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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Best Player in the Club

June 16, 2007; printed 2012

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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
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Historical objects

BET jacket worn by Robert L. Johnson

ca. 1995

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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
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

BET Teen Program

2-26-2000

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Cataloged as “BET Teen Program” (Ephemera).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 6
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BIOGRAPHY
Science

Beth A. Brown

1969–2008

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…

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Historical photographs & documents

Beth Turner, Paul Robeson Jr., and Charles Dutton presenting on Paul Robeson

1998

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Cataloged as “Beth Turner, Paul Robeson Jr., and Charles Dutton presenting on Paul Robeson” (Audio; Audio cassette).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref176
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Arts & Performance

Bethany Antonia

1997–

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…

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Business

Bethany Donaphin

1980–

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…

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Bethany Veney

Biography

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,…

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Arts & Performance

Beti Ellerson

Biography

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.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Betsey Brown: A Rhythm and Blues Musical

1985

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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
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BIOGRAPHY
Education & Scholarship

Betsey Stockton

1798–1865

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.

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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Bette Smith

Biography

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…

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Arts & Performance

Bettie Bendolph Seltzer

1939–2017

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.

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Politics & Public Life

Bettie Cook Scott

1953–

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…

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Music

Bettie Mae Fikes

1948–

Bettie Mae Fikes (born April 16, 1946) also known as The Voice of Selma, is an American singer and civil rights activist.

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Education & Scholarship

Bettina L. Love

Biography

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.

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Literature

Bettiola Heloise Fortson

1890–1917

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.

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Biography & Culture

Betty

Biography

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…

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Music

Betty Allen

1927–2009

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…

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Journalism

Betty Bayé

1946–

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…

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Arts & Performance

Betty Blayton

1937–2016

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…

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Politics & Public Life

Betty Campbell

1934–2017

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…

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Music

Betty Carter

1929–1998

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.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Betty Carter

1970s

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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
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