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Beatrice Sumner Thompson (1874–1938) was an American suffragist and activist. She was executive secretary of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP from 1917 to 1925.
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…
1957–2008
Beauty B. Turner (October 23, 1957 – December 18, 2008) was an American housing activist and journalist from Chicago, Illinois. At the time of her death, Turner was compared to the civil rights leader Ida B. Wells.
1948
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bed frame from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The disassembled bed has several parts that include: a headboard (2011.12.14a), footboard (2011.12.14b), right and left side rails (2011.12.14cd), and five bed slats (2011.12.14e-i). The headboard, footboard,…
1841–1915
Bedford Green Guy (August 4, 1841 – July 3, 1915) was an American farmer and state legislator in Texas. He served from 1879 to 1881 as a member of the Greenback Party, although other sources have him listed as Republican. He represented Washington County,…
1956
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oil painting in which the artist presents the bruised and battered body of Emmett Till as a Christ-like figure with his arms outstretched in the form of a crucifixion. The hands and arms of a figure behind him are visible holding the body.
1901–1985
Belford Vance Lawson Jr. (July 9, 1901 – February 23, 1985) was an American attorney and civil rights activist who made at least eight appearances before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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…
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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Belinda Carmen Karahalios (born 1981 or 1982) is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Cambridge in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 to 2022. Karahalios was originally elected in the 2018…
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Bellavia Janet Ribeiro-Addy (born 1 March 1985) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clapham and Brixton Hill, previously Streatham, since 2019. In 2020, she was briefly Shadow Minister for Immigration.…
1951–
Belle Smith Wheelan (born October 10, 1951) is an American educator who served as Virginia Secretary of Education under Governor Mark Warner. She is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools'…
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Benjamin Bowling is Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at King's College London, an author and an honorary psychotherapist. He is a recipient of the Radzinowicz Memorial Prize awarded for the best article in the British Journal of Criminology in…
April 11, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.77.1a, 2011.174.77.1b, 2011.174.77.1c, 2011.174.77.1d, 2011.174.77.1e, and 2011.174.77.1f. Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico.…
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Ben Clark is an American politician who served in the North Carolina Senate from the 21st district (representing constituents in Hoke and Cumberland counties) from 2013 to 2023. He also served as secretary of the Senate Democratic caucus. On September 20,…
1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pamphlet about Ben Davis. The front cover has a brown and white image of Ben Davis' face on a red and pink background with white text. The interior of the pamphlet consists of forty-eight pages of text and images about Ben Davis. The back of the pamphlet…
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Ben F. Gross (1921 – August 13, 2012) was an American politician, union leader, and civil right activist who was the first African-American to serve as mayor of Milpitas and the first African-American mayor to lead a predominantly white city in California.
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Benjamin Franklin Jones (born 1941) is an American visual artist, educator, and activist, whose creative career spans six decades. His multimedia artworks draw on his travel and research in Africa, Europe, South America, the United States and the…
1942–
Benjamin Frasier Jr. (born c. 1942) is a perennial candidate for political office in South Carolina, having run for Congress over fifteen times since 1972. He became the Democratic Party nominee for the November 2010 election, "surpris[ing] observers" by…
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Hassie Benjamin Haith Jr. (born 1942), also known as Boston Ben, is an American activist, social worker, and designer of the Juneteenth flag. Haith has been active in anti-crime groups since the 1980s.
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Benjamin Charles Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music, and he is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances,…
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Benjamin Todd Jealous (born January 18, 1973) is an American political activist. He served as the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 2008 to 2013. Jealous was the Democratic nominee in the 2018…
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Benjamin Obese-Jecty (, born September 1979) is a British Conservative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon since 2024. He currently serves as the Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement.
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