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Charles Dickson (born 1947) is an American artist and sculptor. He lives and works in Los Angeles, where he has created small to large-scale sculptures honoring Black culture for decades. The Los Angeles Times named Dickson’s public sculpture Wishing on a…
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Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (December 2, 1922 – August 24, 1998) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served in the state senate and U.S. House of Representatives. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Michigan. A…
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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…
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.
1944–2016
Charles Dwight Lahr (February 6, 1944 – December 26, 2016) was an American mathematician, the first tenured African-American professor of mathematics at an Ivy League university, and a university administrator.
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Charles E. "Charlie" Cobb Jr. (born June 23, 1943) is a journalist, professor, and former activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Along with several veterans of SNCC, Cobb established and operated the African-American bookstore…
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Charles Esque Fleming (born 1962) is an American lawyer and judge from Ohio who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Loading image…1933–2020
Charles E. Freeman (December 12, 1933 – March 2, 2020) was an American attorney who served as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. He was elected to the position on November 6, 1990, becoming its first African-American justice. He served as chief…
Loading image…1914–2000
Charles Ellis Gaines (January 16, 1924 – March 28, 2000), also known as Charlie Gaines, was a Republican politician on the South Side of Chicago. He represented the 29th legislative district in the Illinois General Assembly from 1975 to 1981, winning…
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Charles Edmund Nash (May 23, 1844 – June 21, 1913) was an American politician who served a single two-year term as Republican in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana. He was Louisiana's first African-American to serve as congressman;…
1908–1964
Charles Edgar Dickinson Jr. (August 12, 1908 – November 17, 1964) was an American landscape architect and educator. He was the first Black member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
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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,…
1870–1937
Charles Edward Mitchell (May 30, 1870 – March 29, 1937) was an American bank president and diplomat. He was a Republican, and was appointed by U.S. president Herbert Hoover to a consular position in Liberia. He had lived in Institute, West Virginia and…
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Charles Edwin Bentley (1859–1929) was an American dentist. In Chicago, he was the founder of what grew to be the largest local dental society in the world in the early 20th century. As an African American civil rights activist, he was a founder of the…
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James Charles Evers (September 11, 1922 – July 22, 2020) was an American civil rights activist, businessman, radio personality, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers. After…
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Charles F. Armstrong (May 25, 1919 – March 9, 1965) was an American politician and lawyer in Illinois.
Loading image…1934–2015
Charles F. Harris (January 3, 1934 – December 16, 2015) was an American book publisher and editor. Through his pioneering work at Howard University Press and at Amistad Press, which he founded in 1986, Harris was instrumental in the publication of many…
1932–
Charles Francis McAfee, , (born December 25, 1932), is an American architect, building material manufacturer, and housing activist. He was the founding president of Charles F. McAfee Architects, Engineers, and Planners firm (now McAfee3) which was…
June 4, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.21.1a, 2011.174.21.1b, 2011.174.21.1c, 2011.174.21.1d, and 2011.174.21.1e. Charles McDew recalls growing up in Massillon, Ohio, his family's involvement in the steel mill unions and attending South…
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Charles Francis Tilghman Jr. (March 11, 1897 – December 2, 1985) was an American printer, and the son of social activist Hettie B. Tilghman. His publishing company, Tilghman Press, was the leading West Coast black-owned publishing company from the 1930s to…
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Charles Fagan was an American state legislator in Alabama. He represented Montgomery County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives. He lived in Montgomery, Alabama. He joined fellow legislators in signing a memorial alleging abuses that occurred…
Biography
Charles Farrar is an American songwriter, composer, and producer, best known for his songwriting work with vocal groups SWV, 702, Today, and Shades. In the late 1990s/early 2000s, Farrar, alongside Troy Taylor, was a member of "The Characters": a…
1970–2012
Charles Flores was born in Cuba in 1970. He became a bassist when he was 10 years old, but Cuban laws prohibited an in depth study of jazz and other American genres of music. Flores eventually immigrated to the United States as a refugee and settled in…
1879–1910
Charles W. Follis, also known as "the Black Cyclone", (February 3, 1879 – April 5, 1910) was the first Black professional American football player. He played for the Shelby Blues of the "Ohio League" from 1902 to 1906. On September 16, 1904, Follis signed…
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