvin Schmitz. McDonald killed Schmitz during an altercation outside Schooner Tavern in South…
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Cecilia Veronica "CeCe" Peniston (; born September 6, 1969) is an American singer and former beauty queen. In the early 1990s, she scored five number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Her signature song "Finally" reached No. 5 on…
1923–2007
Cecelia Nabrit Adkins (September 3, 1923 – January 2, 2007) was an African-American publisher from Atlanta. She was the first woman, and first lay person, elected to the position of executive director of the Sunday School Publishing Board of the National…
1949–2020
Cecelia Antoinette Bruton (November 24, 1949 – May 28, 2020), known professionally as Cecelia Antoinette or CeCe Antoinette, was an American actress, comedian, and writer.
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Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1879 – February 23, 1966) sometimes written as Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders, was an African-American civil rights leader, and executive director of the Harlem, New York YWCA. She is best known for working against racial…
1945–
Cecelia Tapplette Pedescleaux, also known as Cely, (born August 6, 1945) is an African-American quilter of traditional and art quilts, inspired by historians, other African-American quilters, and quilt designs used during the Underground Railroad to…
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Cecil Bassett Moore (April 2, 1915 – February 13, 1979) was an American lawyer, politician and civil rights activist who served as president of the Philadelphia NAACP chapter and as a member of Philadelphia's city council. He led protests to desegregate…
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