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Cheathams with Clora Bryant

Image

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham seated with Clora Bryant on three chairs in a row at the Zora Neale Hurston Award given by the National Association of...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant with her award plaque

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Clora Bryant standing with upraised arms and holding her plaque for winning the Zora Neale Hurston Award given by the National Association of Black...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Conference attendees

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Unidentified African American man and woman seated side by side at the Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in 2006 in San Diego...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Conference speaker

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Unidentified African American man in black African traditional dress speaking into a microphone and pointing; at the Annual National Black...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dr. Sir Warrior

Image

Dr. Sir Warrior, a Nigerian singer, stands in front of the fence in front of the White House in Washington D.C. He is wearing traditional clothing.

Date Published
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jeannie Cheatham with her award

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Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham receiving the Zora Neale Hurston Award given by the National Association of Black Storytellers in 2006 in San Diego...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham greeting Ravi Shankar

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Jimmy Cheatham greeting a seated Ravi Shankar; Cheatham is wearing a black hat and Shankar is dressed in orange silk robes and wearing eyeglasses...

Date Published
November-1997
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Mahotella Queens

Image

The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, stand on the Grand Emporium stage performing for...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mahotella Queens and the band

Image

The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, dance and sing on the Grand Emporium stage...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mahotella Queens and the band

Image

The Mahotella Queens are three black South African female mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing, dance on the Grand Emporium stage performing for...

Date Published
1991
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Men with djembes

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Four unidentified African American men in traditional African dress seated in a row with large djembe drums at the Annual National Black Storytelling...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Pascal Bokar

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Pascal Bokar, a French African man who plays AfroBlueGrazz music, smiles as he holds a guitar. He wears blue traditional African clothing.

Date Published
1994
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Storyteller

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Unidentified woman in light blue traditional African dress seated in front of microphone with a book in her lap telling a story; at the Annual...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Unidentified group

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An unidentified group of six black men in traditional clothing gather together for a photograph. Four stand arm-in-arm grinning at the camera. One man...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Women with chekere

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Three unidentified African American women in traditional African dresses (gold and black; red ; blue) standing around a conference dinner table...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection
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  • Color photographs
  • Ethnic costume

Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (9)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (6)

Types

  • photographs (15)

Genres

  • Group portraits (11)
  • Snapshots (9)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Negatives (3)
  • Photocopies (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • (-) Color photographs (15)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (9)
  • 1991-2000 (6)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • Black people (6)
  • Musicians (5)
  • African American jazz musicians (4)
  • African American women (4)
  • Men (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • African American women musicians (3)
  • Award winners (3)
  • Bands (Music) (3)
  • Fans (Persons) (3)
  • Hats (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • Women (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Awards (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Pendants (Jewelry) (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • Books (1)
  • Chekeré (1)
  • Coffee cups (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Djembe (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • French (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Indian musicians (1)
  • Lecturers (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Nigerians (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Sitar players (1)
  • Storytellers (1)
  • Storytelling (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • (-) Ethnic costume (15)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jimmy (3)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (2)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Obinna, Christogonus, 1947-1999 (1)
  • Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Thiam, Pascal Bokar (1)

Events

  • Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference (24th : 2006 : San Diego, Calif.) (8)

Date Published

  • 2006-11 (8)
  • 1994 (4)
  • 1991 (3)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1997-11 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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