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Arts & Performance

Beverly Peele

1975–

Beverly Peele (born March 18, 1975) is an American supermodel and actress. Peele rose to fame in the late 1980s and 1990s, and appeared on over 250 fashion magazine covers.

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Literature

Beverly Smith

1946–

Beverly Smith (born November 16, 1946) is a Black feminist health advocate, writer, academic, theorist and activist. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and is the twin sister of writer, publisher, activist and academic Barbara Smith. Beverly Smith is an…

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Music

Beverly Watkins

1939–2019

Beverly "Guitar" Watkins (April 6, 1939 – October 1, 2019) was an American blues guitarist. Sandra Pointer-Jones wrote, "Beverly Watkins is a pyrotechnic guitar maven whose searing, ballistic attacks on the guitar have become allegorical tales within the…

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Science & Inventions

Beverly Wood

1956–

Beverly Wood is a film chemist from Chase City, Virginia. Wood worked as a post production editor and a designer of the two film processing technologies: Color Contrasting Enhancement (CCE) and Adjustable Contrast Enhancement (ACE). These technological…

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Music

Bevis M. Griffin

1953–

Bevis Melvin Griffin (born April 26, 1953) is an American musician, businessman, and educator. In 1998, Griffin was honored by the City of Austin as a musician of cultural significance and awarded a mayoral proclamation by Mayor Kirk Watson for 25 years of…

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Literature

Bevy Smith

1966–

Beverly "Bevy" Smith (born November 2, 1966) is an American television personality and business woman. She is best known for her work as a co-host on Bravo's fashion-themed talk show Fashion Queens. Smith is the creator of "Dinner with Bevy", a dinner…

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Historical photographs & visual records

"Beware of Elephants" sign at Kruger National Park, South Africa

circa 1936-circa 1988

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Cataloged as “"Beware of Elephants" sign at Kruger National Park, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068405
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Arts

Beyoncé

1981–

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Known for her vocal ability, artistic reinventions, and live performances, she is widely regarded as one of the most culturally…

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Historical photographs & documents

Beyond The Bars/No Extended Embraces

Date not recorded

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place holder.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref368
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Beyond the Beyond

2023

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A framed, large-scale work in ink, oil pastels, charcoal, and acrylic paint on hand-cut paper. The abstract work is primarily in shades of brown and black and depicts faces and wings appearing and receding into a field of organically undulating lines…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.4.1
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Music

Bia Ferreira

1993–

Bia Ferreira (Carangola, Minas Gerais, 19 April 1993) is a Brazilian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and artivist. Her music, which she defines as "MMP — Música de Mulher Preta" (Black Woman Music), discusses topics such as feminism, anti-racism…

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Film & Television

Bianca Belair

1989–

Bianca Nicole Crawford (née Blair; born April 9, 1989) is an American professional wrestler and fitness and figure competitor. As of April 2016, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Bianca Belair. Belair is…

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Music

Bianca Bonnie

Biography

Bianca Dupree, also known as Bianca Bonnie and formerly Young B, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and television personality. Born in Harlem, New York, she first gained recognition after being featured on Webstar's 2006 debut album Caught in the…

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Film & Television

Bianca Lawson

1979–

Bianca Lawson (born March 20, 1979) is an American actress. Lawson is known for her regular roles in the television series Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Goode Behavior, Pretty Little Liars, and Rogue. She has also had recurring roles in the series…

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Literature

Bianca Mikahn

Biography

Bianca Mikahn is an American poet, spoken word artist, hip hop musician, and activist based in Denver, Colorado. Mikahn was born and raised in Westminster, and began writing poetry at a young age. She began performing slam poetry in 2006, and has coached…

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Biography & Culture

Bianca Saunders

1993–

Bianca Saunders (born 1993) is a British fashion designer who founded the London-based menswear label that carries her name in 2017, after completing a master's degree at the Royal College of Art. Of Jamaican descent and raised in south-east London, she is…

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Literature & Journalism

Bianca Spriggs

1981–

Bianca Lynne Spriggs (born 1981) is an American poet and multidisciplinary artist born in Milwaukee, WI. While widely considered a born-and-bred Kentuckian, she actually moved around a lot due to the nature of her parents' work. For several years of her…

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Literature

Bianca Xunise

Biography

Bianca Xunise is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Their work is nationally syndicated through the Six Chix comic strip collaborative.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Bicycle in front of house with litema and relief border designs, between Warden and Bethlehem, Free State

1971

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Cataloged as “Bicycle in front of house with litema and relief border designs, between Warden and Bethlehem, Free State” (Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0077
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Bicycle leaning against house with decorated walls, between Warden and Bethlehem, Free State

1970-1974

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Cataloged as “Bicycle leaning against house with decorated walls, between Warden and Bethlehem, Free State” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0663
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Bicycle next to Konservatorium sign, Stellenbosch (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Bicycle next to Konservatorium sign, Stellenbosch (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066166
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Bicycle on route from Bobo Dioulasso

2000-01-26

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Bicycle on route from Bobo Dioulasso, Large trees provide shade from noon day sun. Original Carousel number, 8, slide number, 73.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0946
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Bicyclist passing bakery, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

2003-09-01

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Bicyclist passing bakery, Fianarantsoa. Bakery's sign reads, "Hotelintsika Mandposoa: Misy Sakafo" Original Carousel 17, slide 86.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2137
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"Bienvenue en Afrique" [Welcome to Africa], Côte d'Ivoire

c. 1983

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IRIS [logo]; AFRIQUE EN COULEURS[,] 8230 - Bienvenue en Afrique[,] AFRICA IN PICTURES[,] Welcoming to Africa; MEXICHROME; Printed in France. Photographed by Chareton, P.. Published by IRIS - EXPORT.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0756
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