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Historical photographs & visual records

Betty LaDuke with student artists at the United States Information Services Workshop Exhibition, Asmara, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “Betty LaDuke with student artists at the United States Information Services Workshop Exhibition, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0926
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Betty LaDuke with Terhas Iyassu and another artist at the United States Information Services Workshop Exhibition, Asmara, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “Betty LaDuke with Terhas Iyassu and another artist at the United States Information Services Workshop Exhibition, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0939
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Betty LaDuke with Terhas Iyassu and another friend, Eritrea

1997

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Cataloged as “Betty LaDuke with Terhas Iyassu and another friend, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1028
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Betty LaDuke with Terhas Iyassu and Elsa Jacob, Keren or Massawa, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “Betty LaDuke with Terhas Iyassu and Elsa Jacob, Keren or Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0915
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Betty LaDuke with Terhas Iyassu and Michael Adonai, Eritrea

1994

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Cataloged as “Betty LaDuke with Terhas Iyassu and Michael Adonai, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0821
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Sports & Achievement

Betty Okino

1975–

Elizabeth Anna Okino (born June 4, 1975) is a retired American gymnast, a member of the famous "Károlyi Six-Pack" who in 1992 helped the United States win its first Olympic team medal in a non-boycotted Olympic Games. She is also the first Black woman of…

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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights & Community

Betty Reid Soskin

1921–2025

Betty Reid Soskin (née Charbonnet; September 22, 1921 – December 21, 2025) was an American ranger with the National Park Service, assigned to the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California. Until her…

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BIOGRAPHY
Education

Betty Shabazz

Biography

Betty Shabazz (born Betty Dean Sanders; May 28, 1935 – June 23, 1997), also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate who was married to Malcolm X. Shabazz grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where her foster parents largely sheltered…

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Medicine & Health

Betty Smith Williams

Biography

Betty Smith Williams is an American nurse. Williams was the first African-American nurse to graduate from the nursing school at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). Williams is also a co-founder of the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA).

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Arts & Performance

Betty Swords

1917–2005

Betty Swords (1917–2005) was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Changing Times, and others, usually using her own gags but sometimes from other writers. She also wrote…

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BIOGRAPHY
Scholarship

Bettye Collier-Thomas

1941–

Bettye Collier-Thomas (born Bettye Marie Collier, February 18, 1941) is a scholar of African-American women's history.

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Medicine & Health

Bettye Davis

1938–2018

Bettye Jean Davis (née Ivory; May 17, 1938 – December 2, 2018) was an American social worker and politician. She was the first African-American to be elected as an Alaska State Senator in 2000. Davis was a Democratic Party member of the Alaska House of…

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Music

Bettye LaVette

1946–

Bettye LaVette (born Betty Jo Haskins, January 29, 1946) is an American soul singer who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, when her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was released to widespread critical…

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Arts & Performance

Bettye Stull

1931–

Bettye J. Stull (June 13, 1931 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is a curator, arts educator, and collector and is a pivotal figure in the Columbus Black arts community, known for her mentorship of young Black women, including artist April Sunami and activist…

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Music

Bettye Swann

1944–

Bettye Swann (born Betty Jean Champion; October 24, 1944), also known as Betty Barton, is an American soul singer. She is best known for her 1967 hit song "Make Me Yours".

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Science & Inventions

Bettye Washington Greene

1935–1995

Bettye Washington Greene (March 20, 1935 – June 16, 1995) was an American industrial research chemist. She was one of the first few African American women to earn her Ph.D. in chemistry and she was the first African American female Ph.D. chemist to work in…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Betule Ogene, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Betule Ogene, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3223
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Historical photographs & documents

Between Hard and a Rap Place

n.d.

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Cataloged as “Between Hard and a Rap Place” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref158
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Written Music

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

1931

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Sheet music for the song "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" from the production of "Rhythm-mania" from The Cotton Club. The cover is a red palate with brown. Along the top in a red band is the song title "BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA." In…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.223.17
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Historical photographs & visual records

Between Two Pyramids Meroe, Sudan

1985

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Between two pyramids, Meroe, Sudan.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-012, Item Nooter #137
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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Betye Saar

1926–2026

Betye Irene Saar (née Brown; July 30, 1926 – July 26, 2026) was an American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. She was a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, which…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Beuford Smith

1972; printed February 2018

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A black-and-white photograph of Kamoinge Workshop member, Beuford Smith, captured by Anthony Barboza. The close-up portrait of Smith depicts from the neck up. He is directly facing the viewer, wearing a dark tone jacket over a white dress shirt, a denim…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.39.10
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Biography & Culture

Beuford Smith

1936–2025

Beuford Smith (1936–2025) was an American photographer. Smith was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sources differ on his birth year.

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Education & Scholarship

Beulah Burke

1885–1975

Beulah Elizabeth Burke (1885–1975), was, along with her sister, Lillie, one of the nine original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1908, the first sorority founded by African-American women. In her leadership as an educator and civic activist,…

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