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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Chandler Simpson

2000–

Chandler Lenard Simpson (born November 18, 2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.

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Literature

Chandra Davis

1978–

Chandra London Davis (born January 2, 1978), better known by the nickname Deelishis, is an American reality television star, video vixen, model and singer. She is best known for her appearance on the second season of the hit VH1 celebreality series, Flavor…

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Education & Scholarship

Chandra Ford

Biography

Chandra L. Ford is an American public health academic who is Professor of Community Health Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. She serves as Founding Director at the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health. Her research…

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Literature

Chandra Russell

Biography

Chandra Russell is an American actress and writer. She is known for her performance in the comedy series South Side.

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Chandra Wilson

1969–

Chandra Danette Wilson (born August 27, 1969) is an American actress and director best known for her role as Dr. Miranda Bailey in Grey's Anatomy (since 2005), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a…

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Chanel Haynes

1978–

Chanelle "Chanel" Haynes (born December 31, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the gospel girl group Trin-i-tee 5:7, one of the most successful contemporary gospel acts of their era.…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Chanel Hudson-Marks

1997–

Chanel Simone Hudson-Marks (born September 14, 1997) is a Canadian-born Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for the Jamaica women's national team.

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Chanel Iman

1990–

Chanel Iman Godchaux (formerly Shepard; born December 1, 1990) is an American model who has worked as a Victoria's Secret Angel. Vogue Paris declared her as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.

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Arts & Performance

Chanell Stone

1992–

Chanell Stone is an American photographer. She is Black and known for her "Natura Negra" series. Stone lives and works in Oakland, California.

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Arts & Performance

Chanelle Aponte Pearson

Biography

Chanelle Aponte Pearson is an American writer, producer, and director. She is a member of the New Negress Film Society. She is best known as the director of 195 Lewis, a scripted web series about Black queer women living in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn.

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Biography & Culture

Chanelle Pickett

1972–1995

Chanelle Pickett (August 6, 1972 – November 20, 1995) was an American transgender woman whose death helped inspire the creation of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

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Sports & Achievement

Chanelle Price

1990–

Chanelle Price (born August 22, 1990) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter run. She has a personal record of 1:58.73 for the distance. She was the gold medalist at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2014. Price…

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Education & Scholarship

Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Biography

Chanequa Walker-Barnes is an American theologian and psychologist. Her research as a clinical psychologist has focused on African American health disparities, and as a womanist theologian she has written about the myth of the "StrongBlackWoman" and the…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Change purse belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

1945-1970

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This is a small taffeta change purse belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. This small purse is light tangerine in color and has a hinged opening with a metal snap clasp. The change purse has a bright blue silk lining. It was found inside A2022.13.1.57.1, a blue…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.57.2
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Changeurs de Monnaies marché de Tananarive

ca. 1910

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Original caption reads, "Money Changes, Tananarive Market.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0394
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Chanice Chase-Taylor

1993–

Chanice Chase-Taylor (born August 6, 1993 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the hurdles. In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team in the 400 metre hurdles and 4x400 meters relay events.…

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Business & Enterprise

Chanin Kelly-Rae

1969–

Chanin Kelly-Rae (born 1970) is an American diversity and inclusion practitioner. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Chanin Kelly-Rae Consulting, a diversity management firm. She served briefly as the global director of diversity in the…

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BIOGRAPHY
Science & Inventions

Chanita Hughes-Halbert

Biography

Chanita Ann Hughes-Halbert is an American psychologist and medical researcher. She is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina and the AT&T Distinguished Endowed Chair for Cancer Equity at the Hollings…

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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Channing D. Phillips

1958–

Channing Durward Phillips (born March 9, 1958) is an American attorney who served as acting United States attorney for the District of Columbia from March to November 2021. He previously served in the position in a permanent capacity from October 2015 to…

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Business & Enterprise

Channing Dungey

1969–

Channing Nicole Dungey (born March 14, 1969) is an American television executive and the first black American president of a major broadcast television network. In 2020, she was announced as the new chairwoman and CEO of Warner Bros. Television.

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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

Channing E. Phillips

1928–1987

Channing Emery Phillips (March 23, 1928 – November 11, 1987) was an American minister, civil rights leader, and social activist based in Washington, D.C. In 1968, he was the first African American in history to be placed in nomination for president of the…

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Literature

Channing Godfrey Peoples

Biography

Channing Godfrey Peoples is an American writer, director, and producer. Her feature film directorial debut Miss Juneteenth received critical acclaim.

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Arts & Performance

Channique Sterling-Brown

1997–

Channique Sterling-Brown (born 18 April 1997) is an English actress. She began her career appearing in various stage productions including Hedda Gabler, Summerfolk and Clybourne Park. In 2022, she began portraying the role of Dee Dee Bailey on the ITV1…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Chantae McMillan

1988–

Chantae McMillan (born May 1, 1988) is an American heptathlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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