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Bertice Berry
1960
Bertice Berry (born 1960) is an American sociologist, author, lecturer, and educator.
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Bertie Bowman
1931–2023
Herbert Bowman (April 12, 1931 – October 25, 2023) was an American congressional staffer who served as the hearing coordinator of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 2000 to 2021. He began working at the U.S. Capitol in 1944 at the age of 13.
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Bertil Fox
1951–
Bertil Fox (born 5 January 1951) is a British former International Federation of BodyBuilders professional bodybuilder and convicted murderer. He was pardoned for that crime by the Governor General of Saint Kitts and Nevis on 4 August 2022.
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Education & Scholarship
Bertrall Ross
1976–
Bertrall L. Ross II (born 1976) is an American legal scholar. Ross completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Colorado–Boulder, and earned a Master's in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 2003, as…
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Bertrand Berry
1975–
Bertrand Demond Berry (born August 15, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
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Bertrand Bickersteth
Biography
Bertrand Bickersteth is a Canadian poet. His debut collection, The Response of Weeds, was published in 2020 and won the Gerald Lampert Award from the League of Canadian Poets in 2021. From Calgary, Alberta, he is a communication instructor at Olds College.
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Tools and Equipment
Berwick (Boopie) sherbet dish from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
mid 20th-late 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn Anchor Hocking Berwick (Boopie) clear glass sherbet dish from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The bowl shaped dish has a footed base with a decorative glass ball design. The dish is clear, round, and smooth with walls that taper outward in a rounded “V”…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.55
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Education & Scholarship
Beryl Gilroy
1924–2001
Beryl Agatha Gilroy (née Answick; 30 August 1924 – 4 April 2001) was a Guyanese educator, novelist, ethno-psychotherapist, and poet. The Guardian described her as "one of Britain's most significant post-war Caribbean migrants". She emigrated from British…
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Beryl Williams
1914–1999
Beryl Elizabeth Williams (May 23, 1914 – May 7, 1999) played a leading role in the desegregation of the Baltimore public school system and is considered the mother of continuing education at Morgan State University, a historical black college located in…
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Historical photographs & visual records
Beseru, Imiokewu, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Beseru, Imiokewu, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3328
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Education & Scholarship
Bess Bolden Walcott
1886–1988
Bess Bolden Walcott (1886–1988) was an American educator, librarian, museum curator and activist who helped establish the historical significance of the Tuskegee University. Recruited by Booker T. Washington to help him coordinate his library and teach…
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Written Music
Bess, You Is My Woman
1935
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSheet music for “Bess, You Is My Woman." The front cover is a black and white illustration with an off-white margin. Across the top margin is the title "BESS YOU IS MY WOMAN." The illustration, done in the style of woodcuts, depicts several vignettes. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.223.34
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Bessie A. Buchanan
1902–1980
Bessie Allison Buchanan (March 7, 1902 – September 7, 1980), of Manhattan in New York City, became the first African-American woman to hold a seat in the New York State Legislature when she was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1954.
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Music
Bessie Banks
1938–
Bessie Banks (born February 8, 1938) is an American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known for her original 1964 recording of "Go Now", successfully covered in the same year by UK band the Moody Blues.
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Inventions
Bessie Blount Griffin
1914–2009
A physical therapist working with wounded veterans, Blount Griffin patented an electric feeding device and later worked as a forensic handwriting analyst.
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Bessie Coleman
1892–1926
Denied training in the United States, Coleman learned French and trained in France before becoming a celebrated stunt pilot.
National Air and Space Museum
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Visual Arts
Bessie Harvey
1929–1994
Bessie Harvey (born Bessie Ruth White; October 11, 1929 – August 12, 1994) was an American artist best known for her sculptures constructed out of found objects, primarily pieces of wood. A deeply religious person, Harvey's faith and her own interest in…
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Literature
Bessie Head
1937–1986
Head fled apartheid South Africa for Botswana, where she wrote novels including A Question of Power that explored race, madness and belonging in southern Africa.
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Bessie Smith
1894–1937
Known as the Empress of the Blues, Smith’s powerful voice and recordings made her one of the best-selling and most influential singers of her era.
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Sports
Bessie Stockard
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Bessie Ann Frances Stockard is an American tennis player and women's basketball coach. Bessie Stockard grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, the youngest of seven children of Andy R. Stockard, a custodian, and Bessie Mae Morgan Stockard, a teacher. Her brother…
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History
Bessie Stringfield
1911–1993
Stringfield rode solo across the continental United States eight times during the 1930s and 1940s, defying both racial and gender barriers of the era.
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Bessie Woodson Yancey
1882–1958
Bessie Woodson Yancey (May 1882 – 11 January 1958) was an African-American poet, teacher, and activist, whose only published poetry collection, 1939's Echoes from the Hills, was, according to Katharine Capshaw Smith, "perhaps the earliest example of…
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Bessye J. Bearden
1893–1943
Bessye Johnson Bearden (November 1893 – September 16, 1943) was an American journalist and civic activist, who was the mother of artist Romare Bearden.
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Best of B.B. #2
2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA track list handwritten by B. B. King. The list is written in black ink on white, lined paper. The list contains thirteen (13) song titles. Written above the list is “BEST of B. B. #2.”.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.83.2.2
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