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1937–2012
Blyden Brown Jackson Jr. (June 2, 1936 – April 29, 2012) was an American civil rights activist, marine, author, and emergency medical technician. He is best known for his novels Operation Burning Candle and Totem. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut and…
1934–1982
Bobby Eugene Wright (March 1, 1934, Hobson City, Alabama – April 6, 1982, Chicago) was an American clinical psychologist, scholar, educator, political activist and humanitarian. His parents were Benjamin and Myrtle Wright. He received his BSc in Education…
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Bobby Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an African American revolutionary, political activist, engineer, and author. Seale co-founded the Marxist–Leninist political and militant organization the Black Panther Party with fellow activist Huey P. Newton in…
1947–2007
Bogart Raymond Leashore Jr. (August 31, 1947 – June 26, 2007) was an American sociologist, social worker, and academic administrator who served as the dean of the Hunter College school of social work from 1991 to 2003. He was previously the associate dean…
1986–
Boluwaji Ogunyemi (born 1986) is a Nigerian-born Canadian dermatologist based in Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2024, he was elected president of the Canadian Medical Association and took office in 2026, making him the first black president of the…
Biography
Bonita Grace Anthony, born 1967 or 1968, is an American engineer, university administrator, and politician serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 92nd district since 2024. The district is composed of parts of the cities of…
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Bonita Valerie Saunders is an American mathematician specializing in mathematical visualization. She works at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the Applied and Computational Mathematics Division of the Information Technology Laboratory,…
1875
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Book: Cornell, S. S., Cornell's Physical Geography” (Books).
ca. 1952
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA booklet for licensed midwives in the state of Virginia, produced by the Virginia State Department of Health and owned by the midwife Amanda Carey Carter. The booklet is printed in black ink on white paper, folded and bound with staples to form 29 pages.…
ca. 1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA tecsonic boombox with a light brown metal cover used by Public Enemy. The boombox has a handle at the top, collapsible antenna, six speakers, a radio, a double cassette player, and a number of controls. There are green and black Public Enemy stickers…
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Brandeis Marshall is an American data scientist, CEO of DataedX Group, a data ethics and strategy management agency. She's formerly a Full Professor of Computer Science at Spelman College (2019-2023), where she served as Chair of the Department of Computer…
1984–
Brandon La Ron Hammond (born February 6, 1984) is an American former child actor who appeared in several movie and television roles mainly during the 1990s. He appeared in the feature films Waiting to Exhale (1995), Mars Attacks! (1996) and Soul Food…
[ca. 1912]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPrinted caption on recto reads: "Brazzaville. - L'Hôpital de la maladie du sommeil." Translated caption reads: "Brazzaville. - Hospital for [the treatment of] sleeping sickness." Postmarked postage stamp on verso. Manuscript message on recto and verso.…
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Brenda A. Allen is an American psychologist, educator, and academic administrator who has served as the 14th president of Lincoln University, a historically black university in Lower Oxford, Pennsylvania, since July 2017. She is the second woman to serve…
1979–
Brenda Taylor (born February 9, 1979) is an American track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles. She reached the final of the event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and won a…
1992–
Bria Samone Henderson is an American actress. She is best known for playing Dr Jordan Allen in the medical drama series The Good Doctor and Margaret Sloan in the political drama series Mrs. America.
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Brian Jhan Fox (born 1959) is an American computer programmer and free software advocate. He is the original author of the GNU Bash shell, which he announced as a beta in June 1989. He continued as the primary maintainer of Bash until at least early 1993.
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Brian Woodburn Cavanaugh is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who served as the commander of the United States Marine Corps Forces Command and Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic from 2022 to 2024. He served as Commanding General of the 1st…
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Bridgette Renee Shannon (née Blackman) is an African-American chemist who is a research scientist at 3M. Shannon was the first African-American woman to complete a doctoral degree from the chemistry department at the University of Arkansas. She is the…
Biography
Brittany Young is an engineer, STEM educator, and 2020 TED fellow. She is the founder and chief executive officer of B-360, an education program that supports under-served youth. She was the 2018 Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellow.
1992–
Brittney Exline is an American software engineer. She is the youngest African-American female to be accepted into an Ivy League school, at 15. She went on to become the United States' youngest African-American engineer.
1855
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA single-sheet broadside printed in black ink on wood pulp paper. The broadside is an announcement for a slave auction that took place on January 29, 1855 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Written at the top of the broadside in bold lettering is [56 VERY CHOICE /…
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Bruce Ovbiagele is a Nigerian-American vascular neurologist, biomedical researcher, health systems executive, academic leader, organization founder, and scientific journal editor. He serves as Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean at the University of…
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David Kenneth Brooks, Jr., better known as Bubba Brooks or Bubber Brooks (May 29, 1922 in Fayetteville, North Carolina – April 11, 2002) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was the brother of Tina Brooks. Brooks's first professional gig was with the…
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