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Berry O'Kelly (c. 1861 – March 14, 1931) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He helped spur the development of black commerce in Raleigh and served as the first postmaster of Method.
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Bershawn D. Jackson (born May 8, 1983) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but also is a 400 m runner. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bershawn "Batman" Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles. He also has three medals…
1929–1993
Bert Andrews (March 21, 1929 – January 25, 1993) was an American photographer, who chronicled black theatre in New York City. In a career that spanned over three decades he photographed many of the leading African American actors of the stage and screen…
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Bert Cumby (January 7, 1912 – September 8, 1981) was a United States military intelligence officer who served as head of research of the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Corps and led the debriefing of repatriated American prisoners of war (POWs) during…
1929–2005
Norbert Montague De Coteau Jr. (June 12, 1929 – July 6, 2005), usually known professionally as Bert DeCoteaux or de Coteaux, was an American arranger, record producer and songwriter, known for his soul and funk recordings in the 1960s and 1970s for artists…
1888–1954
Burnett Edward Gholston (July 28, 1888 – November 19, 1954) was an American professional baseball umpire in the Negro leagues. He umpired for 20 years, from 1923 to 1943, in both the first and second Negro National League, and the East-West League.
1940–2013
Bert Long Jr. (1940–2013) was a chef, painter, photographer, sculptor, and a founder of Project Row Houses.
1920–1999
Bert Cody Piggott Sr. (Pronounced: PIG-et) (March 5, 1920 – January 10, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Illinois, where he was a member of that school's victorious 1947 Rose Bowl team, going…
1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBertha - Santa Monica, California, 1960's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 163. A black-and-white photograph of woman (presumedly Bertha) standing in the doorway of the "House of 'Bertha.'" The business offers card reading,…
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Bertha C. Boschulte (March 8, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American educator, women's rights activist, statistician and politician. During her tenure as a teacher, she actively worked to attain women's suffrage in the Virgin Islands. After obtaining her…
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Bertha W. Calloway (July 14, 1925 – November 25, 2017) was an African-American community activist and historian in North Omaha, Nebraska. The founder of the Negro History Society and the Great Plains Black History Museum, Calloway won awards from several…
1890–1975
Bertha Des Verney (October 5, 1890 – January 1, 1975) was an American pianist, composer, music educator, singer, and playwright. She was choir and drama director at the Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Harlem for over forty years, director…
1872–1944
Bertha Grant Higgins (born Dillard; November 18, 1872 – December 30, 1944) was an American suffragist, civil rights activist and clubwoman. She was involved in supporting women's suffrage in Rhode Island. She strongly supported the Dyer Anti-Lynching bill…
1948–2014
Bertha Gilkey (née Knox; March 18, 1948 – May 25, 2014) was an African-American activist of tenant management of public housing properties. She set up the first tenant management association in St. Louis, Missouri, which successfully rehabilitated the once…
Dates not recorded
Bertha Garrett Holliday is a community psychologist known for her expertise on ethnic minority issues. Her work has focused on processes of child and family socialization and the academic experiences and achievement of Black youth. Holliday was Senior…
1895–
Bertha Idaho (born c. 1895; date of death unknown) was an American classic female blues singer. She recorded four songs in 1928 and 1929. Little is known of her life outside music. Idaho's work might have remained obscure but for two factors: she was…
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Bertha Lee Turner (1867–1938) was an American caterer, cookbook author, and community leader in Pasadena, California, in the early 1900s. She is most famous for compiling The Federation Cookbook: A Collection of Tested Recipes Compiled by the Colored Women…
1951–
Bertha Lewis (born 1951) is the founder and president of the Black Institute, an 'action tank' whose mission is 'to shape intellectual discourse and dialogue and impact public policy uniquely from a Black perspective (a perspective which includes all…
1895–1980
Bertha Louise Douglass (January 26, 1895 – February 29, 1980) was an American civil rights activist and lawyer who was the second African American woman admitted to the Virginia State Bar.
Loading image…1887–1979
Bertha Clay McNeill (November 12, 1887 – September 21, 1979) was an American civil rights activist, peace activist, and educator. She grew up in North Carolina and earned a teaching certificate there before moving to Washington, D.C., where she studied at…
1977; printed 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a woman named Bertha seated in a chair. She is wearing a knitted sweater and a bandana on her head. Her hands are folded and resting on her lap. She is seated outside and a small portion of a…
Loading image…1889–1990
Bertha Pitts Campbell (June 30, 1889 – April 2, 1990) was a civil rights activist and one of the 22 founding members of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
1923–2008
Bertha Pleasant Williams (1923–2008) was the first African American professional librarian in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. In 1948 the segregated city required a certified librarian as a prerequisite to open a library for the city's African American…
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Bertha Par Simmons Whedbee (1876 - 1960) was an activist, suffragist, and first African American woman to become a police officer in Louisville, Kentucky.
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