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circa 1981-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Benin Plaque Depicting Group of Foreigners, Benin Museum, Benin, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
circa 1981-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Benin Plaque of Esigie, Benin Museum, Benin, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
circa 1981-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Benin Plaques” (Slides (photographs)).
circa 1981-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Benin-style Ife Terracotta Head” (Slides (photographs)).
1977–
Benishe Dillard-Roberts (born August 20, 1977) is an American female volleyball player. She was part of the United States women's national volleyball team. Dillard-Roberts attended Kent-Meridian High School where she led the volleyball team to three…
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Benita Yalonda Pearson (born February 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and formerly a United States magistrate judge on the same court.
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Benjamin Antony Boseman Jr. (July 30, 1840 – February 23, 1881), sometimes misspelled Bozeman, was an African-American medical doctor and state legislator. Boseman was born in Troy, New York, son of Benjamin and Annaretta Boseman, the oldest of five children.
1998–
Benjamin Agyeman-Badu (born 2 October 1998) is an English former professional footballer who plays as a winger.
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Benjamin Arthur Quarles (January 23, 1904 – November 16, 1996) was an American historian, administrator, educator, and writer, whose scholarship centered on Black American social and political history. Major books by Quarles include The Negro in the Civil…
1731–1806
Banneker calculated astronomical tables, published almanacs and corresponded with Thomas Jefferson on racial equality.
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGReel 1 of a two-reel historical film with the title Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved Stars. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film opens with a young man, Greenbury Morton (Leon Pinkney), and his mother,…
Loading image…1989–
Benjamin Booker (born June 14, 1989), born Benjamin Roderick Evans, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
1830–1904
Benjamin Boardley (March 1830 – 1904) was an American engineer and inventor. Benjamin's correct surname was Boardley, but since 1859 when the African Repository published an article wrongly spelling Benjamin's surname as Bradley, authors have written about…
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Benjamin Zachary Bronfman (born August 6, 1982) is an American businessman and musician. Bronfman is a founding partner and board member of Global Thermostat, a direct air capture company that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Loading image…1950–
Benjamin Thomas Brooks Sr. (born April 23, 1950) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate for District 10, based in Baltimore County, since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the district in…
1945–1967
Benjamin Brown (May 12, 1945 – May 12, 1967) was an African-American student at Jackson State University active in the civil rights movement, killed on campus during a standoff between law enforcement and students. Upon encountering the standoff (at the…
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Benjamin Bryant (born January 13, 1977) is a Germany-born American broadcaster, writer, and Emmy-nominated filmmaker. A frequent civil servant, he has also worked as an artist and actor. During the Afghan evacuation in 2021, Bryant coordinated the…
1842–
Benjamin Byas (1842 – ) was an African-American lawyer and politician during the Reconstruction era. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives representing Orangeburg County from 1870 to 1872, best remembered for being shot by a…
Born 2008
Benjamin Omena Akpowubrunei Casey (born 4 February 2008) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Crystal Palace. He is an England youth international.
1985–
Benjamin Charles Watson, sometimes credited as Ben Watson, is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his role as Dontae Evans in the third season of the television series Designated Survivor, and his performance in the web series I Am Syd Stone.
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Benjamin Franklin Chavis Jr. (born January 22, 1948) is an African-American activist, author, journalist, ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and the current president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. He serves as…
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Benjamin Chiles (June 22, 1825 – March 20, 1911) was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Oktibbeha County from 1874 to 1878. He was born a slave in South Carolina and relocated to Mississippi in 1837, with John M. Chiles.
Loading image…1988–
Benjamin Sainte-Clémentine ( sən KLEM-ən-tyne; born 7 December 1988), known as Benjamin Clementine, is a British actor, composer, and musician. Born and raised in London, Clementine later moved to Paris, where he experienced homelessness for a time. After…
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Benjamin Lloyd Crump (born October 10, 1969) is an American attorney who specializes in civil rights and catastrophic personal injury cases such as wrongful death lawsuits. His firm has represented the families of Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor, Michael…
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