A black-and-white archival print of Charlene Mitchell being arrested by a Santa Clara County Sheriff deputy with name badge that reads [RHODES]. Mitchell wears a scarf, overcoat with [FREE ANGELA] pin, and slight smile as she is led by the right arm.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.11.7
Charlene Denise White (born 22 June 1980) is a British television broadcaster, journalist and presenter, best known for presenting ITV News programmes. She has been an anchor on Loose Women since 2021. White, Brenda Edwards, Judi Love and Kéllé Bryan…
Dr. Charles Ayodeji Adeogun-Phillips, SAN (born 6 March 1966 in London, England) International lawyer, who previously served as lead genocide prosecutor and head of special investigations at the United Nations, and has attained the highest academic and…
The oral history consists of 2016.129.11.1a and 2016.129.11.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording. Charles A. Harris was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. The Harris family donated a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.129.11.1a-.2a
Charles Andrew Hill (April 28, 1893 – February 8, 1970) was an American activist and minister. After working in organizing union activity for the Detroit area's automobile workers, he joined the civil rights movement as part of the Double V campaign,…
Charles A. Pratt (April 2, 1909 – March 21, 1989) was an American judge. He was the first Black judge in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, first elected in 1968 to the newly created 8th District Court.
Charles Aaron Ray (born July 5, 1945) is an American former diplomat who acted as the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe between 2009 and 2012. He is a former Foreign Service officer and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who held the position of U.S.…
Charles Abomeli is a British actor. He is known for playing Colonel Oduya in the third series of British science fiction drama Torchwood: Children of Earth.
Charles Adesola Oludare Oluwatosi Ademeno (born 12 December 1988) is an English former professional footballer. As a player he was a forward who played from 2005 to 2014. He played for Southend United, Bishop's Stortford, Cambridge United, Welling United,…
Charles Albert Tindley (July 7, 1851 – July 26, 1933) was an African-American Methodist minister and gospel music composer. His composition "I'll Overcome Someday" is credited as the basis for the U.S. Civil Rights anthem "We Shall Overcome". Another of…
Charles Fred Alexander Jr. (born July 28, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Charles Alexander Shaw (December 31, 1944 – April 12, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Charles Tyrone Allen (born March 3, 1977) is a Canadian track and field athlete, specializing in hurdling and sprinting. Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Allen emigrated to Canada, first to Brampton where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School, and then to…
Charles Allie (born August 20, 1947) is an American masters athletics sprinter. He has set numerous masters world records in sprint events from 200 to 400 meters.
Charles Henry "Spinky" Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Alston was active in the Harlem Renaissance; Alston…
Charles and Bettie Birthright were an African American married couple who lived in Clarkton, Dunklin County, Missouri, United States, who became philanthropists. Born into slavery and freed after the Civil War, they became landowners and community figures…
Charles L. Armstrong is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, having represented District 30 in the capital city of Little Rock from 2013 to 2017.
Charles Arundel Murcott "Joe" Moody, (15 April 1917, London – 11 January 2009, West Palm Beach, Florida) was a Black British soldier who was the first commanding officer (Lt. Col.) of the 3rd Battalion Regiment of the Jamaica Regiment.
A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician Charles Austin performing in Miami, FL. Austin is photographed in left-profile from an extreme low angle. His saxaphone is hung from his neck and he stands in front of a microphone. His right hand is raised to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.98
Charles B. Brooks (1865–1908) was a Black American inventor. Born in Virginia in 1865, by the 1890s he was a resident of Newark, New Jersey. Besides inventing, Brooks was a porter for the Pullman Palace Car Company.
Charles B. Roussève (1902–1993) was a teacher, principal, historian, musician, poet, and writer in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Amistad Research Center has a collection of his papers.
