A silver belt buckle, rectangular with rounded edges. Decorated like a strip of film (squares along top and bottom like edges of film), with [ALABAMA / FILM COMMISSION / NORMA RAE] in relief in the center. The back is the loop and hook style buckle,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.303.4
A metal belt buckle, circular, with raised lip/edge around circumference. In relief on the front, centered, reads [81] at the top, and [WHITE DOG] at the bottom, with a relief depiction of a dog (mouth open slightly showing teeth and erect ears) in the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.303.3
A black nylon belt from an S1W uniform. The belt is made from 2 1/4-inch wide heavy-duty black nylon webbed tape. Grommets run along the outer edges of the belt. It closes with a black plastic pressure snap closure. There is a square tag sewn at the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.33.8.3
A black nylon belt from an S1W uniform. The belt is made from 2 1/4-inch wide heavy-duty black nylon webbed tape. Grommets run along the outer edges of the belt. It closes with a metal hook-and-eye closure.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.33.8.4
Belvin Perry Jr. (born October 10, 1949, in Orlando, Florida) is a personal-injury attorney and former chief judge of Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit. He was the presiding judge for the high-profile Casey Anthony murder trial.
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel (Hebrew: בן עמי בן-ישראל; October 12, 1939 – December 27, 2014) was an American-born Israeli spiritual leader. Inspired by the Black Hebrew Israelites in the United States, he founded the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem,…
Benjamin Harvey Bailey Smith, professionally known as Doc Brown, is an English actor, comedian, rapper, screenwriter, songwriter, producer, and voiceover artist. He portrayed DS Joe Hawkins in the television series Law & Order: UK. He is also known for…
Benjamin Njongoue Elliott (born 5 November 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, most recently for EFL League One club Reading. Born in England, he represents Cameroon at international level.
Benjamin Todd Jealous (born January 18, 1973) is an American political activist. He served as the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 2008 to 2013. Jealous was the Democratic nominee in the 2018…
Benjamin Anthony Johnson (born 24 January 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full back for EFL Championship club Stoke City, on loan from Premier League club Ipswich Town.
Harvey Ben Kinchlow (December 27, 1936 – July 18, 2019) was an American evangelist who co-hosted The 700 Club from 1975 to 1988 and again from 1992 to 1996. He also hosted other shows on the Christian Broadcasting Network such as Straight Talk and a radio…
A wooden bench with seat cushion from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mahogany, rectangular, wooden bench, features a rectangular padded cushion. The bench has brown cane webbing over the seat, four carved legs, and an I-shaped support bar attached to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.22
Benicio Baker-Boaitey (born 9 January 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Millwall. Baker-Boaitey, an England youth international, had spells in the youth academies of West Ham United and Porto before…
Benik Tunani Afobe (born 12 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Arabi as a striker. Born in England, he represented the DR Congo national team on six occasions between 2017 and 2018. Afobe signed a professional contract with…
Reel 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,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.7.1a
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…
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.
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…
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…
Benjamin Franklin Williams (1819–1886) was a Methodist minister and Republican politician who served three terms in the Texas Legislature, served as a delegate to two Texas Constitutional Conventions, and helped found the freedmen's community of Kendleton.
Benjamin "Pap" Singleton (August 15, 1809 – February 17, 1900) was an American activist and businessman best known for his role in establishing African American settlements in Kansas. A former slave from Tennessee who escaped to freedom in Ontario in 1846,…
Benjamin Tucker Tanner (December 25, 1835 – January 14, 1923) was an American clergyman and editor. He edited The Christian Recorder, an influential African American Methodist newspaper, and later founded The AME Church Review, an academic journal. He also…
