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Sports & Achievement

Chanté Sandiford

1990–

Chanté Sherese Sandiford (born 8 January 1990) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Icelandic club Selfoss and captains the Guyana national team. Sandiford has played in the UEFA Women's Champions League with Russian club FC Zorky Krasnogorsk and…

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Sports

Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah

1995–

Chantelle "Chaney" Boye-Hlorkah ( SHAN-ee BOY-ə-LOR-kə; born 8 September 1995) is a footballer who plays as a winger for Women's Championship club Nottingham Forest. Born in England, she plays for the Ghana national team. After playing for Everton for 8…

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Sports & Achievement

Chantelle Swaby

1998–

Chantelle Monique Swaby (born 6 August 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Northern Super League club Vancouver Rise. Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally.

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Photographs and Still Images

Chaptman Ferguson - 1995

1995; printed 2014

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A black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of Chapman Ferguson, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Ferguson is depicted sitting outside on a wood bench, wearing a white hat, white shirt and dark colored pants. His hands are resting flat on the bench…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.206.1
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Photographs and Still Images

Chared Negro Killed in Tulsa Riot 6-1-1921

1921

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A sepia-toned photographic postcard depicting the body of an unidentified victim of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The close up image shows the charred remains of a person lying on the ground amid debris. Across the bottom of the image, written into the negative…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.175.7
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Arts & Performance

Charlamagne tha God

1978–

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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Biography & Culture

Charlene Dash

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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Politics & Public Life

Charlene Dukes

1954–

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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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Charles A. Harris Oral History Interview

August 2, 2016

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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
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Civil Rights & Community

Charles A. Hill

1893–1970

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,…

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Biography & Culture

Charles and Bettie Birthright

1833–1912

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…

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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Charles Black Oral History Interview

March 20, 2024

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An oral history interview and conversation with activist and community organizer Charles Black. It consists of three versions of digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.14.1.1 and 2025.12.14.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.14.1
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Biography & Culture

Charles Bowles

1761–1843

Charles Bowles (October 20, 1761 – March 16, 1843) was an American itinerant preacher and Free Will Baptist who preached across Vermont and established the first church in Huntington, Vermont. He served in the Continental Army during the American…

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Photographs and Still Images

Charles Cauthen age 19, African American

2007; printed 2024

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A color photograph of Charles Cauthen by Sheila Pree Bright. The photograph is a close-up portrait of Cauthen wrapped in a United States flag against a bright white background. The American flag is wrapped entirely around his neck and shoulders, with only…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.68.2
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Sports

Charles Clark

1987–

Charles Clark (born August 10, 1987) is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.22 seconds, but he also ran a 20.00 at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championships, for 2nd place, qualifying him for the World…

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Education

Charles Coles

1911–1992

Charles "Honi" Coles (April 2, 1911 – November 12, 1992) was an American actor and tap dancer, who was inducted posthumously into the American Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2003. He had a distinctive personal style that required technical precision, high-speed…

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Photographs and Still Images

Charles Covington

November 1, 2008; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of Charles Covington. He is looking at the camera and wearing glasses and a jacket over is shirt. Light is reflecting off of his glasses. The print is inscribed on the back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.8
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Charles David Kleymeyer Oral History Interview

December 7, 2016

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The oral history consists of 2016.129.18.1a and 2016.129.18.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording. Dr. Charles D. Kleymeyer was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Dr. Kleymeyer is a close…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.129.18.1a-.2a
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Politics

Charles Diggs Sr.

1894–1967

Charles Coles Diggs Sr. (January 2, 1894 – April 25, 1967) was the first African-American Democrat elected to the Senate of the State of Michigan. Born in Tallula, Mississippi, to James J. Diggs and Lilly Granderson, Diggs moved to Detroit in 1913, where…

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Sports

Charles Dunne

1993–

Charles Dunne (born 13 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for NIFL Premiership club Coleraine. He has previously played for Wycombe Wanderers, Staines Town, Blackpool, Crawley Town, Oldham Athletic, Motherwell and St Mirren.

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Biography & Culture

Charles Edward Blake Sr.

1940–

Charles Edward Blake Sr. (born August 5, 1940) is an American minister and retired pastor who served as the Presiding Bishop and leader of the Church of God in Christ, a 6 million-member Holiness Pentecostal denomination, from 2007 to 2021. On March 21,…

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Literature

Charles G. Hayes

1937–2014

Charles George Hayes (December 10, 1937 – February 12, 2014) was an American gospel musician and founding pastor of Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer. He enjoyed a career spanning over 50 years as a musician with the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir that…

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Civil Rights & Community

Charles H. Mahoney

1886–1966

Charles Henry Mahoney (May 29, 1886 – January 29, 1966) was an American attorney, politician, and businessman, and the first African American appointed as a delegate to the United Nations. Mahoney was also the first African American to serve on the Detroit…

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Arts & Performance

Charles Harris

1908–1998

Charles "Teenie" Harris (July 2, 1908 – June 12, 1998) was an American photographer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Harris was known for his photographs of residents and prominent visitors to Pittsburgh, including musicians and baseball players, which often…

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