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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Bianca Bonnie

Biography

Bianca Dupree, also known as Bianca Bonnie and formerly Young B, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and television personality. Born in Harlem, New York, she first gained recognition after being featured on Webstar's 2006 debut album Caught in the…

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Science & Inventions

Bianca Jones Marlin

1986–

Bianca Jones Marlin is an American neuroscientist and the Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cell Research at the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University in New York City. Marlin studies the epigenetic mechanisms that enable trauma…

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Sports & Achievement

Bianca Knight

1989–

Bianca Knight (born January 2, 1989) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 100 and 200-meter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she won a team event gold medal in the 4×100 meter relay team. In the final, the quartet of Tianna…

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Film & Television

Bianca Lawson

1979–

Bianca Lawson (born March 20, 1979) is an American actress. Lawson is known for her regular roles in the television series Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Goode Behavior, Pretty Little Liars, and Rogue. She has also had recurring roles in the series…

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Literature

Bianca Mikahn

Biography

Bianca Mikahn is an American poet, spoken word artist, hip hop musician, and activist based in Denver, Colorado. Mikahn was born and raised in Westminster, and began writing poetry at a young age. She began performing slam poetry in 2006, and has coached…

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Biography & Culture

Bianca Saunders

1993–

Bianca Saunders (born 1993) is a British fashion designer who founded the London-based menswear label that carries her name in 2017, after completing a master's degree at the Royal College of Art. Of Jamaican descent and raised in south-east London, she is…

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Sports & Achievement

Bianca Smith

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Bianca Smith (born March 1991) is an American professional baseball coach. During the 2021 season, she became the first African American woman to serve as a professional baseball coach, working in the Boston Red Sox organization.

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Literature & Journalism

Bianca Spriggs

1981–

Bianca Lynne Spriggs (born 1981) is an American poet and multidisciplinary artist born in Milwaukee, WI. While widely considered a born-and-bred Kentuckian, she actually moved around a lot due to the nature of her parents' work. For several years of her…

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Literature

Bianca Xunise

Biography

Bianca Xunise is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Their work is nationally syndicated through the Six Chix comic strip collaborative.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Bib number for Tony Reed in the 2007 Safaricom Marathon in Nairobi, Kenya

2007

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Bib number used by Tony Reed in the 2007 Safaricom Marathon in Nairobi, Kenya. The bib number would have been adhered to the shirt that the marathon runner was wearing while they were running. This bib is white and pink with the number “154” in black on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.69.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Bible belonging to Nat Turner

1782

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A small Bible, missing its front and back cover. It has lost pages at the beginning and end of the text, losing the entirety of Genesis and parts of Leviticus and Revelation. The first page contains Leviticus 4:32 through Leviticus 6:2.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.28
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Sacred and Ceremonial Objects

Bible given to Perkins William Dennis

1863

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Small leather bound text with metal clasps attached to the center PR edge of the front and back cover. The interlocking metal pieces which perhaps once held the bible together as extensions of these metal clasps are now missing. There is an embossed,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.273.11
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Sacred and Ceremonial Objects

Bible stand in Chaplain Kit used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley

1939-1944

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A brass bible stand with two foldable support arms. The stand is a simple, unadorned piece of brass with a folded lip at the bottom to prevent materials from sliding off. The support arms connect to the stand on the left and right sides, and each support…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.205.1.2
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Sacred and Ceremonial Objects

Bible used during Vietnam War by soldier Thomas Smith

early 20th century

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Bible with a black leather cover. The cover is very worn and all markings and lettering has faded away. The pages are very brittle and deteriorating. The title and copyright pages are missing as are several others. Many pages are out of order and are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.163.4
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bicycle in front of house with litema and relief border designs, between Warden and Bethlehem, Free State

1971

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Cataloged as “Bicycle in front of house with litema and relief border designs, between Warden and Bethlehem, Free State” (Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0077
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bicycle leaning against house with decorated walls, between Warden and Bethlehem, Free State

1970-1974

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Cataloged as “Bicycle leaning against house with decorated walls, between Warden and Bethlehem, Free State” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0663
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bicycle next to Konservatorium sign, Stellenbosch (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Bicycle next to Konservatorium sign, Stellenbosch (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066166
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bicycle on route from Bobo Dioulasso

2000-01-26

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Bicycle on route from Bobo Dioulasso, Large trees provide shade from noon day sun. Original Carousel number, 8, slide number, 73.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0946
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bicyclist passing bakery, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

2003-09-01

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Bicyclist passing bakery, Fianarantsoa. Bakery's sign reads, "Hotelintsika Mandposoa: Misy Sakafo" Original Carousel 17, slide 86.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2137
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BIOGRAPHY
Business

Biddy Mason

1818–1891

After winning her freedom in a California court, Mason built a real-estate fortune in Los Angeles and used it to found a school, a church and one of the city’s first Black-owned charitable organizations.

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Politics & Public Life

Bienvenu-Olivier Ntumba

Biography

Bienvenu-Olivier Ntumba is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament for the riding of Mont-Saint-Bruno—L'Acadie as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2025. At the time of the 2025 Canadian federal election, he lived in…

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Historical photographs & visual records

"Bienvenue en Afrique" [Welcome to Africa], Côte d'Ivoire

c. 1983

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IRIS [logo]; AFRIQUE EN COULEURS[,] 8230 - Bienvenue en Afrique[,] AFRICA IN PICTURES[,] Welcoming to Africa; MEXICHROME; Printed in France. Photographed by Chareton, P.. Published by IRIS - EXPORT.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0756
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Historical photographs & visual records

Biete Gabriel Raphael church in the countryside, near Lalibela, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “Biete Gabriel Raphael church in the countryside, near Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1337
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Biete Ghiorgis church, as seen from above, Lalibela, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “Biete Ghiorgis church, as seen from above, Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1373
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