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1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Berhane Adonai, director of the Asmara School of Art, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
1958–
Bernadette Locke-Mattox (born December 31, 1958) is a former head coach of the University of Kentucky women's basketball team. While at Kentucky in 1990, she became the first female to serve as assistant coach for a men's NCAA Division I basketball team,…
Biography
Bernadine Deborah Idowu is a British biochemist who is a professor at the University of West London. She was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2025.
1930–2011
Bernadine Newsom Denning (1930 – January 11, 2011) was an educator and civil rights activist recognised in the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
Biography
Bernard Bell is the associate dean for academic affairs and faculty professor of law and Herbert Hannoch Scholar at Rutgers School of Law–Newark.
1967–
Bernard "Tiger" Clark (born January 12, 1967) is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Robert Morris University, a position he has held since the 2018 season. Clark played professionally as a linebacker in the National…
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Bernard Ronald James (born February 7, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles. James was selected in the 2012 NBA draft and spent three seasons in the National Basketball…
1968–
Bernard Montgomery Muir (born July 22, 1968) is an American college athletics administrator who is served as athletic director at Stanford University from 2012 to 2025. Prior to Stanford, Muir served in the same position at the University of Delaware and…
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Bernard Francisco Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro (born 20 January 1944), is a British surgeon who served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) from 2005 to 2008. He was created a life peer in 2010 and sat in the House of Lords on…
1930–
Bernard Warren Harleston (born January 22, 1930) is a former college administrator who was selected in 1981 as the first African-American president of City College of New York. Harleston was born in New York City and raised in Hempstead. He received his…
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Bernardino de la Trinidad González Rivadavia (May 20, 1780 – September 2, 1845) was an Argentine politician who played an important role in the governments established after the May Revolution. Rivadavia was the first President of the Argentine Republic,…
1926–2018
Bernice Irene Sumlin (November 29, 1926 – January 11, 2018) was an American educator. She became the nineteenth international president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1974. She was a national vice president of the National Council of Negro Women.
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Bernice Johnson Reagon (October 4, 1942 – July 16, 2024) was an American song leader, composer, professor of American history, curator at the Smithsonian, and social activist. In the early 1960s, she was a founding member of the Freedom Singers, organized…
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Bernice L. McFadden (born September 26, 1965) is an American novelist. She has also written humorous erotica under the pseudonym Geneva Holliday. Author of fifteen novels, she is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Tulane University in New Orleans.
1914–1994
Bernice Robinson (1914–1994) was an American activist in the Civil Rights Movement and education proponent who helped establish adult Citizenship Schools in South Carolina. Becoming field supervisor of adult education for the Southern Christian Leadership…
1939–2017
Bernard Terry Casey (June 8, 1939 – September 19, 2017) was an American professional football player and actor. He was a football player and All-American hurdler at Bowling Green State University, before playing professionally as a wide receiver in the…
1900–2001
Bernie Haynes Robynson (1900—2001), was an American printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist, and educator. He is associated with graphic arts history within the Harlem Renaissance, a Black cultural movement of the 1920s in New York City.
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Bernard A. Parmalee (born September 16, 1967) is an American football coach and former running back who is the running backs coach for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the running backs coach for the…
Biography
Beronda Montgomery is a writer, science communicator, and researcher. She has spent more than 20 years as a professor and academic administrator at Michigan State University and Grinnell College. Her research has centered on how photosynthetic organisms…
1920–1999
Bert Cody Piggott Sr. (Pronounced: PIG-et) (March 5, 1920 – January 10, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Illinois, where he was a member of that school's victorious 1947 Rose Bowl team, going…
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Bertha C. Boschulte (March 8, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American educator, women's rights activist, statistician and politician. During her tenure as a teacher, she actively worked to attain women's suffrage in the Virgin Islands. After obtaining her…
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Bertha W. Calloway (July 14, 1925 – November 25, 2017) was an African-American community activist and historian in North Omaha, Nebraska. The founder of the Negro History Society and the Great Plains Black History Museum, Calloway won awards from several…
1890–1975
Bertha Des Verney (October 5, 1890 – January 1, 1975) was an American pianist, composer, music educator, singer, and playwright. She was choir and drama director at the Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Harlem for over forty years, director…
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Bertha Garrett Holliday is a community psychologist known for her expertise on ethnic minority issues. Her work has focused on processes of child and family socialization and the academic experiences and achievement of Black youth. Holliday was Senior…
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