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Charlotte Dyer Enty Catlin (1903 – November 13, 1968) was an American pianist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who worked with Lena Horne. Among her piano students was jazz pianist and composer Billy Strayhorn.
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Charlotte Louise Bridges Grimké (née Forten; August 17, 1837 – July 23, 1914) was an African-American abolitionist, poet, and educator. She grew up in a prominent abolitionist family in Philadelphia. She taught school for years, including to freedmen in…
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Charlotte Hawkins Brown (June 11, 1883 – January 11, 1961) was an American author, educator, civil rights activist, and founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, North Carolina.
1839–1914
Charlotte L. Brown (1839–?) was an American educator and civil rights activist who was one of the first to legally challenge racial segregation in the United States when she filed a successful lawsuit against a streetcar company in San Francisco in the…
1871–1939
Maxeke graduated from Wilberforce University in Ohio before returning home to found the Bantu Women's League, a forerunner of the ANC Women's League.
1970–
Charlotte Irene Mensah (born May 1970) is a British/Ghanaian hairstylist. She is the founder and creative director of Hair Lounge, on London's Portobello Road. In November 2018 she became the first black woman to be inducted into the British Hairdressing…
Biography
Charlotte P. Morris is an American academic administrator. She served as the interim president of Tuskegee University, a private, historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama, and on July 26, 2021, was elected ninth president of the university by its…
1847–1928
Charlotte M. Rollin (c. 1847–1928) was an American political and civil rights activist, suffragist, and feminist. Rollin, along with her five sisters, Frances Anne, Kate, Louisa, and Florence, became well known for their political activism in South…
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Charlotte Vandine Forten (1785–1884) was an American abolitionist and matriarch of the Philadelphia Forten family.
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Charlton Maxwell Jimerson (born September 22, 1979) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He played in MLB for the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners.
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Charlton Deron McIlwain (born 1971) is an American academic and author whose expertise includes the role of race and media in politics and social life. McIlwain is Professor of media, culture, and communication and is the Vice Provost for Faculty…
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Charlton "Charles" Hunt Tandy (c. 1836 – 1919) was an African American volunteer militia officer in Missouri, lawyer, newspaper publisher, state legislator-elect, public official, and civil rights activist.
1977–
Charlton Warren (born January 17, 1977) is an American college football coach who is currently co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at North Carolina State University. Prior to entering the coaching ranks, Warren served in the United States…
October 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Charly Becker buying a bottle of colored sand in Djiberi Ndoye's shop, Gorée, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Charm, Akoko Edo, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Charm for Eshu, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1988–
Charmaine La'Donna Jordan (born May 14, 1988), known professionally as Charm La'Donna, is an American dancer and choreographer. Known for her work with various recording artists, her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and two MTV Video Music Awards.
1994–
Charmaine Willie, known as Charmaine is a Zimbabwean-Canadian rapper from Toronto, Ontario, who won the Juno Award for Rap Single of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022 for her 2021 single "Bold".
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Charmaine Crooks (born August 8, 1962), is a Canadian businesswoman, sports executive, and retired sprinter and middle-distance runner. Crooks was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, but represented Canada for close to 20 years in athletics. She was a five-time…
1968–
Charmaine Elizabeth Hooper (born January 15, 1968) is a Canadian retired soccer player. A four-time winner of the Canadian Players of the Year award and member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame, Hooper played on the Canada women's national soccer team from…
Biography
Charmaine Lurch is a Toronto-based painter, sculptor, installation artist and arts educator known for her interdisciplinary work and exploration of themes including Black studies and environmental issues.
1971–
Charmaine Andrea Nelson (born 1971) is a Canadian art historian, educator, author, and independent curator. Nelson was a full professor of art history at McGill University until June 2020 when she joined NSCAD University to develop the Institute for the…
Biography
Charmaine DM Royal is a Jamaican-American geneticist and is the Robert O. Keohane Professor of African & African American Studies, Biology, Global Health, and Family Medicine & Community Health at Duke University. She studies the intersections of race,…
Biography
Charmaine Wilkerson is a Jamaican-American journalist, writer, and author. She is known for her debut novel, Black Cake, which was a New York Times Bestseller.
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