A black-and-white photograph of Freddie Owens deep in thought in the middle of a checkers game. His right hand is rubbing his forehead while his left rests on the table in front of his. The print is inscribed on the back.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.41.31
A BET bomber jacket owned by Robert L. Johnson. The black wool blend jacket has black leather sleeves and collar, black rib knit cuffs and hem. The front flaps have diagonal welt pocket with black leather trim on each side. The jacket has a black zipper…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.16.5
Beth A. Brown (February 4, 1969 – October 5, 2008) was a NASA astrophysicist with a research focus on X-ray observations of elliptical galaxies and black holes. She earned a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Michigan in 1998, becoming the first…
Bethany Antonia Clarke (born 25 December 1997) is a British actress and singer. She began her career as a teenager, appearing in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust short film adaptation of The Tempest, later making her television debut in 2016 as a guest…
Bethany Donaphin (born August 27, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who is the Head of League Operations for the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously worked as Associate Vice President of Basketball…
Bethany Veney (March 19, 1812 – November 16, 1915), was an American writer whose autobiography and slave narrative, Aunt Betty's Story: The Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman, was published in 1889. Born into slavery on a farm near Luray, Virginia,…
Beti Ellerson is an American filmmaker and activist particularly active in African cinema. She established the Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema.
An original manuscript for Betsey Brown: A Rhythm and Blues Musical. The manuscript is typewritten in black ink on white paper, with a light brown paper cover, and is bound by a silver-colored metal device. Text on the cover reads [OCTOBER 1990] at the top…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.131.5
Betsey Stockton (c. 1798 – 1865), sometimes spelled Betsy Stockton, was an American educator and missionary. In her early life, she was an enslaved person, but was emancipated and became a Christian missionary in Hawaii.
Bette Smith is an American soul, rock and blues singer and songwriter who has released music on the Ruf Records blues label and, as of 2024, is on the Kartel Music Group label. Of Trinidadian descent, she is a New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee and has…
Bettie Bendolph Seltzer (1939–2017) was an American artist. She was associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective, along with her mother, Annie Bendolph, and her mother-in-law, Sue Willie Seltzer. She worked at the Freedom Quilting Bee.
Bettie Cook Scott (born May 31, 1953) is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from the 2nd district from 2017 to 2018. She previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from the 3rd…
Dr. Bettina L. Love is an American author and academic. She is the William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she has been instrumental in establishing abolitionist teaching in schools.
Bettiola Heloise Fortson (December 29, 1890 – April 13, 1917) was an African-American poet, essayist, activist and suffragist. Fortson was one of the first African-American people in the Midwestern United States to write and publish a book.
Betty (c. 1738 – 1795) was a biracial woman who was enslaved by John Custis, and then by his son, Daniel Parke Custis, on the family's plantation in White House, Virginia. Daniel Parke Custis became the first husband of Martha Washington and was the father…
Betty Allen (March 17, 1927 – June 22, 2009) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active international singing career during the 1950s through the 1970s. In the latter part of her career her voice acquired a contralto-like darkening, which can…
Betty Winston Bayé (April 12, 1946), an African-American journalist, columnist, and former member of the editorial board for the Courier-Journal newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and Gannett is a journalist, former host of The Betty Baye…
Betty Blayton (July 10, 1937 – October 2, 2016) was an American activist, advocate, artist, arts administrator and educator, and lecturer. As an artist, Blayton was an illustrator, painter, printmaker, and sculptor. She is best known for her works often…
Betty Campbell (6 November 1934 – 13 October 2017, born Rachel Elizabeth Johnson) was a Welsh community activist, who was Wales' first black head teacher. Born into a poor household in Butetown, she won a scholarship to the Lady Margaret High School for…
Betty Carter (May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998), born Lillie Mae Jones, was an American jazz singer. She was known for improvisation, scat singing, and imaginative interpretations of songs.
A blurred, black and white photographic portrait of Betty Carter performing. The image appears to be blurred due to movement of the subjects, not due to being out of focus. Carter is depicted center of frame, facing towards the camera with her mouth open…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.99.33
