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Historical photographs & visual records

Blacksmith working in Bamako, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “Blacksmith working in Bamako, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1725
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Historical photographs & visual records

Blacksmith working in Bobo village

2000-01-26

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Blacksmith working in Bobo village. Original Carousel number, 8, slide number, 44.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0917
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Historical photographs & visual records

Blacksmith working in his forge, Abomey, Dahomey Kingdom, Benin

1937

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Cataloged as “Blacksmith working in his forge, Abomey, Dahomey Kingdom, Benin” (Negatives; Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0058
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ARCHIVE FILE
Historical photographs & visual records

Blacksmith Working, Metal Art Objects

circa 1973-circa 1983

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Cataloged as “Blacksmith Working, Metal Art Objects” (Slides [32056000030506]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref126
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Historical photographs & visual records

Blacksmith working with metal in his forge, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Blacksmith working with metal in his forge, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0137
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Music

Blade Brown

1985–

Jonathan James Wrate (born 12 February 1985), known professionally as Blade Brown is a British rapper and songwriter from Battersea, London. He released the mixtape series Bags and Boxes, and the Financial Times mixtapes. XXL has compared his style to that…

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Music

Blair Cunningham

1957–

Blair Cunningham (born October 11, 1957, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American drummer who has played for many bands and artists including Denise LaSalle, Robert Johnson, the Detroit Emeralds, Frederick Knight, Echo & the Bunnymen, Haircut One Hundred, John…

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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Blair Underwood

1964–

Blair Erwin Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American actor. He made his debut in the 1985 musical film Krush Groove and from 1987 to 1994 starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series L.A. Law. Underwood has appeared in a number…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Blaise Ndala

Biography

Blaise Ndala is a Canadian writer. He is most noted for his novel Sans capote ni kalachnikov, which won the 2019 edition of Le Combat des livres. Originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ndala emigrated to Canada in 2007 and works as a lawyer…

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Music

Blak Prophetz

1967–

Mark Duffus, better known as Blak Prophetz, is a British rapper and producer from the West Midlands in England where he formed the group also known as Blak Prophetz, in the early 1980s.

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Music

Blak Twang

1972–

Blak Twang (born Tony Olabode in England), who also uses the pseudonyms Taipanic and Tony Rotton, is a British rapper who grew up in Deptford, Lewisham, South-East London. Blak Twang is admired for his live performances, and is also respected for the…

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Music

Blake Baxter

1963–

Blake Baxter (born 1963) is an American techno musician, associated with the first wave of Detroit techno. AllMusic called him "perhaps the most underrated figure" of the early Detroit techno scene. He has also been described as a "unsung hero" of Detroit…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Blake; or The Huts of America

1859-1862; published 1970

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A hardcover book with the first book form publication of “Blake; or The Huts of America,” written by Martin R. Delany and first published serially between 1859 and 1862. The book has a light brown and tan cover with black printed text. The title and author…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.23
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Visual Arts

Blanch Ackers

1914–2003

Blanch Ackers (November 28, 1914 – May 24, 2003) was an African-American folk artist, who was born in Arkansas but spent most of her life in Michigan. She began drawing and painting while in her seventies, and her work has been acquired by the University…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Blanche Armwood

1890–1939

Blanche Mae Armwood (January 23, 1890 – October 16, 1939) was an American educator, women's suffrage advocate, activist, and the first African-American woman in the state of Florida to graduate from an accredited law school. Armwood was also the first…

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Scholarship

Blanche Burton-Lyles

1933–2018

Blanche Henrietta Burton-Lyles (March 2, 1933 – November 20, 2018) was an American pianist, music educator, and historian. She was the protégé of the opera singer Marian Anderson, and went on to establish the Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society.

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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights

Blanche Calloway

1902–1978

Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway (February 9, 1902 – December 16, 1978) was an American jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway and was a successful singer before her brother. With a music career that spanned over 50…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Blanchisseuse à la Côte d'Ivoire

[ca. 1910]

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Blanchisseuse à la Côte d'Ivoire." Translated caption reads: "Washerwoman in the Côte d'Ivoire.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA IV 1985-145085
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Music

Blanco (British rapper)

1999–

Joshua Emmanuel Pinto João Eduardo (born 8 March 1999), known professionally as Blanco, is an English-Angolan rapper and singer. Beginning his career in 2015, he released his debut EP, English Dubbed, in 2019, and debut mixtape, City of God, in 2021. He is…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Blanco Brown

1985–

Bennie Julius Amey III (born March 24, 1985), known professionally as Blanco Brown, is an American country rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has produced for Fergie and Pitbull. Brown's debut single "The Git Up" was released in April 2019…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Blank postcard by Pan American Airlines: Houses of Parliament on the River Thames, London (at night).

undated

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Cataloged as “Blank postcard by Pan American Airlines: Houses of Parliament on the River Thames, London (at night).”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 1137
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Blank postcard by Pan American Airlines: "Pan American's Boeing 707-321B Super Intercontinental Jet Clipper" flying over snow-capped mountains.

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Cataloged as “Blank postcard by Pan American Airlines: "Pan American's Boeing 707-321B Super Intercontinental Jet Clipper" flying over snow-capped mountains.”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 1140
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Blank postcard by Pan American Airlines: Place de la Concorde, Paris (at night).

undated

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Cataloged as “Blank postcard by Pan American Airlines: Place de la Concorde, Paris (at night).”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 1138
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Blank postcard from The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace: Painting by George Stubbs entitled "The Prince of Wales's Phaeton."

undated

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Cataloged as “Blank postcard from The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace: Painting by George Stubbs entitled "The Prince of Wales's Phaeton."”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 1133
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