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Beverly Ann Johnson (born October 13, 1952) is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, after Donyale Luna was the first Black…
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Beverly Lorraine Greene (October 4, 1915 – August 22, 1957) was an American architect. According to architectural editor Dreck Spurlock Wilson, she was believed to be the first female African-American licensed architect in the United States. She was…
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Beverly Louise Malone (born 1948) is the chief executive officer of the National League for Nursing in the United States. Prior to assuming this position in February 2007 she served as general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing in the United Kingdom…
1941–2001
Beverly Mascoll (born Beverly Ashe, 1941-2001) was a Canadian businesswoman, fundraiser, community leader, and Member of the Order of Canada.
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Beverly McIver (born c. 1962) is a contemporary artist, mostly known for her self-portraits, who was born and raised in Greensboro, NC. She is currently the Esbenshade Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University.
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Beverly Page Yates (1811–1883) was an American-Liberian politician who served as the fourth vice president of Liberia from 1856 to 1860 under President Stephen Allen Benson. Born in the United States, he emigrated to Liberia as a young man under the…
1975–
Beverly Peele (born March 18, 1975) is an American supermodel and actress. Peele rose to fame in the late 1980s and 1990s, and appeared on over 250 fashion magazine covers.
circa 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Beverly Price Family Home Movies consist of a regular 8mm home movie documenting family and friends gathered in a Washington DC neighborhood impacted by gentrification.
1951–
Beverly Robertson (born 1951) is an American businesswoman. In 1997 she became the president of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. In 2019 she became the first African American chief executive of the Greater Memphis Chamber.
1946–
Beverly Smith (born November 16, 1946) is a Black feminist health advocate, writer, academic, theorist and activist. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and is the twin sister of writer, publisher, activist and academic Barbara Smith. Beverly Smith is an…
Biography
Beverly Walker-Griffea is an American public official and academic administrator serving as the director of the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential since 2024. She is the president emeritus of Mott Community College.
1939–2019
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins (April 6, 1939 – October 1, 2019) was an American blues guitarist. Sandra Pointer-Jones wrote, "Beverly Watkins is a pyrotechnic guitar maven whose searing, ballistic attacks on the guitar have become allegorical tales within the…
1956–
Beverly Wood is a film chemist from Chase City, Virginia. Wood worked as a post production editor and a designer of the two film processing technologies: Color Contrasting Enhancement (CCE) and Adjustable Contrast Enhancement (ACE). These technological…
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Bevis Melvin Griffin (born April 26, 1953) is an American musician, businessman, and educator. In 1998, Griffin was honored by the City of Austin as a musician of cultural significance and awarded a mayoral proclamation by Mayor Kirk Watson for 25 years of…
1958–
Bevlee Artis Watford (born March 26, 1958) is an American engineer and academic administrator who is the associate dean for equity and engagement and professor of engineering education at the Virginia Tech College of Engineering. She has served on the…
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Beverly "Bevy" Smith (born November 2, 1966) is an American television personality and business woman. She is best known for her work as a co-host on Bravo's fashion-themed talk show Fashion Queens. Smith is the creator of "Dinner with Bevy", a dinner…
circa 1936-circa 1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Beware of Elephants" sign at Kruger National Park, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).
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Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Known for her vocal ability, artistic reinventions, and live performances, she is widely regarded as one of the most culturally…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGplace holder.
2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed, large-scale work in ink, oil pastels, charcoal, and acrylic paint on hand-cut paper. The abstract work is primarily in shades of brown and black and depicts faces and wings appearing and receding into a field of organically undulating lines…
Loading image…1950–2005
Bhakti Tirtha Swami (IAST: Bhakti-tīrtha Svāmī; February 25, 1950 – June 27, 2005), previously called John Favors and Toshombe Abdul and also known by the honorific Krishnapada (Kṛṣṇapāda), was a guru and governing body commissioner of the International…
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Bia Ferreira (Carangola, Minas Gerais, 19 April 1993) is a Brazilian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and artivist. Her music, which she defines as "MMP — Música de Mulher Preta" (Black Woman Music), discusses topics such as feminism, anti-racism…
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Bianca Baptiste (born 15 January 1992) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for Enfield Town, Leyton Orient, Q.P.R., Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, and Watford FC. She was the top scorer for Tottenham Hotspur in 2017.
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Bianca Nicole Crawford (née Blair; born April 9, 1989) is an American professional wrestler and fitness and figure competitor. As of April 2016, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Bianca Belair. Belair is…
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