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Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an 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 South.
Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was an American politician who served as the 26th vice president of the United States under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1905 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party , Fairbanks was previously a senator from Indiana from 1897 to 1905.
Charles William Whalen Jr (July 31, 1920 – June 27, 2011 [1]) was an American politician from Ohio. Whalen was a member of the Republican Party who served in the Ohio House of Representatives , Ohio State Senate , and the United States House of Representatives .
The Conjure Woman is a collection of short stories by African-American fiction writer, essayist, and activist Charles W. Chesnutt.First published in 1899, The Conjure Woman is considered a seminal work of African-American literature composed of seven short stories, set in Patesville, North Carolina.
Charles Willis Howard (June 15, 1896 – May 1, 1966) was an American actor and teacher most famous for portraying Santa Claus in department stores and parades. In 1937, he established the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School which today is the oldest continuously-run Santa school in the world.
Charles Wilbert White, Jr. (April 2, 1918 – October 3, 1979) was an American artist known for his chronicling of African American related subjects in paintings, drawings, lithographs, and murals. White's lifelong commitment to chronicling the triumphs and struggles of his community in representational form cemented him as one of the most well ...
Charles Wilderman Trigg (February 7, 1898 in Baltimore, MD—June 28, 1989 in San Diego, CA) [1] was a mathematics writer and lecturer for many years at the University of Southern California. He was considered one of the foremost recreational mathematicians of the twentieth century and was the book review editor of the Journal of Recreational ...
In November 1874, Post married Ella Letitia Merriweather. Post, commonly known as "C. W.", was born October 26, 1854, in Springfield, Illinois, the son of Charles Rollin Post and Caroline Lathrop Post, and grew up in the adopted hometown of Abraham Lincoln, who served as President of the United States during Post's childhood.