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1944–2014
Barbara Summers (September 6, 1944 – November 2014) was an American writer and educator who had also had a long and successful career as a fashion model, working for 17 years with Ford Models, one of America's top agencies. Her 1998 book, Skin Deep – the…
1928–2024
Barbara Francis Taylor Bowman (October 30, 1928 – November 4, 2024) was an American early childhood education expert, advocate, academic, and author. Her areas of expertise included early childhood care/education, educational equity for minority and…
Biography
Barbara Walker is a British artist who lives and works in Birmingham, England. The art historian Eddie Chambers calls her "one of the most talented, productive and committed artists of her generation". She is known for colossal figurative drawings and…
Biography
Barbara West Carpenter is a college official and state legislator in Louisiana. She works at Southern University. She is an alumnus from Capitol High School in Baton Rouge and Southern University.
1959–
Barry James Eastmond (born January 11, 1959) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and record producer. Eastmond is an adjunct professor of songwriting at the Steinhardt Performing Arts Department of New York University and has participated in the…
1963–2007
Barry Wayne Stevens (November 7, 1963 – February 21, 2007) was an American basketball player. He was born in Flint, Michigan. Stevens is the third-leading scorer in Iowa State University history. Stevens, a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) shooting guard, played…
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Basil W. Brown (March 20, 1927 – October 30, 1997) was an American politician and lawyer. Born in Vandalia, Michigan, Brown moved with his family to Battle Creek, Michigan. Brown graduated from Battle Creek Central High School.
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDark blue elasticized short sleeve shirt on which yellow lettering has been sewn reading [WAYNE / 14]. Bands of gold and blue run down both shoulders from neck to end of sleeves. Gold and blue trim around sleeve openings. On reverse, gold [14] sewn on…
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Bata Kindai Amgoza ibn LoBagola (1877–1947) was an early 20th-century American impostor and entertainer who presented an exoticized identity as a native of Africa, when in reality he was born Joseph Howard Lee in Baltimore, Maryland. Despite an…
ca. 2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA baton used by Dr. Issac Ben Greggs, the Director of the Southern University - Baton Rouge marching band nicknamed "the Human Jukebox." The baton has a white plastic stick and a varnished, light brown wooden handle that is smoothly rounded at its base.…
October 6, 1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Sun-Reporter describes the upcoming Political Forum between J. Ernest Wilkins and Charles C. Diggs. The event was sponsored by the Sun-Reporter and the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro…
1976–
Bayeté Ross Smith (born 1976) is a contemporary African American multi-media artist, film maker and educator. He currently lives and works in Harlem.
2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCrystal vase/urn-shaped trophy (2015.149a) with metal plaque adhered to side. Plaque has image of a jaguar and a tiger biting a football, with black type that reads, [BAYOU CLASSIC/SINCE/1974/GRAMBLING SOUTHERN]. Crystal trophy sits on a square base…
1885–1992
Bazoline Estelle Usher (December 26, 1885 – February 8, 1992) was an American educator known for her work in the Atlanta Public Schools. As director of education for African-American children in the district prior to integration, she was the first African…
Biography
Beatrice Moraa "Betty" Ombuki-Berman is a computer scientist whose research focuses on evolutionary computation and particle swarm optimization. Originally from Kenya, and educated in Kenya and Japan, she has settled in Canada as a professor at Brock…
1923–2018
Beatrix Ann Hamburg (née McCleary; October 19, 1923 – April 15, 2018) was an American psychiatrist whose career in academic medicine advanced the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. Hamburg was the first known African-American to attend Vassar…
1942–1995
Maria Beatriz do Nascimento (12 July 1942 – 28 January 1995), known as Beatriz Nascimento, was an Afro-Brazilian academic and activist. She was an influential participant of the Black Movement of Brazil from its beginnings in the 1960s until her death.…
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Beauregard Fitzhugh Moseley (1868 - December 1, 1919) was an African-American lawyer, mayor, community leader, baseball team co-founder and executive in Chicago. He and Robert R. Jackson founded the Leland Giants. He was born 1868 in Lincolnton, Georgia…
1950–2006
Bebe Moore Campbell (February 18, 1950 – November 27, 2006) was an American author, journalist, and teacher. Campbell was the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was…
Loading image…1872–1948
Beebe Steven Lynk (1872–1948) served as the professor of medical Latin botany and materia medica at the University of West Tennessee. She was one of the first female African American professors in the country. She was also an active member of the early…
1957–
Belden L. Bullock (born December 26, 1957) is an American jazz double-bassist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Bullock learned to play bass guitar before picking up stand-up bass in the early 1970s. He studied at Berklee College of Music from 1977 to 1981…
1936–2007
Belinda Bidwell (22 April 1936 – 28 April 2007) was the first female speaker of the National Assembly of The Gambia. In 2002, Bidwell, who was previously a teacher, was nominated to serve in the National Assembly, and she became deputy speaker. In April…
1954–
Belinda Childress Anderson (born June 21, 1954) is an American academic administrator who served as the 11th president of the Virginia Union University from 2003 to 2008. She is its first female president. Anderson was later dean of the Norfolk State…
Biography
The Honorable Belinda J. Foster is the first African American woman to serve as district attorney in North Carolina. Foster received a bachelor's degree in political science from Bennett College in 1979, and in 1985 she graduated from the University of…
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