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Brenda Lee is an American politician. She was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 31st District, serving from 1995 to 2005. She is a member of the Democratic party.
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Brenda M. Greene (born October 29, 1950) is a professor, scholar, author, and literary activist. She is Professor Emerita and Founder and Executive Director Emerita of the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New…
1957–
Brenda Jean Myers-Powell (born April 18, 1957) is an American activist and advocate against human trafficking. Myers-Powell, a human trafficking survivor is the co-founder of The Dreamcatcher Foundation, a nonprofit which aims to fight human trafficking in…
Biography
Brenda Mae Paris is a politician and activist in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is a prominent figure in Montreal's black community and has sought election to Montreal city council on two occasions.
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Brenda Calhoun Snipes (October 24, 1943 – November 2, 2023) was an American public official who was the Supervisor of Elections for Broward County, Florida. She was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush in 2003. Snipes was registered as a Democrat.
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Brenda Travis (March 16, 1945 – May 17, 2026) was an African-American activist of the civil rights movement from McComb, Mississippi, whose imprisonments for protesting a segregated bus station and participation in a peaceful high school walk out in 1961…
1992–
Bria Samone Henderson is an American actress. She is best known for playing Dr Jordan Allen in the medical drama series The Good Doctor and Margaret Sloan in the political drama series Mrs. America.
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Briahna Joy Gray (born August 15, 1985) is an American political commentator, lawyer, and political consultant. After writing for The Intercept in 2018 she started her political career as the National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2020…
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Brian Roderick Banks (born November 15, 1976) is an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. Banks was a candidate for the 2nd District of the Michigan Senate in 2018. He has been convicted of…
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Brian Jerome Gaines (born January 27, 1982) is an American civil servant and politician who currently serves as the Comptroller General of South Carolina. He was appointed by Republican Governor Henry McMaster on May 12, 2023, by recess appointment,…
Biography
Brian P. Jones is an American educator, scholar, activist, and actor. He is the author of Black History Is for Everyone, recipient of the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language from the National Council…
ca. 1890
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA clay brick that was once part of a cistern found on the campus of Florida A&M University. The brick appears to have been a standard solid style brick previously, but now it has an irregular shape, perhaps cut into its current shape when it was removed…
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Bristo W. Reese was a state legislator in Alabama. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives succeeding R. L. Bennett, who died, to represent Hale County, Alabama. He served from 1873 to 1875. He co-signed with other Republican members of the…
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Brittany Chrishawn Moore (née Williams), better known as Brittany Chrishawn, is a Jamaican-American film producer, musical artist, and police brutality survivor who was brutalized by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) police after asking a trespassing…
1990–
Brittany Lee Lewis (born July 21, 1990) is an activist, television personality, political commentator, disc jockey (DJ), Miss Delaware 2014, and Miss Black America 2017. She is a native of Brigantine, New Jersey. Lewis was crowned the 49th Miss Black…
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Brittney Cooper is an American academic author, activist, and cultural critic. She is a professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and Africana studies, and the principal investigator and founding director of the Race and Gender Equity Lab at…
1974–
Brittney Marie Miller (born 1974) is a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly. She represents the 5th district, which covers parts of the western Las Vegas Valley.
1934-1937
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadside advertising a baseball game between the Georgetown Athletics and the original Zulu Cannibal Giants. The broadside has black ink on beige paper. Text at the top reads: [Baseball / Athletics / VS. / The Original / Zulu Cannibal Giants]. The…
2015
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadside for "Black Wall Street". It is a white, rectangular piece of paper with black text. There is an inner grey rectangle with rounded edges. The grey rectangle has a black outline. It reads [Help us Build/Grocery Store for the community/"Black Wall…
October 21, 1835
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadside calling for violence against abolitionist George Thompson. The broadside is printed in black ink on a rectangular piece of off-white paper. At top, in large letters are the words [THOMPSON, / THE ABOLITIONIST]. This is underlined by a thick…
1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA photocopy broadside advertisement for a poetry event. Comprised of black ink on white paper. In the upper proper left is a drawing of a man with a beard wearing a hat, sunglasses and a shirt and tie. Next to the image is text that reads [THE / BLACK /…
1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadside advertising a poetry reading by Essex Hemphill in London, England. Broadside is an electrostatic print on medium weight wove paper, green with black text. At center is a portrait of Hemphill framed by two mirrored figures holding flowers.…
1834
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG1834 Baltimore Front-Street Theatre broadside in black ink on dark yellowed paper. The main text reads: [Baltimore Theater, Front-Street. / The Third Night of the Engagement of / Mr. J. R. Scott. / The Second Night of the / New Indian Tragedy. / On…
April 1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis poster is an advertisement for a lectures series. It is made up of densely-spaced decorative script in letters of black and off-white. In the center is a black rectangle filled with off-white text that reads "Anatomy of / the Black Aesthetic; / an…
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