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Sports & Achievement

Bubba Wells

1974–

Charles Richard "Bubba" Wells Jr. (born July 26, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former player. He played college basketball for Austin Peay State University and later professionally, including for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA and Dafni in the…

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Education & Scholarship

Buck Hunt

1891–1927

John Russell "Buck" Hunt (September 10, 1891 – December 21, 1927) was an American college football coach and educator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Theological Seminary and College (now known as the Virginia University of Lynchburg) in…

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Military

Bud Barbee

1914–2000

John Quincy Adams Barbee (March 16, 1914 – January 14, 2000), nicknamed "Bud", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Durham, North Carolina, Barbee graduated from Whitted High School. A "prodigious power-hitter", he…

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Music

Buddy Bolden

1877–1931

Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an American cornetist who was regarded by contemporaries and later jazz scholars as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass", which later…

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Arts & Performance

Buddy Bradley

1905–1972

Buddy Bradley (July 24, 1905 – July 17, 1972) was a transformative African-American choreographer who brought jazz and tap dance to new stages on both sides of the Atlantic from the Harlem Renaissance onwards, In the 1930s he relocated to London. He worked…

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Sports & Achievement

Buddy Young

1926–1983

Claude Henry K. "Buddy" Young (January 5, 1926 – September 4, 1983) was an American professional football player and executive in the National Football League (NFL). A native of Chicago, he was Illinois state champ in track and field in the 100-yard dash.…

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Civil Rights & Community

Buford F. Gordon

1893–1952

Buford F. Gordon (August 21, 1893 – 1952) was an African American civil rights activist, clergyman and social scientist. A master of divinity from the University of Chicago, Buford F. Gordon first was a pastor at the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Buildings and Structures

Building brick from Bethune-Cookman University's White Hall

ca. 1916

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A clay brick that was once part of the structure of Bethune-Cookman University's White Hall. The brick is a standard solid style brick, with some irregularity in shape because of a chunk of mortar affixed to the top side. The brick is a faintly reddish…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.97
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Buildings and Structures

Building brick from Spelman College's Upton Hall

ca. 1905

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A clay brick that was once part of the structure of Spelman College's Upton Hall. The brick is a standard solid style brick, with slight irregularity because of a loss at one of the corners. The brick is a deep red color, and all sides of the brick are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.118
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Archival documents & files

Building — Missouri

Mar. 1870

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Cataloged as “Building”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.9.3
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Archival documents & files

Buildings and Teachers — Alabama

Nov. 1868–Mar. 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.1.3
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Archival documents & files

Buildings and Teachers — Arkansas

Nov. 1868–Mar. 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.2.3
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Buildings and Teachers — Florida

Apr. 1869–Apr. 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.4.3
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Archival documents & files

Buildings and Teachers — Georgia

Oct. 1868–May 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.5.3
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Buildings and Teachers — Kentucky

Jan. 1868–June 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.6.4
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Archival documents & files

Buildings and Teachers — Louisiana

Mar.–May 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.7.4
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Buildings and Teachers — Mississippi

Nov. 1868–Apr. 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.8.3
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Buildings and Teachers — North Carolina

Jan. 1869–Jan. 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.10.5
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Buildings and Teachers — South Carolina

Nov. 1868–June 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.11.3
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Archival documents & files

Buildings and Teachers — Tennessee

Mar. 1867–June 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.12.3
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Archival documents & files

Buildings and Teachers — Texas

Oct. 1868–Apr. 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.13.3
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Archival documents & files

Buildings and Teachers — Virginia

Oct. 1868–Dec. 1870

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Cataloged as “Buildings and Teachers”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 5.14.3
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Historical photographs & visual records

Buildings at Fourah Bay College

1978

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Donor notes read: "Buildings at Fourah Bay College. Taken at P.C. Agriculture Training Sept. 23-29, 1978. The date on the slide is DEC 78.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1219
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