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1929–1991
Clara Arena Brawner (August 29, 1929 – October 4, 1991) was the only African-American woman physician in Memphis, Tennessee, in the mid-1950s.
1872–1936
Clara C. Frye (April 17, 1872 – April 8, 1936) was an American nurse in Tampa, Florida who established the Clara Frye Hospital, where she worked for twenty years in the early 1900s. Frye's hospital admitted patients of all ethnicities. She was inducted…
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Clara E. Walke Hall (October 3, 1930 – May 28, 2014) was an American research chemist at the National Institutes of Health from 1959 to 1999. Hall and geneticist Elizabeth F. Neufeld's research on genetic conditions affecting lysosomes led to Neufeld…
1943–2014
Clarence "Skip" Ellis (May 11, 1943 – May 17, 2014) was an American computer scientist, and Emeritus Professor of Computer Science and Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. While at the CU-Boulder, he was the director of the…
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Clarence Francis Stephens (July 24, 1917 – March 5, 2018) was an American mathematician. He is credited with inspiring students and faculty at SUNY Potsdam to form the most successful United States undergraduate mathematics degree programs in the past…
1886–1950
Clarence Sumner Janifer Sr. (March 13, 1886 – November 14, 1950) was a physician and the first African American member of the Medical Society of New Jersey.
Biography
Clarice Evone Phelps (née Salone) is an American nuclear chemist researching the processing of radioactive transuranic elements at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She was part of ORNL's team that collaborated with the…
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Clarice D. Reid (born 1931) is an American pediatrician born in Birmingham, Alabama, who led the National Sickle Cell Disease Program at the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health. She went on to become…
1919
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Class portrait of Medical School” (Photographic prints).
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Claude Mason Steele (born January 1, 1946) is a social psychologist and emeritus professor at Stanford University, where he is the I. James Quillen Endowed Dean, emeritus at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, and Lucie Stern Professor in…
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Claudia Joan Alexander (May 30, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Canadian-born American research scientist specializing in geophysics and planetary science. She worked for the United States Geological Survey and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She was the…
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Claudia L. Thomas is the first female African-American orthopedic surgeon in the United States. She attended medical school at Johns Hopkins University. She was the first African-American and woman to be admitted to the Yale medical program in orthopedics.
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Claudine Gay (born August 4, 1970) is an American political scientist who is the Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University. Her research focuses on American political behavior, including…
1890–1967
Claudius Ballard, M.D. (June 14, 1890 – May 1, 1967) was a prominent African- American physician situated in Los Angeles, California. He served in World War I (as a part of the Medical Reserve Corps) in the 370th Infantry. Ballard was the medical officer…
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Cian Francis William Wright (born 4 October 1998), known professionally as Clavish, is a British rapper from Stamford Hill, London. He is currently signed with EGA Distro, and is noted for his signature flow on trap and drill beats. In December 2022,…
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAs of the 1980s, Ebu Dada was the largest pottery making site in Ilorin, where numerous potters gathered to make and fire their pots. In this photograph, Ilorin "red" pots, for water or other storage, with red slip added, are set out to dry. Pots in the…
1932–2024
Clayton Wilson Bates, Jr., (September 5, 1932 – February 18, 2024) was an American physicist and electrical engineer. Bates developed an x-ray image intensifier tube for use in diagnostic radiology and was an early researcher in optical and electronic…
1968–
Clifford Victor Johnson (born 5 March 1968) is a British theoretical physicist and professor at the UCSB department of Physics.
1949–
Clifford Wayne Houston (born December 3, 1949) is a microbiologist, educator, and the first African American president of the American Society of Microbiology. Presently, he is a Herman Barnett Distinguished Professor as well as the Associate Vice…
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Clinton Caldwell Boone (9 May 1872 –1939) was an African-American Baptist minister, physician, dentist, and medical missionary who served in the Congo Free State and Liberia. The son of Rev. Lemuel Washington Boone and Charlotte (Chavis) Boone of Hertford…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title “Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed” from the Of Black America television series. It consists of two (2) reels of color acetate film with optical sound. The documentary opens with narrator Bill Cosby discussing…
1936–
Clive O. Callender (born 1936) is an American surgeon and professor of surgery at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Trained in organ transplantation, he founded the Howard University Hospital Transplant Center in 1974. To increase…
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Clotilde Dent Bowen (March 20, 1923 – March 11, 2011) was a psychiatrist who became the first African-American woman to reach the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army. Bowen was also the first African-American woman to graduate in medicine from Ohio State…
1934–2018
Clyde Mark Billington Jr. (August 29, 1934 – April 2, 2018) was an American chemist, businessman, and politician. Billington was born in Hartford, Connecticut and went to Weaver High School.
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