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Bruce Allen Harrell (born October 10, 1958) is an American politician and attorney who was the 54th and 57th mayor of Seattle. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020, he was president of the city council. He was…
1951–
Bruce A. Harris is an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey. A Republican, he previously served as Mayor of Chatham Borough, New Jersey from January 2012 to December 2019. Prior to that, he served on the Chatham Borough Council from 2004 to 2012.
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Chester Bruce Johnson (June 5, 1950 – April 3, 2022) was an American television news anchorman and reporter for WUSA 9 (CBS) TV in Washington, D.C. He focused on politics and urban affairs as a journalist. In 2018, Johnson was honored by NATAS with its…
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Bruce Tyrone Maxwell III (born December 20, 1990) is a German–born American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics from 2016 through 2018. Maxwell was the first MLB player to join other US…
Biography
Bruce V. Morris was a six-term Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Norwalk, Connecticut in the 140th assembly district from 2007 to 2019. He was deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and on the following…
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Bruce Scott Gordon (born February 15, 1946) is an American business executive who spent most of his career with Verizon and currently serves as a corporate director of CBS, Northrop Grumman, and Tyco International. He was selected in June 2005 to head the…
1965–2021
Bryan Monroe (August 22, 1965 – January 13, 2021) was an American journalist and educator, who was the editor of CNNPolitics.com (2011–15). He was previously the vice president and editorial director of Ebony and Jet magazines at Johnson Publishing Co, and…
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Bryan Allen Stevenson (born November 14, 1959) is an American lawyer, social justice activist, and law professor at New York University School of Law. He is also the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. Based in Montgomery,…
1974–
Bryant W. Clark (born October 31, 1974) is an American politician from Mississippi. A member of the Democratic Party, Clark is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, and represents the 47th district. He has served in the Mississippi House…
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Bryant Terry (born January 24, 1974) is an African-American vegan chef, food justice activist, and author. He has written four vegan cookbooks and cowrote a book about organic eating. He won a 2015 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award for his food…
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Bryant William Thorpe was a state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1885. He was African American. Thorpe and other African American legislators lodged with Dr. W. H. Moore in Raleigh. Thorpe…
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Bryce Vernon Berry (born June 16, 2001) is an American politician and member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the 56th district. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated incumbent Republican candidate Mesha Mainor in 2024. He graduated from…
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Bryonn Bain is an American poet, actor, prison activist, scholar, author, hip-hop artist and professor of African American Studies and World Arts & Cultures in the School of the Arts and the School of Law at the University of California at Los Angeles…
1928–1995
Delmore William "Buddy" Daye (1928 – August 31, 1995) was a Canadian former professional boxer and community activist. He won the Canadian super featherweight boxing championship in 1964.
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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…
October 16, 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph depicts a man wearing a sandwich style handmade cardboard sign that says " BUILD / JOBS, / NOT / JAILS!!" The man, with a full mustache, is wearing a knitted cap. He faces the viewer but gazes slightly to the left.
ca. 1916
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 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…
ca. 1905
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 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…
1793-1797; removed 1950
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA clay brick that was once part of the structure of the White House. The brick is a standard solid style brick, slightly uneven in shape. It is a reddish-brown color, and is covered with faint remnants of white-colored mortar on all sides. A chunk of…
1793-1797; removed 1950
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA red clay brick that was once part of the structure of the White House. The brick is a standard solid style brick, slightly uneven in shape. It is a reddish-brown color, and is covered with faint remnants of white-colored mortar on all sides. There are…
ca. 1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn orange bumper sticker printed with black text advocating Carl Stokes for Mayor of Cleveland. The sticker reads [STOKES] across the top half in bold letters, with [For A Better Cleveland] printed in smaller, narrower letters on the bottom half.…
ca. 1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn orange bumper sticker printed with black text advocating Carl Stokes for Mayor of Cleveland. The sticker reads [STOKES] bold black letters. Information on the Stokes for Mayor Committee is in small print along the bottom of the bumper sticker. In the…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bumper sticker supporting Dick Gregory for President of the United States of America from the 1968 Presidential elections. The Day-Glo orange bumper sticker is printed with centered, bold, black text that reads [DICK GREGORY / FOR PRESIDENT]. The back of…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bumper sticker supporting Dick Gregory for President of the United States of America from the 1968 Presidential elections. The Day-Glo orange bumper sticker is printed with centered, bold, black text that reads [DICK GREGORY / FOR PRESIDENT]. The back of…
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