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circa 1981-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Benin Plaque Depicting Group of Foreigners, Benin Museum, Benin, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
circa 1981-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Benin Plaque of Esigie, Benin Museum, Benin, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
circa 1981-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Benin Plaques” (Slides (photographs)).
circa 1981-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Benin-style Ife Terracotta Head” (Slides (photographs)).
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Benjamin Arthur Quarles (January 23, 1904 – November 16, 1996) was an American historian, administrator, educator, and writer, whose scholarship centered on Black American social and political history. Major books by Quarles include The Negro in the Civil…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGReel 1 of a two-reel historical film with the title Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved Stars. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film opens with a young man, Greenbury Morton (Leon Pinkney), and his mother,…
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Benjamin Booker (born June 14, 1989), born Benjamin Roderick Evans, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Benjamin Zachary Bronfman (born August 6, 1982) is an American businessman and musician. Bronfman is a founding partner and board member of Global Thermostat, a direct air capture company that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Benjamin Bryant (born January 13, 1977) is a Germany-born American broadcaster, writer, and Emmy-nominated filmmaker. A frequent civil servant, he has also worked as an artist and actor. During the Afghan evacuation in 2021, Bryant coordinated the…
1985–
Benjamin Charles Watson, sometimes credited as Ben Watson, is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his role as Dontae Evans in the third season of the television series Designated Survivor, and his performance in the web series I Am Syd Stone.
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Benjamin Sainte-Clémentine ( sən KLEM-ən-tyne; born 7 December 1988), known as Benjamin Clementine, is a British actor, composer, and musician. Born and raised in London, Clementine later moved to Paris, where he experienced homelessness for a time. After…
[between 1877-1895]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGFront of the Benjamin Dawodus Ready Produce Warehouse, Lagos, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. Group of around forty men posing before the building. One man seated in a large wicker chair. Sign above the main door states, "BENJAMIN DAWODUS READY PRODUCE…
1993–
Benjamin Dean Henry (born 8 November 1993) is an English writer. He began his career as a celebrity reporter for BuzzFeed UK and has since become an author of children's and young adult fiction.
ca. 1890
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGTwo-story house with a shuttered balcony in Lagos, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. Accompany inscription reads, "Benjamin Dowdin House Lagos." Photographer unknown.
1815–1881
Benjamin Franklin Roberts (September 4, 1815 – September 6, 1881) was an African-American printer, writer, activist and abolitionist in Boston, Massachusetts, whose famous case on behalf of his daughter, Sarah Roberts v. Boston, resulted in a verdict that…
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Benjamin F. Royal was a state senator in Alabama during the Reconstruction era. He was elected to the state senate in 1868, and was the first African American to serve in the chamber. He represented Bullock County and served for nine years. He served as a…
2002–
Benjamin Christopher Flores Jr. (born July 24, 2002), also known as BNJII (formerly known as Lil' P-Nut), is an American rapper and actor. Beginning as a child actor, Flores starred as Louie Preston in the Nickelodeon television series The Haunted…
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title Benjamin Franklin. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The documentary explores the life and contributions of American “scientist, statesman, scholar and sage” Benjamin Franklin. It…
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Benjamin Griffith Brawley (April 22, 1882 – February 1, 1939) was an American author and educator. Several of his books were considered standard college texts, including The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States (1918) and New Survey of English…
1930–2007
Benjamin F. Holman (1930 – January 20, 2007) was a pioneering American newspaper and television reporter. Holman was born in Columbia, South Carolina. His father died when he was four years old, and his mother moved with him and his sister to Bloomfield,…
1946–
Benjamin Paul Bowser (born 1946) is an American sociologist, research methodologist and professor emeritus of Sociology and Social Services at California State University, East Bay. His scholarship focuses on race relations, the Black middle class, drug…
1958–2023
Born in Birmingham to Caribbean parents, Zephaniah wrote poems, novels and children’s books that confronted racism and injustice with humor and rhythm.
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Benji Reid (born 1966) is a British photographer, visual theatre maker, and educator. His work focuses on the intersection of race, nationhood, and gender with particular attention to the Black British experience, Black masculinity, and mental health. His…
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Clive John "Benji" Webbe (born 11 March 1967) is a Welsh singer, best known as the lead vocalist for the reggae metal band Skindred. Aside from his main project, he is also active in Diamond Spider, Dub War, Mass Mental and his own solo project. He has…
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