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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “[Charging rhinoceros in Ngorongoro Crater], Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).
1966-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “[Charging rhinoceros in Ngorongoro Game Park], Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).
1988–
Charisse Pearlina Weston (born 1988) is an American conceptual artist. A 2025 Guggenheim Fellow, she uses glass as a symbol of fragility.
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Charity Adams Earley (née Adams; December 5, 1918 – January 13, 2002) was a United States Army officer. She was the first African-American woman to become an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later WACs) and was the commanding officer of the…
1904–1978
Charity Alberta Bailey (September 7, 1904 – September 15, 1978) was an African American music educator in New York City and a children's television pioneer who hosted the programs Sing-A-Song (1954–1956) and Here's Charity (late 1960s). In both her…
Biography
Chef Charity Morgan is an American plant-based chef, cookbook author, and television host. She is the wife of former NFL Linebacker Derrick Morgan, appeared with him in the 2018 plant-based diet documentary, The Game Changers, and is the host of…
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Charity Still (c. 1765 – 1857) was an American abolitionist, and the matriarch of the American abolition movement. Her son William Still became a well-known abolitionist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; her children Peter, James, John, and Mary played roles…
1973–1993
Charles Edward Hicks Jr. (July 6, 1973 – December 16, 1993), also known by his stage name Charizma, was an MC from Milpitas, California. He is best known for his work with Peanut Butter Wolf; the two artists formed a duo after meeting in 1990.
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Lenard Larry McKelvey (; born June 29, 1978), known professionally as Charlamagne tha God or simply Charlamagne, is an American radio host and television presenter. He is a co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club along with DJ…
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Alberta Charlayne Hunter-Gault (born February 27, 1942) is an American civil rights activist, journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, CNN, and the Public Broadcasting Service. Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were the…
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Charles Xavier Soto (born August 31, 2005) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.
1897–1979
Charlemae Hill Rollins (June 20, 1897 – February 3, 1979) was a pioneering librarian, writer, and storyteller in the area of African American literature. During her 31 years as head librarian of the children's department at the Chicago Public Library as…
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Charlene Carr is a Canadian writer based in Nova Scotia. Carr's novel We Rip the World Apart was the winner of the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction at the Atlantic Book Awards in 2025.
1985–
Charlene A. Carruthers is a black queer feminist activist and author whose work focuses on leadership development. Carruthers has worked with high-profile activist organizations including Color of Change and Women's Media Center, and she was an integral…
Biography
Charlene E. Cothran is an American journalist, publisher of the magazines Venus (named after her friend Venus Landin, who was killed by an ex-girlfriend in 1993) and Kitchen Table News (not to be confused with the feminist, activist publishing company…
Biography
Charlene Dash is an African-American model. Dash is one of the models recognized by the 2011 Huffington Post Game Changer Awards. The awards honored African American models featured in the Versailles fashion show entitled The Battle of Versailles Fashion…
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Charlene Drew Jarvis (born July 31, 1941, in Washington, D.C. as Charlene Rosella Drew) is an American educator and former scientific researcher and politician who served as the president of Southeastern University until March 31, 2009. Jarvis is the…
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Charlene Mickens Dukes (born August 12, 1954) is an American academic administrator serving as the first vice chair of the Maryland Democratic Party since November 18, 2023. She was president of Prince George's Community College from July 1, 2007, to…
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Charlene Vanessa Edwards Honeywell (born 1957) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
circa 2002
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Charlene Hodges Byrd's Notes on the Liberia Papers”.
Biography
Charlene James is a British playwright and screenwriter. She won substantial acclaim for her play Cuttin' It, which addresses the issue of female genital mutilation in Britain, for which she won numerous awards.
1991–
Charlene Lipsey (born July 16, 1991) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.
1933–
Charlene J. Marshall (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 44th District from 2004 until 2014 and served as House Chaplain since 2004 as well. She earlier…
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Charlene Alexander Mitchell (June 8, 1930 – December 14, 2022) was an American international socialist, feminist, labor and civil rights activist. In 1968, she became the first Black woman candidate for President of the United States. In the 1970s, she…
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