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Visual Arts

Eve

1969

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This collage depicts a dark haired woman in a striped shirt. Shown from the hips upward, she is turned slightly away from the viewer. She wears a sleeveless top in white and red stripes. She wears a dark blue garment on the bottom. In the background are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.148.6
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Literature

Eve Ewing

1986

Eve Louise Ewing (born 1986) is an American sociologist, author, poet, and visual artist from Chicago, Illinois. Ewing is an associate professor at the University of Chicago. Her academic research in the sociology of education includes her 2018 book,…

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Arts & Performance

Eve Sandler

Biography

Eve Sandler is an American painter, filmmaker, and multi-media artist in the style of Abstract Expressionism. Sandler, born in Harlem, is the daughter of Harlem-based painter Alvin Sandler and sister of filmmaker Kathe Sandler. Sandler began her…

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Arts & Performance

Evelyn Anderson

1907–1994

Evelyn Anderson (1907 – October 29, 1994) was an American dancer. She appeared in productions by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle and on Broadway in the revue Blackbirds of 1928. She was 18 years old when she was selected for an all-Black vaudeville troupe due…

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Literature & Journalism

Evelyn C. White

1954–

Evelyn Corliss White (born March 29, 1954) is an American writer and editor. Her books include the collection Black Women's Health Book: Speaking for Ourselves and the biography Alice Walker: A Life.

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Literature

Evelyn Cunningham

1916–2010

Evelyn Cunningham (January 25, 1916 – April 28, 2010) was an American journalist and aide to Nelson Rockefeller. Cunningham covered the early civil rights movement and was a reporter and editor for the Pittsburgh Courier. In 1998, Cunningham was one of…

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Music

Evelyn Dove

1902–1987

Evelyn Mary Dove (11 January 1902 – 7 March 1987) was a British singer and actress, who early in her career drew comparisons with Josephine Baker. Of Sierra Leone Creole and English parentage, Dove is recognized as a "trailblazing performer": in 1939, she…

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Film & Television

Evelyn Ellis

1894–1958

Evelyn Ellis (February 2, 1894 – June 5, 1958) was an American character actress of stage and film. Devoting herself to the theatre, her film roles were few, but she appeared in films including The Joe Louis Story and The Lady from Shanghai. Toward the end…

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Music

Evelyn Freeman Roberts

1919–2017

Evelyn Freeman Roberts (February 13, 1919 – May 5, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and educator. After an early career as a swing band and gospel choir leader, she and her husband, Tommy Roberts, established the Young Saints foundation…

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Music

Evelyn LaRue Pittman

1910–1992

Evelyn LaRue Pittman (January 6, 1910 – December 1992) was an American composer, choral director and music educator.

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Arts & Performance

Evelyn Terry

1946–

Evelyn Terry, also known as Evelyn P. Terry or Evelyn Patricia Terry (born 1946) is an American visual artist, art educator, writer, lecturer, exhibition curator and community advocate from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Terry's mediums include printmaking,…

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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Evening gloves with bag belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

1960-1989

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This is a pair of long white leather gloves (a,b) with a plastic storage bag (c) owned by Etta Moten Barnett. The gloves are a matching pair made of white kid leather. Each glove has a slit along the wrist area with three pearl buttons to fasten the slit…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.117a-c
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Evening gloves with storage bag belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

1960-2004

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This is a pair of white fabric gloves (a,b) with a plastic storage bag (c) owned by Etta Moten Barnett. The gloves are a matching pair made of a white stretchy fabric, with a thin band of ribbing around the hem. They are elbow length. There is no tag or…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.115a-c
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Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Evening gown belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

ca. 1970

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This is a tiered evening gown worn by Etta Moten Barnett. It is made of silky material cut on the bias with three diagonal tiers of cloth making up the bodice and the skirt. The dress has a white background with a print of dark pink flowers and green…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.24
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Historical photographs & visual records

Evening sky over the Aberdeen beaches

1979

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Donor notes read: "Evening sky over the Aberdeen beaches. Trip to Freetown with Simon Ottenberg, May 24-29, 1979. The date on the slide is AUG 79.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1607
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Visual Arts

Ever Erazo

1989

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A color portrait photograph of Jamás Erazo against a blue background. The bust portrait captures Erazo from the shoulders up with the straps a white tank top visible. He looks directly at the camera with his body is turned slight to his left. On the verso,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.166.20
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Arts & Performance

Everal Walsh

Biography

Everal Walsh is a British actor, known for his voice over roles in video games, such as The Witcher and Sacred 3.

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Music

Everett Bradley

Biography

Everett Bradley (born March 16, 1963) is an American singer and musician who is a member of the rock band Bon Jovi.

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Historical photographs & documents

Everett, Francine

1987 December 30

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Cataloged as “Everett, Francine” (Audio; Audio cassette).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref19
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Music

Everett Lee

1916–2022

Everett Astor Lee (August 31, 1916 – January 12, 2022) was an American symphonic conductor, opera music director, violinist and music scholar. He was the first African American to conduct a Broadway musical, the first to "conduct an established symphony…

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Music

Everett McCorvey

1957–

Everett McCorvey (born 1957) is an American classical tenor, teacher, impresario, conductor and producer, living in Lexington, Kentucky, where he holds an Endowed Chair in Opera Studies at the University of Kentucky, is director of the University of…

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Music

Everett Morton

1950–2021

Everett Livingstone Matthew Morton (5 April 1950 – 8 October 2021) was a Saints Kitts-born British ska drummer best known for his work with the band the Beat. Following the breakup of the band in 1983, Morton joined former Beat bandmate Saxa,…

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Music

Everette Harp

1961–

Everette Harp (born August 17, 1961, in Houston, Texas) is an American jazz saxophonist who has recorded for Blue Note, Capitol and Shanachie Records. His album Jazz Funk Soul, a collaboration with Chuck Loeb and Jeff Lorber, received his first nomination…

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Historical photographs & documents

Everybody Pays the Man with the Cigar Lyrics

n.d.

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Cataloged as “Everybody Pays the Man with the Cigar Lyrics” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref50
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