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Photographs and Still Images

Bayard Rustin at the NAACP Conference

1967; printed later

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A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of Bayard Rustin standing on a stage and speaking to a crowd from a podium at the 1967 NAACP Conference in Albany, New York. Behind Rustin is a banner that reads [NEW YORK STATE / CONFERENCE OF / N.A.A.C.P.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.29
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Arts & Performance

Bayer Mack

1972–

Bayer Leevince Mack (born August 26, 1972) is an American record executive and filmmaker. He is the publisher of the late-1990s, early-2000s urban entertainment website HOT 104.com, the founder of Block Starz Music and the director of The Czar of Black…

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Arts & Performance

Bayeté Ross Smith

1976–

Bayeté Ross Smith (born 1976) is a contemporary African American multi-media artist, film maker and educator. He currently lives and works in Harlem.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Bazurto 1

2005

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A color lithograph depicting baskets of bananas at market. Bunches of yellow bananas are gathered in four large shallow bowls against a dark orange background. A red mass, possibly fabric, is nestled into the center of the bowl in the foreground as well as…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.166.3
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Visual Arts

Bazurto 2

2005

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A color lithograph depicting two people among bunches of bananas at market. Bunches of yellow bananas are gathered into multiple shallow bowls set in a diagonal line across the center of the print, against the orange and brown of the ground. On the right…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.166.4
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

BbyMutha

1989–

Brittnee Moore, known professionally as bbymutha, is an American rapper. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and began her career through SoundCloud. In 2017, she rose to prominence after the video for her song "Rules" went viral.

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Historical photographs & documents

BDC/Belafonte

Date not recorded

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place holder.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref362
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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

BDE

1999–

Brandon Jared Collymore (born August 5, 1999), better known by his YouTube name BDE (short for Brandon Does Everything), is an American professional wrestler, YouTuber, and online streamer. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He also…

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Be Steadwell

1987–

Be Steadwell (sometimes stylized as be steadwell) is a singer-songwriter and filmmaker from Washington, D.C. She is best known for producing a genre of music she calls "Queer Pop". Steadwell produced the film Vow of Silence (2014), which received Best…

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Visual Arts

Be The Change

2009

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A screen print titled “Inauguration Print” by Shepard Fairey. The red, white, and blue poster was made by Fairey at the request of Barack Obama’s campaign office after Obama and Joe Biden won the election in 2008. At the top of the poster in blue,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.39.13
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Music

Bea Booze

1920–1986

Bea Booze (March 23, 1912 – November 11, 1986), often credited as Wee Bea Booze, was an American R&B and jazz singer most popular in the 1940s. She was one of the few female blues guitarists of that time.

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Bea Hines

1938–

Beatrice Loretta Hines (née Johnson; born February 12, 1938) is an American former journalist who became the Miami Herald's first African-American female reporter in 1970. Her career at the Herald has lasted over 50 years. Hines has said that she considers…

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Biography & Culture

Bea Moten-Foster

1937–2011

Bea Moten-Foster (1937–2011) was a pioneering radio journalist in the United States, and founder and publisher of the Muncie Times, an African-American newspaper that served Muncie and surrounding cities. In addition to her newspaper work, Moten-Foster is…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Beach at Shela, Kenya

1994 August 2

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Cataloged as “Beach at Shela, Kenya” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1994-008, Item EEPA 1994-008-0171
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Historical photographs & visual records

Beach, Cape Town (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Beach, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066257
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Historical photographs & visual records

Beach debris, Houtbaai (South Africa)

1947-1948

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Cataloged as “Beach debris, Houtbaai (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063974
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Historical photographs & visual records

Beach esplanade Durban

ca. 1970

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Original caption reads, "Beach Esplanade, Durban.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-30-95
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Historical photographs & visual records

[Beach in Bagamoyo north of Dar es Salaam], Bagamoyo, Tanzania

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “[Beach in Bagamoyo north of Dar es Salaam], Bagamoyo, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0439
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Historical photographs & visual records

Beach of Manda Island near Takwa, Kenya

1994 August 2

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Cataloged as “Beach of Manda Island near Takwa, Kenya” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1994-008, Item EEPA 1994-008-0142
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Historical photographs & visual records

Beach scene at the Gulf of Guinea, Lome, Togo

2004 November 20

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Beach scene at the Gulf of Guinea. Original Carousel number, 5, slide number, 129.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0662
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Historical photographs & visual records

Beach signs, Cape Town (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Beach signs, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066275
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Historical photographs & visual records

Beach, Stone Town, Zanzibar

1994 August 5

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Cataloged as “Beach, Stone Town, Zanzibar” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1994-008, Item EEPA 1994-008-0309
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Historical photographs & visual records

Beach with canoes at Amoku, Ghana

1986

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Donor notes read: "Beach with canoes at Amoku. The date on the slide is MAR 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0329
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Historical photographs & visual records

Beach with canoes, Senya Beraku Fort

1986

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Donor notes read: "Senya Beraku Fort; beach with canoes. Aug. 23, 1986. The date on the slide is DEC 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0743
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