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Biography
Bridgett M. Davis is an American writer, teacher and independent filmmaker. Her memoir The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers, was a New York Times Editors' Choice and was named a Best Book of 2019 by Kirkus Reviews.…
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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…
1985
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bridle (ijanu) made of brass, for use with the old saddle made in Ile Onigaari, Ile Balogun Alanamu” (Slides (photographs)).
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Brief commentary on Constance Stuart Larrabee and her exhibition, with quotes from Cape Town National Gallery Director Dr. van Niekerk about Constance Stuart Larrabee's photographs.”.
1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.…
1971–
Brien McKeiver Taylor (born December 26, 1971) is an American former pitcher in minor league baseball. He spent seven seasons in the minor leagues, primarily with the New York Yankees organization. In his career, he had a win–loss record of 22–30, a 5.12…
1997–
Brienne Alexandra Minor (born November 25, 1997) is an American tennis player who played her college career at the University of Michigan. On May 29, 2017, she won the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, becoming the first African-American…
2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA serigraph relief print depicting featuring a chine collé print of a nude female figure in the midst of dark red thorny vines. The figure of the woman is a white, chine collé print with dark lines traversing her body. Her left foot is turned slightly to…
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Brigadier General Jesse F. Stevens Outline to History of the 3rd Battalion, 372nd Infantry” (Text).
2002–
Bright Amoateng is an English professional footballer who plays for Ghanaian team Nkoranza Warriors SC.
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Chinedu "Bright" Dike (born 2 February 1987) is a retired footballer who played as a forward. Born in the United States, he played for the Nigeria national team.
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Bright Osayi-Samuel (born 31 December 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for EFL Championship club Birmingham City and the Nigeria national team.
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Brightly painted houses in a village, Keren or Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).
Biography
Linwood Earl Briley, James Dyral "J. B." Briley Jr., and Anthony Ray Briley were a sibling trio of serial/spree killers, rapists, and robbers who were responsible for a murder, rape, and robbery spree that took place in Richmond, Virginia, in 1979. Linwood…
1980s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black brimless hat with yellow, green, teal, gold, blue, magenta, purple, bronze, and black sequins sewn around the exterior of the hat in a vertical arrangement. The top of the hat has an adjustable, circular, drawstring closure. Two black strings made…
1999
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “bring the noise.com” (Text).
1966-02
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bringing rugs from Arab dhows to Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya” (Slides (photographs)).
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Brinson James Wright (born August 5, 1989), who goes by the stage name Brinson, is an American rapper. He has released ten studio albums since 2008.
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British Alexander Mitchell (born June 28, 1982), better known by his stage name Brisco, is an American rapper from Opa-locka, Florida. In 2006, he guest performed on fellow South Florida native DJ Khaled's debut album—Listennn... the Album—and signed to…
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Bristo W. Reese was a state legislator in Alabama. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives succeeding R. L. Bennett, who died, to represent Hale County, Alabama. He served from 1873 to 1875. He co-signed with other Republican members of the…
Biography
The Bristol Black Writers group was a collective of poets and writers, co-founded by writer Bertel Martin in the late 1980s. The group was based at the Kuumba Centre in St Pauls, Bristol in England. Bristol Black Writers published a monthly newsletter and…
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Brit Bennett is an American writer based in Los Angeles. Her debut novel The Mothers (2016) was a New York Times best-seller. Her second novel, The Vanishing Half (2020), was also a New York Times best-seller, and was chosen as a Good Morning America Book…
late 17th - early 18th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA British brass-barreled blunderbuss, constructed of a dark walnut stock, brass breech, butt plate, trigger guard, barrel, and flared muzzle. It has a stored black ramrod, a floral engraved proper right lock plate, and an elaborate scroll of lock stock…
1959
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal title reads, "Feeding English Large White sows. The farm is in two sections four miles apart but considered as one unit. The manager expects to sell 36,000 pigs in 1959. All but 50 pigs a month are shipped by rail to and butchered in Lagos. The…
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