Barbara Francis Taylor Bowman (October 30, 1928 – November 4, 2024) was an American early childhood education expert, advocate, academic, and author. Her areas of expertise included early childhood care/education, educational equity for minority and…
Barbara Tucker (born March 19, 1967), is an American house and soul singer, songwriter and choreographer born in Brooklyn, New York. Tucker had six No. 1 hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the 1990s and into the 2000s, and several hits in the UK.
Barbara Tyson Mosley (born 1950) is an American artist, known for her abstract landscape paintings, mix media artwork, photography, and fiber art. She is active in Louisville, Kentucky and within the Black community.
Barbara Walden (born 1930) is an American former actress, dancer and businesswoman who founded one of the first American cosmetic companies offering products for Black women to be sold in major department stores. She was inspired to create these cosmetics…
Barbara Walker is a British artist who lives and works in Birmingham, England. The art historian Eddie Chambers calls her "one of the most talented, productive and committed artists of her generation". She is known for colossal figurative drawings and…
Barbara Ward Armstrong (March 24, 1940 - September 4, 2013) was an American artist who primarily worked in fabric sculptures, often called soft sculpture, and was heavily involved in artistic and musician communities throughout the United States.
Barbara West Carpenter is a college official and state legislator in Louisiana. She works at Southern University. She is an alumnus from Capitol High School in Baton Rouge and Southern University.
A barber comb owned by Cab Calloway. The black plastic comb has a narrow shaft and teeth. The teeth on one end of the comb are thin and closely spaced together. The other end of the comb features thicker teeth that are more widely spaced. One thin tooth…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2015.273.1.25
A photograph of barbers and customers in a barbershop in Charleston, South Carolina, by photographer Leonard Freed. The photo looks down between two rows of barber chairs and depicts several young barbers standing at their chairs. Most of the barbers are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.10.10
A black and white photograph of a barbershop on North Patrick and Pendleton Street in Alexandria, Virginia. The photograph features three barbers working on clients in the shop. Other clients wait in the background.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.276.2.2
A sepia toned digital image of a child's feet standing on wood slates. The child's jeans are visible at the top of the image. Written below the image is “3/11/2/70 – BAREFOT BOY ON N. GREENWOOD, TULSA.”
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.22
Barkley L. Hendricks (April 16, 1945 – April 18, 2017) was a contemporary American painter who made pioneering contributions to Black portraiture and conceptualism. While he worked in a variety of media and genres throughout his career (from photography to…
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