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Loading image…1932–1982
Edward M. Wright (January 13, 1932 – August 28, 1982) better known by his ring name "Bearcat" Wright was an American professional wrestler who became popular in the late 1950s and 1960s. Despite racial tension in the United States, he became wildly popular…
2010-09-26
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 20, slide 54.
1913; circa 1915 - circa 1925
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG1 black and white vintage photograph and 1 black and white postcard. Picture of Rosa Kennedy, Rosa Catherine Bearden Cummings, Harry Bearden, and Romare Bearden; and picture of Rosa Catherine Bearden Cummings.
October 16, 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black-and-white photograph depicts two men standing next to each other in front of the crowd. The figure on the left wears a knitted cap, plaid button down shirt, and coat. His coat has a button pin that reads "Million Man March." He is holding a flag…
1959–1996
Victor Ray Wilson (February 20, 1959 – April 30, 1996), better known as Beatmaster V, was an American musician, best known as the original drummer of metal band Body Count.
ca. 1915
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of two young women, Beatrice Cloman and Beatrice Dedman, sitting in a grassy field. Both women are wearing light-colored dresses. Cloman is wearing glasses and a light-colored hat, and she has some flowers in her lap. Dedman is…
1991
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photo of Beatrice Ferguson is standing in a yard. She is wearing a short sleeve dress that goes to below the knees. It is a darker color and has white "O" shapes all over the dress. There is a collar with pointed flaps and a bow at the…
Loading image…1890–1974
Beatrice Morrow Cannady (January 9, 1890 – August 19, 1974) born Beatrice Hulon Morrow, was a renowned civil rights advocate in early 20th-century Oregon, United States. She was editor of the Advocate, the state's largest African-American newspaper. She…
Biography
Beatrice Moraa "Betty" Ombuki-Berman is a computer scientist whose research focuses on evolutionary computation and particle swarm optimization. Originally from Kenya, and educated in Kenya and Japan, she has settled in Canada as a professor at Brock…
Loading image…1874–1938
Beatrice Sumner Thompson (1874–1938) was an American suffragist and activist. She was executive secretary of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP from 1917 to 1925.
1923–2018
Beatrix Ann Hamburg (née McCleary; October 19, 1923 – April 15, 2018) was an American psychiatrist whose career in academic medicine advanced the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. Hamburg was the first known African-American to attend Vassar…
1942–1995
Maria Beatriz do Nascimento (12 July 1942 – 28 January 1995), known as Beatriz Nascimento, was an Afro-Brazilian academic and activist. She was an influential participant of the Black Movement of Brazil from its beginnings in the 1960s until her death.…
1941–2011
William Hargis Bowman Jr. (April 21, 1941 – February 22, 2011), better known by his stage name Beau Dollar, was an American soul vocalist and drummer for King Records. He performed on many studio albums for various artists under contract with King,…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGREPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE[,] 8844 - Beau gars. Photographed by Dray, Robert, photographer. Published by IRIS EXPORT - Editions Touré Frères BP. 1617 CONAKRY.
Loading image…1921–2000
Beau Jack (born Sidney Walker; April 1, 1921 – February 9, 2000) was an American lightweight boxer and two-time world lightweight champion in the 1940s. One of the most popular fighters during the War Years, he headlined at Madison Square Garden on 21…
2022
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brightly colored acrylic painting of drummer Philly Joe Jones. Jones is depicted sitting on stage, behind a drum set, smoking a cigarette. He wears a dark purple vest over a yellow sweater and white collared shirt. He sits behind a white bass drum, in…
Loading image…1901–1979
Beauford Delaney (December 30, 1901 – March 26, 1979) was an American modernist painter. He is remembered for his work with the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as his later works in abstract expressionism following his move to Paris in…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Beaufort”.
Loading image…1868–1919
Beauregard Fitzhugh Moseley (1868 - December 1, 1919) was an African-American lawyer, mayor, community leader, baseball team co-founder and executive in Chicago. He and Robert R. Jackson founded the Leland Giants. He was born 1868 in Lincolnton, Georgia…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG39/1164 - Beaute d'Afrique[,] Enfant; LYONCOLOR [logo]. Published by B.P. 356 - Bobo-Dioulasso (Hte-Volta).
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Beauty of the Tigre" drawing by Demoz Russom at the United States Information Services Group Exhibition, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Beauty of the Tigre" drawing by Demoz Russom at the United States Information Services Group Exhibition, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
1957–2008
Beauty B. Turner (October 23, 1957 – December 18, 2008) was an American housing activist and journalist from Chicago, Illinois. At the time of her death, Turner was compared to the civil rights leader Ida B. Wells.
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG50 - Bébé d'Afrique.; Reproduction interdite; Imprimé en France; LYONCOLOR [logo]. Photographed by Trichet, P.. Published by Missions Africaines.
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