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Loading image…1937–2022
Charles Melvin Sherrod (January 2, 1937 – October 11, 2022) was an American minister and civil rights activist. During the civil rights movement, Sherrod helped found the Albany Movement while serving as field secretary for southwest Georgia for the…
May 10, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.86.1a, 2011.174.86.1b, 2011.174.86.1c, and 2011.174.86.1d. Charles Siler remembers his early life in Louisiana, including a penchant for drawing that began before the age of two, quitting the Boy…
June 16, 2007; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Charles Smoke. He is wearing glasses and a dark colored, striped shirt. He also has a beard and mustache. The print is inscribed on the back.
1913–2000
Charles Derone "Bo" Spearman (January 14, 1913 – September 8, 2000) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach. He served as the head football at Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N)—now…
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Charles Spencer Smith (March 16, 1852 – February 1, 1923) was a Canadian-American bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and politician, serving in the Alabama Legislature. He wrote numerous pamphlets during his lifetime, as well as a history of…
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Charles Steele Jr. (born August 3, 1946) is an American businessman, politician and civil rights leader. He was the first African American elected to the City Council of Tuscaloosa and one of the first African Americans elected to the Alabama State Senate.
1931–1976
Charles Stepney (March 26, 1931 – May 17, 1976) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and musician. Stepney is noted for his work with artists such as The Dells, Ramsey Lewis, Rotary Connection, and Earth, Wind & Fire.
1966–
Charles Stone III (born 1966) is an American film director. He is best known for Drumline starring Nick Cannon, Mr. 3000 starring Bernie Mac, and Paid in Full.
1909–1966
Charles Sullivan (born Charles Williams; 1909–2 August 1966) was the Black American concert promoter and businessman who created San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium.
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Charles Sumner Bowman (c. 1873–unknown), was an American architect and educator. He was director of the industrial department of Western University in Quindaro, Kansas from 1898 until 1902. Subsequently he had an architecture practice in Kansas City,…
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Charles Sumner Duke (July 21, 1879 – June 15, 1952) was an architect, engineer, and public official who advocated for opportunities for African Americans and helped found the National Technical Association (NTA) in 1925. His father was newspaperman and…
1875–1952
Charles Thaddeus Russell (June 19, 1875 – August 24, 1952) was an American architect who was one of the first two licensed African American architects in Virginia. He was the first to be licensed in Richmond, Virginia and he designed buildings on what…
1978–
Charles Wesley Thomas (born December 26, 1978) is an American former left fielder in Major League Baseball. Thomas played with the Atlanta Braves (2004), and Oakland Athletics (2005). He batted and threw left-handed.
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Charles Tillman (born 1932/1933) is an American politician who served on the Jackson, Mississippi City council for twelve years and as acting mayor after the death of Chokwe Lumumba, becoming the 5th consecutive African-American mayor of the city.
1910–1969
Charles Ulysses DeBerry (April 21, 1910 – October 11, 1969) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at North Carolina A&T University from 1942 to 1944, compiling a record of 10–11. DeBerry was later the chair of the…
Loading image…1939–2012
Charles Vernon Bush (December 17, 1939 – November 5, 2012) was an American civil rights activist, retired senior corporate executive and former U.S. Air Force officer. In 1954, at the urging of Chief Justice Earl Warren, who had asked for the appointment…
Biography
Charles Veale or Veal was an African American Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.
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Charles Okechukwu O. Venn (born 24 June 1973), formerly known by the stage names Chucky Venice and Chucky Venn, is a British actor, most notable for his roles as Ray Dixon for 109 episodes of EastEnders (2012–2013), and as nurse/paramedic Jacob Masters in…
1945–
Charles Vincent (born 1945) is an American historian, professor, and author. He a professor in the history department at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana since 2017. Vincent serves as director of the Mwalimu Institute.
1907–1960
Charles W. Anderson Jr. (May 26, 1907 – June 14, 1960) was an African-American lawyer, state legislator and civil rights leader in Kentucky. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1936 until 1946, and was…
1872–1941
Charles Ward Chappelle (July 11, 1872 – February 28, 1941) was an early 1900s African-American aviation pioneer and medal winner, electrical engineer, and businessman who was president of the US's African Union Company, Inc., whose mission in the early…
Loading image…1858–1932
Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African-American author, essayist, political activist, and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War…
Loading image…1920–2008
Charles Walter Dryden (September 16, 1920 – June 24, 2008) was a U.S. Army Air Force officer and one of the original combat fighter pilots with the 332nd Fighter Group's 99th Fighter Squadron, a component of the Tuskegee Airmen. Among the United States'…
Loading image…1957–
Charles Wayne Hooper (born July 23, 1957) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army who held the position of director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) from 2017 to 2020. DSCA administers security cooperation programs that…
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