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Cheney Lively (c. 1790s–1858) (also spelled Chaney, Chany, China, or Chinny) was the first African-American property owner and permanent resident in Indianapolis, Indiana. Originally born into enslavement in Kentucky circa 1795, Lively was later bought (or…
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Chennis Berry Jr. (born April 16, 1973) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for South Carolina State University, a position he has held since December 2023. He was previously the head football coach for Benedict College…
1972–
Cheo Hodari Coker is an American former music journalist turned television writer and producer known for such television series as Luke Cage, NCIS: Los Angeles, Southland and Ray Donovan.
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Cherelle Lesley Parker (born September 9, 1972) is an American politician and former educator serving as the 100th mayor of Philadelphia since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to hold the office. Parker served in the…
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Cheri Lynn Beasley (born February 14, 1966) is an American attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2019 to 2020 as well as an associate justice from 2012 to 2019. She was defeated by Paul Martin Newby in…
1951–
Cherie Buckner-Webb (born October 29, 1951) is a Democratic politician from Boise, Idaho. In 2010 Buckner-Webb was elected to a single term in the Idaho House of Representatives representing the north Boise-based District 19. In 2012 Buckner-Webb won the…
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Cherie Johnson (born November 21, 1975) is an American actress, writer, film producer, and author. She is known for her roles on Punky Brewster as Punky's best friend Cherie and Family Matters, where she played Laura Winslow's best friend Maxine Johnson…
1980
Cheril N. Clarke (born September 24, 1980) is a Canadian-born contemporary author and playwright of gay and lesbian romance, drama and comedy.
1977–
Cheris F. Hodges (born 1977) is an African-American author of romance novels and a freelance journalist. Hodges graduated from Johnson C. Smith University in 1999 with a degree in journalism. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1952–
Cherise Bate (sometimes credited as Cherise Bates) is an American dancer, actress and teacher whose performance career was most prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
1939–
Cherry Muhanji is the pen name of Jeannette Delaine Washington (born April 26, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan), an American writer. She is best known for her novel Her, which won a Ferro-Grumley Award and a Lambda Literary Award in 1991, and the anthology…
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Cheryl A. Head is an American author, former television producer, broadcast executive, and organizer. She is the author of the Charlie Mack Motown mysteries, whose female PI protagonist is queer and Black. She is also author of Time's Undoing published in…
1951–
Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan (born 24 July 1951) is an African-American womanist theologian, professor, author, poet, and an elder in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. She is Professor Emerita of Religion and Women's Studies and Director of Women's…
Biography
Cheryl Ann Marie Anderson is an American epidemiologist, currently serving as the inaugural dean of the Wertheim School of Public Health at the University of California, San Diego since June 2020. Her fields of research are in nutrition and chronic disease…
July 27, 2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of 2016.129.10.1a and 2016.129.10.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording. Cheryl Bailey Solomon was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Solomon donated several…
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Cheryl Boone Isaacs (born 1949) is an American film marketing and public relations executive. She represented the Public Relations Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), known for its annual Academy Awards (Oscars), on the AMPAS…
1950–
Cheryl Allison Boyce-Taylor (born 6 December 1950) is a Trinidadian poet, teaching artist, and theatre performer who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Boyce-Taylor has published several full-length poetry monographs, including early works As A Woman I Laugh and…
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Cheryl Renee Brown (born February 11, 1944) is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly, representing the 47th Assembly District, encompassing parts of the Inland Empire. She is a Democrat. In 2016, Brown was defeated in her bid…
1947
Cheryl Lynn Clarke (born Washington D.C., May 16, 1947) is an American lesbian poet, essayist, educator, and Black feminist community activist. Her scholarship focuses on African-American women's literature, black lesbian feminism, and the Black Arts…
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Cheryl Contee is an American entrepreneur, CEO, blogger, and writer. She is co-founder and CEO of a digital marketing agency, Do Big Things. Before founding Do Big Things, Contee co-founded Fission Strategy and Attentive.ly.
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Cheryl D. Holmes Miller (born 1952) is an American graphic designer, Christian minister, writer, artist, theologian, and decolonizing historian. She is known for her contributions to racial and gender equality in the graphic design field, and establishing…
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Cheryl Patrice Derricotte is an American visual artist working mostly with glass and paper. She lives and works in San Francisco, California.
1966–
Cheryl Dunye (; born May 13, 1966) is a Liberian-American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress. She is the daughter of Edith Irene Hamilton Dunye and George Kekura Dunye. She was born in Liberia, but shortly after, her family moved to…
1951–
Cheryl Irene Hanna (born January 7, 1951) is an American artist and illustrator. Hanna was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, dropped out of the Pratt Institute before she resumed her study and received her B.A. from the Pratt Institute in 1973. Hanna is a…
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