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BIOGRAPHY
Inclusive Design

Bellen Woodard

Started at age 8

Bellen challenged the idea that one peach crayon should be called skin color and built a project encouraging children to celebrate many skin tones.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Belleza da Africa Oriental

c. 1920

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Text on recto reads: "Belleza da Africa Oriental." Translated postcard caption reads, "Beauties from East Africa." Additional text on verso reads: "Photo by J. P. Fernandes. From Akbarali Merali Jiva, Tanga, P.O. Box No.28, Tanganyika Territory, East Africa.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA TZ 2009-010-136
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bello, carver, holding oshe Shango, Ile Ore

1981

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Cataloged as “Bello, carver, holding oshe Shango, Ile Ore” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2638
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Bello carving a tray, Ile Ore

1972

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Bello carving a tray, Ile Ore. He is Taiwo's youngest son.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3264
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Bello carving handle for flywhisk, Ile Ore

1981

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Cataloged as “Bello carving handle for flywhisk, Ile Ore” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3266
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bello carving, Ile Ore

1972

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Bello carving, Ile Ore. He is Taiwo's youngest son.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3265
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Bello with ere ibeji, Ile Ore

1972

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Bello with ere ibeji, which he carved. Bell is Taiwo's youngest son. Ile Ore.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3263
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bells and a flywhisk, Okpella, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Bells and a flywhisk, Okpella, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4433
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Bells in front of a chief's door, Iddo, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Bells in front of a chief's door, Iddo, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4608
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Bells lined against a wall, Iddo, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Bells lined against a wall, Iddo, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4581
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Bells, New Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Bells, New Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0446
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Bells next to a drum, Awuyemi, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Bells next to a drum, Awuyemi, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4770
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MUSEUM OBJECT
gelatin silver prints

Belonging

2022

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"This image is Sapelo Island, described as a "time capsule adrift on the Atlantic." It encapsulates centuries of Gullah Geechee culture, preserving a rich heritage. As a child whose parents are from South Georgia and who had an Uncle who practiced his MD…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.91.8
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Beloved: A Novel

1987

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A hardback copy of "Beloved: A Novel" by Toni Morrison. The book has a paper dust jacket with a clear plastic cover. The jacket is white with red, black, and green type. The front of the jacket reads: "BELOVED / A NOVEL / TONI / MORRISON". The back of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.58.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Belt buckle for the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures owned by Bob Minor

ca. 1972

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A metal belt buckle, oval, with a raised lip/edge around circumference. In relief on the front, at top reads [STUNTMEN'S ASSOCIATION], and at the bottom [OF MOTION PICTURES]. In the middle is a relief depiction of a movie camera with a banner underneath…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.303.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Costume

Belt buckle from Norma Rae film production presented to Bob Minor

1978-1979

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A silver belt buckle, rectangular with rounded edges. Decorated like a strip of film (squares along top and bottom like edges of film), with [ALABAMA / FILM COMMISSION / NORMA RAE] in relief in the center. The back is the loop and hook style buckle,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.303.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Costume

Belt buckle from White Dog film production owned by Bob Minor

1981

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A metal belt buckle, circular, with raised lip/edge around circumference. In relief on the front, centered, reads [81] at the top, and [WHITE DOG] at the bottom, with a relief depiction of a dog (mouth open slightly showing teeth and erect ears) in the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.303.3
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Costume

Belt from an S1W uniform

ca. 1992

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A black nylon belt from an S1W uniform. The belt is made from 2 1/4-inch wide heavy-duty black nylon webbed tape. Grommets run along the outer edges of the belt. It closes with a black plastic pressure snap closure. There is a square tag sewn at the center…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.33.8.3
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Clothing - Costume

Belt from an S1W uniform

ca. 1992

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black nylon belt from an S1W uniform. The belt is made from 2 1/4-inch wide heavy-duty black nylon webbed tape. Grommets run along the outer edges of the belt. It closes with a metal hook-and-eye closure.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.33.8.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
belts (costume accessories)

Belt worn by an unidentified member of the Ku Klux Klan

ca. 1935

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A white rope belt worn by a Ku Klux Klan member of an undetermined rank. Each end of the belt is knotted with tassels.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.231.1.3
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Belva Davis

1932–2025

Belvagene Davis (née Melton; October 13, 1932 – September 24, 2025) was an American television and radio journalist. She was the first African-American woman to become a television reporter on the U.S. West Coast. She won eight Emmy Awards and was…

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Biography & Culture

Belvin Perry

1949–

Belvin Perry Jr. (born October 10, 1949, in Orlando, Florida) is a personal-injury attorney and former chief judge of Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit. He was the presiding judge for the high-profile Casey Anthony murder trial.

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Historical photographs & visual records

"Bembe" by Paul Sierra, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

1985-10

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Original text on slide reads, ""Bembe"by Paul Sierra. From show at Halsted Gallery in Chicago. Cuban-American Artist. U.S. Cuban".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1795
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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Ben Ammi Ben-Israel

1939–2014

Ben Ammi Ben-Israel (Hebrew: בן עמי בן-ישראל; October 12, 1939 – December 27, 2014) was an American-born Israeli spiritual leader. Inspired by the Black Hebrew Israelites in the United States, he founded the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem,…

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