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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Cedric Mullins

1994–

Boyce Cedric Mullins II (born October 1, 1994) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets. Mullins played college…

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Music

Cedric Noel

1992–

Cedric Noel is a multinational, multi-instrumental singer-songwriter and musician residing in Canada. His sound has been characterized as ranging from "emotionally driven indie-rock, ambient synth music, and romantic electro-pop" or "gentle folk" but is…

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Sports & Achievement

Cedric Pearl

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Cedric E. Pearl (born c. 1969) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Allen University, a position he has held since 2024. He was the head football coach for Central State University from 2014 to 2019. He also coached for…

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Education & Scholarship

Cedric Robinson

1940–2016

Cedric James Robinson (November 5, 1940 – June 5, 2016) was an American professor in the Department of Black Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He headed the Department of Black Studies…

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Film & Television

Cedric the Entertainer

1964–

Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and television host. Beginning in the 1990s, he built a successful career in stand-up comedy, as well as…

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Sports & Achievement

Cedric Thomas

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Cedric Thomas is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head coach at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi, a position he has held since December 2023. Thomas previously served as the defensive coordinator at Alcorn State…

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Arts & Performance

Cedric Yarbrough

1973–

Cedric Yarbrough ( SEE-drick; born March 20, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He has starred in the series Reno 911! as Deputy S. Jones and as Kenneth on the ABC sitcom Speechless, as well as voicing Gerald Fitzgerald on the Netflix comedy Paradise…

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Politics & Public Life

Cedrick Frazier

1979–

Cedrick Rommel Frazier (born April 28, 1979) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 43A, which includes the…

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Music

Ceechynaa

2003–

Chelsea Odosamamwen Ode (born 29 December 2003), known professionally as Ceechynaa, is a British drill rapper based in Essex. Her songs are characterized by sexually dominant lyrics, which often target men and gender stereotypes. Ceechynaa debuted in 2022…

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Music

CeeLo Green

1975–

Thomas DeCarlo Callaway-Burton (born May 30, 1975), known professionally as CeeLo Green (or Cee Lo Green or simply Cee-Lo), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, he gained initial…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Ceiling of the tombs, Aksum, Ethiopia

2010-10-04

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Original Carousel 24, slide 116.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3061
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Ceiling, Somerset West (South Africa)

1947-1948

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Cataloged as “Ceiling, Somerset West (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064140
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Historical photographs & visual records

Celebrants at an Ihuen Festival, Ekpoma, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Celebrants at an Ihuen Festival, Ekpoma, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4379
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Celebrants dancing during an Ihuen Festival, Ekpoma, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Celebrants dancing during an Ihuen Festival, Ekpoma, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4375
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Visual Arts

Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground: Untitled

1995

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Serigraph, or screen print, in the graffiti-style created by the New York graffiti artist, Crash for the exhibition, Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, at NEBO Fine Art Studio. In the upper right corner is the artist's rendition of the science-fiction…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.148.14.1
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Visual Arts

Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground: Untitled

1995

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Serigraph, or screen print, in the graffiti-style created by the New York graffiti artist, Daze for the exhibition, Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, at NEBO Fine Art Studio. The image consists of two African American women dancing together, one wearing a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.148.14.2
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Visual Arts

Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground: Untitled

1995

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Serigraph, or screen print, in the graffiti-style created by the New York graffiti artist Futura 2000 for the exhibition, Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, at NEBO Fine Art Studio. The image is of Satan holding a devil's pitchfork in front of a table…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.148.14.4
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Visual Arts

Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground: Untitled

1995

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Serigraph, or screen print, in the graffiti-style created by the New York graffiti artist LEE for the exhibition, Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, at NEBO Fine Art Studio. The image is of a human-robot hybrid being with one human shaped hand and one…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.148.14.5
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Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground: Untitled

1995

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Serigraph, or screen print, in the graffiti-style created by the New York graffiti artist Lady Pink for the exhibition, Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, at NEBO Fine Art Studio. The image is of a large bare-chested woman amidst a subway car and urban…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.148.14.6
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Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground: Untitled

1995

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Serigraph, or screen print, in the graffiti-style created by the New York graffiti artist Zephyr for the exhibition, Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground, at NEBO Fine Art Studio. The image is of a Asian inspired dragon holding a spray can with its long…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.148.14.7
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Historical photographs & visual records

Celebratory champagne, Johannesburg (South Africa)

circa 1936-circa 1988

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Cataloged as “Celebratory champagne, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067458
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Music

Celeda

1970–

Celeda (a.k.a. Victoria Sharpe, b. November 17, 1970) is an American dance music singer and drag performer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She began having hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in the late 1990s, beginning with "Music Is the…

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Sports

Celera Barnes

1998–

Celera Barnes (born 2 December 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.

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