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Historical photographs & visual records

Boys in school at Elefon, Sudan

1932

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Cataloged as “Boys in school at Elefon, Sudan” (Photographs; Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-009, Item EEPA 1985-009-0105
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Boys lined up in courtyard, Mengo high school

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Boys lined up in courtyard, Mengo high school” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2000-005, Item EEPA.2000-005-0029
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Boys running at Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)

1986

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Cataloged as “Boys running at Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066922
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Boys seated against wall of schoolhouse, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Boys seated against wall of schoolhouse, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068040
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Boys working at desk inside of schoolhouse, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Boys working at desk inside of schoolhouse, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068061
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Brad Daugherty

1965–

Bradley Lee Daugherty (born October 19, 1965), nicknamed "Big Train" and "El Gato Grande", is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels and professionally with the Cleveland Cavaliers…

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Civil Rights & Community

Brad Lomax

1950–1984

Bradford Clyde Lomax (September 13, 1950 – August 28, 1984) was an American civil rights and disability rights activist. Born in Philadelphia, he attended Howard University. During his time at the university, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and…

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Sports & Achievement

Braden Montgomery

2003–

Braden Abraham Montgomery (born April 16, 2003) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Montgomery played college baseball as both a pitcher and an outfielder for the Stanford Cardinal and…

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Sports

Braeden Anderson

1992–

K. Braeden Anderson is a lawyer and former college basketball player. He played for the Seton Hall Pirates where he won the Big East Conference Championship with the team in 2016. Anderson made headlines in college for playing Division I basketball while…

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Science & Inventions

Brandeis Marshall

Biography

Brandeis Marshall is an American data scientist, CEO of DataedX Group, a data ethics and strategy management agency. She's formerly a Full Professor of Computer Science at Spelman College (2019-2023), where she served as Chair of the Department of Computer…

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Music

Brandi Chavonne Massey

1979–

Brandi Chavonne Massey (August 12, 1979) is an American stage actress and singer. She graduated from The School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio. She made her Broadway debut in the 1997 production of Jekyll and Hyde as an ensemble…

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Literature

Brandon Ash-Mohammed

Biography

Brandon Ash-Mohammed is a Canadian stand-up comedian, whose debut comedy album Capricornication was released in 2020. A Black Canadian of Trinidadian heritage, he is an alumnus of the comedy school at Humber College. He has some Arabic ancestry, but was…

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Sports

Brandon Clarke

1996–2026

Brandon Clarke (September 19, 1996 – May 11, 2026) was a Canadian–American professional basketball player who served as a power forward for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the San Jose…

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Politics & Public Life

Brandon Johnson

1976–

Brandon Johnson (born March 27, 1976) is an American politician and former educator who since 2023 has served as the 57th mayor of Chicago. A member of the Democratic Party, Johnson previously served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to…

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Arts & Performance

Brandon Landers

1985–

Brandon D. Landers (born in 1985) is an American contemporary figurative painter and art educator. His compositions often depict portraits of family and friends as well as imagined and daily scenes of Black life with written text embedded in them.

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Literature & Journalism

Brandon Leake

1993–

Brandon Leake (born May 4, 1992) is an American spoken word poet, educator and motivational speaker and the winner of the fifteenth season of America's Got Talent. He was the first spoken–word poet to be on America's Got Talent and received the Golden…

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Sports & Achievement

Brandon McIlwain

1998–

Brandon Fitzgerald McIlwain (born May 31, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Grosseto Baseball Club of the Italian Baseball League (IBL). A multi-sport athlete, he played both college baseball and college football at the…

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Arts & Performance

Brandon Montrell

1979–2022

Brandon Montrell (October 14, 1979 – December 23, 2022), known professionally as Boogie B, was a comedian from New Orleans, Louisiana. Montrell was born in New Orleans and spent part of his childhood in Tampa, Florida, before returning to New Orleans,…

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Sports & Achievement

Brandon Moore (American football coach)

1979–

Brandon T. Moore (born January 16, 1979) is an American college football coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the San Diego Toreros football team at the University of San Diego (USD). A former National Football League (NFL)…

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Biography & Culture

Brandon Tatum

1987–

Brandon Orlando Tatum (born April 22, 1987), also known as The Officer Tatum, is an American YouTuber, conservative political commentator, author, radio personality, former policeman, and former college football player.

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Literature

Brandon Taylor

1989–

Brandon Taylor (born June 1, 1989) is an American writer. He holds graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Iowa and has received several fellowships for his writing. His short stories and essays have been published…

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Sports & Achievement

Brandon Williams (linebacker)

1988–

Brandon Williams (born June 21, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the…

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Visual Arts

Branly Cadet

1966–

Branly Cadet (born c. 1966) is an American sculptor who is trained in the classical tradition of both figurative and portrait sculpture. Born and raised in New York City, Cadet trained from Cornell University and the New York Academy of Art as well at the…

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Breadfruit or Juju Tree, Technical College, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Breadfruit or Juju Tree, Technical College, Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0510
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