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1924–2001
Beryl Agatha Gilroy (née Answick; 30 August 1924 – 4 April 2001) was a Guyanese educator, novelist, ethno-psychotherapist, and poet. The Guardian described her as "one of Britain's most significant post-war Caribbean migrants". She emigrated from British…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Beseru, Imiokewu, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
1935
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSheet music for “Bess, You Is My Woman." The front cover is a black and white illustration with an off-white margin. Across the top margin is the title "BESS YOU IS MY WOMAN." The illustration, done in the style of woodcuts, depicts several vignettes. The…
1938–
Bessie Banks (born February 8, 1938) is an American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known for her original 1964 recording of "Go Now", successfully covered in the same year by UK band the Moody Blues.
1929–1994
Bessie Harvey (born Bessie Ruth White; October 11, 1929 – August 12, 1994) was an American artist best known for her sculptures constructed out of found objects, primarily pieces of wood. A deeply religious person, Harvey's faith and her own interest in…
1937–1986
Head fled apartheid South Africa for Botswana, where she wrote novels including A Question of Power that explored race, madness and belonging in southern Africa.
1894–1937
Known as the Empress of the Blues, Smith’s powerful voice and recordings made her one of the best-selling and most influential singers of her era.
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Bessie Woodson Yancey (May 1882 – 11 January 1958) was an African-American poet, teacher, and activist, whose only published poetry collection, 1939's Echoes from the Hills, was, according to Katharine Capshaw Smith, "perhaps the earliest example of…
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Bessye Johnson Bearden (November 1893 – September 16, 1943) was an American journalist and civic activist, who was the mother of artist Romare Bearden.
2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA track list handwritten by B. B. King. The list is written in black ink on white, lined paper. The list contains thirteen (13) song titles. Written above the list is “BEST of B. B. #2.”.
June 16, 2007; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Freddie Owens deep in thought in the middle of a checkers game. His right hand is rubbing his forehead while his left rests on the table in front of his. The print is inscribed on the back.
ca. 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA BET bomber jacket owned by Robert L. Johnson. The black wool blend jacket has black leather sleeves and collar, black rib knit cuffs and hem. The front flaps have diagonal welt pocket with black leather trim on each side. The jacket has a black zipper…
2-26-2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “BET Teen Program” (Ephemera).
1998
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Beth Turner, Paul Robeson Jr., and Charles Dutton presenting on Paul Robeson” (Audio; Audio cassette).
1997–
Bethany Antonia Clarke (born 25 December 1997) is a British actress and singer. She began her career as a teenager, appearing in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust short film adaptation of The Tempest, later making her television debut in 2016 as a guest…
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Bethany Veney (March 19, 1812 – November 16, 1915), was an American writer whose autobiography and slave narrative, Aunt Betty's Story: The Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman, was published in 1889. Born into slavery on a farm near Luray, Virginia,…
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Beti Ellerson is an American filmmaker and activist particularly active in African cinema. She established the Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema.
1985
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn original manuscript for Betsey Brown: A Rhythm and Blues Musical. The manuscript is typewritten in black ink on white paper, with a light brown paper cover, and is bound by a silver-colored metal device. Text on the cover reads [OCTOBER 1990] at the top…
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Bette Smith is an American soul, rock and blues singer and songwriter who has released music on the Ruf Records blues label and, as of 2024, is on the Kartel Music Group label. Of Trinidadian descent, she is a New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee and has…
1939–2017
Bettie Bendolph Seltzer (1939–2017) was an American artist. She was associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective, along with her mother, Annie Bendolph, and her mother-in-law, Sue Willie Seltzer. She worked at the Freedom Quilting Bee.
1948–
Bettie Mae Fikes (born April 16, 1946) also known as The Voice of Selma, is an American singer and civil rights activist.
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Bettiola Heloise Fortson (December 29, 1890 – April 13, 1917) was an African-American poet, essayist, activist and suffragist. Fortson was one of the first African-American people in the Midwestern United States to write and publish a book.
1927–2009
Betty Allen (March 17, 1927 – June 22, 2009) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active international singing career during the 1950s through the 1970s. In the latter part of her career her voice acquired a contralto-like darkening, which can…
1937–2016
Betty Blayton (July 10, 1937 – October 2, 2016) was an American activist, advocate, artist, arts administrator and educator, and lecturer. As an artist, Blayton was an illustrator, painter, printmaker, and sculptor. She is best known for her works often…
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