A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of Bayard Rustin standing on a stage and speaking to a crowd from a podium at the 1967 NAACP Conference in Albany, New York. Behind Rustin is a banner that reads [NEW YORK STATE / CONFERENCE OF / N.A.A.C.P.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.29
Bayer Leevince Mack (born August 26, 1972) is an American record executive and filmmaker. He is the publisher of the late-1990s, early-2000s urban entertainment website HOT 104.com, the founder of Block Starz Music and the director of The Czar of Black…
Baylee Jack Dipepa (born 12 January 2007) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Southampton. Dipepa began his career at Port Vale, playing 31 matches by age 17 and winning caps for England U17. He was sold…
Adebayo Alaba () is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southend East and Rochford since 2024. He has sat as an independent MP since he was suspended from the Labour Party on 17 August 2026.
Crystal vase/urn-shaped trophy (2015.149a) with metal plaque adhered to side. Plaque has image of a jaguar and a tiger biting a football, with black type that reads, [BAYOU CLASSIC/SINCE/1974/GRAMBLING SOUTHERN]. Crystal trophy sits on a square base…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.149
Basil Norman (12 July 1750 – 17 July 1830) was an American soldier, farmer, and landowner. A veteran of the Revolutionary War, he was awarded grants of land in Maryland and later in Ohio.
Bazoline Estelle Usher (December 26, 1885 – February 8, 1992) was an American educator known for her work in the Atlanta Public Schools. As director of education for African-American children in the district prior to integration, she was the first African…
A color lithograph depicting baskets of bananas at market. Bunches of yellow bananas are gathered in four large shallow bowls against a dark orange background. A red mass, possibly fabric, is nestled into the center of the bowl in the foreground as well as…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.166.3
A color lithograph depicting two people among bunches of bananas at market. Bunches of yellow bananas are gathered into multiple shallow bowls set in a diagonal line across the center of the print, against the orange and brown of the ground. On the right…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.166.4
Brittnee Moore, known professionally as bbymutha, is an American rapper. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and began her career through SoundCloud. In 2017, she rose to prominence after the video for her song "Rules" went viral.
Brandon Jared Collymore (born August 5, 1999), better known by his YouTube name BDE (short for Brandon Does Everything), is an American professional wrestler, YouTuber, and online streamer. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He also…
Be Steadwell (sometimes stylized as be steadwell) is a singer-songwriter and filmmaker from Washington, D.C. She is best known for producing a genre of music she calls "Queer Pop". Steadwell produced the film Vow of Silence (2014), which received Best…
A screen print titled “Inauguration Print” by Shepard Fairey. The red, white, and blue poster was made by Fairey at the request of Barack Obama’s campaign office after Obama and Joe Biden won the election in 2008. At the top of the poster in blue,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.39.13
Bea Booze (March 23, 1912 – November 11, 1986), often credited as Wee Bea Booze, was an American R&B and jazz singer most popular in the 1940s. She was one of the few female blues guitarists of that time.
Beatrice "Bea" Gaddy (February 20, 1933 – October 3, 2001) was a Baltimore city council member and a leading advocate for the poor and homeless. Known locally as the "Mother Teresa of Baltimore," she was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 2006.
Beatrice Loretta Hines (née Johnson; born February 12, 1938) is an American former journalist who became the Miami Herald's first African-American female reporter in 1970. Her career at the Herald has lasted over 50 years. Hines has said that she considers…
Bea Moten-Foster (1937–2011) was a pioneering radio journalist in the United States, and founder and publisher of the Muncie Times, an African-American newspaper that served Muncie and surrounding cities. In addition to her newspaper work, Moten-Foster is…
