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Brittnee Cooper (born February 26, 1988) is an American volleyball player. She played for Rabita Baku for the 2013/14 season in the Azerbaijan Superleague as a middle-blocker. She played collegiately for Louisiana State University (LSU) as a…
Biography
Brittney Elizabeth Boykin (born 1989), known professionally as B.E. Boykin, is an American composer, conductor, and classically trained pianist.
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Brittney Brimmage (born May 5, 1990) is an American female volleyball player. With her club Iowa Ice she competed at the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
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Brittney Cooper is an American academic author, activist, and cultural critic. She is a professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and Africana studies, and the principal investigator and founding director of the Race and Gender Equity Lab at…
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.
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Brittney Grimes is a poet, published author, writer, model, and motivational speaker. Her first book, Poetry For A Child By A Child, was followed by The Poetry For A Child By A Child Workbook, Ice Cream Dreams, and The True Glory of the Christmas Story.…
1995–
Brittney Lawrence (born 18 August 1995) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Canada, she represents Saint Kitts and Nevis at international level.
1974–
Brittney Marie Miller (born 1974) is a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly. She represents the 5th district, which covers parts of the western Las Vegas Valley.
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Brittney Davon Reese (born September 9, 1986) is a retired American long jumper, Olympic gold medalist, and a seven-time world champion. Reese is the indoor American record holder in the long jump with a distance of 7.23 meters.
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Brittney Spencer (born September 9, 1988) is an American country singer–songwriter. In 2020 Spencer received notable attention following a viral Twitter video showing Spencer singing a cover of a song by the Highwomen.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “BRM Magazine” (Text; Magazines (periodicals)).
mid 19th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA metal broadaxe head for hewing. The axe blade is curved cutting edge that ends in a rounded point at the top and a squared edge on the bottom. At the axe eye are lugs at the top and bottom that are slightly pointed. The eye ring is ovular in shape. An…
mid 19th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadaxe for hewing. The axe has a rusty, metal head and a carved wooden handle. The axe blade is curved cutting edge that ends in a rounded point at the top and a squared edge on the bottom. The back of the blade curves towards a thick, center eye. The…
1940; printed 1966
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA poem titled "Gabriel: (Hanged for Leading a Slave Revolt)" written by Robert Hayden and published by Broadside Press as Broadside No. 3. The poem is printed on off-white paper in red and black ink. The body of poem is in two columns. The copyright,…
1992-1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadside featuring an image of James Brown with Japanese text. James Brown is on the left side of the broadside. He is wearing a silver colored suit with a burgundy shirt. He right arm is raised and he is pointing with his right hand. He is singing and…
1934-1937
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadside advertising a baseball game between the Georgetown Athletics and the original Zulu Cannibal Giants. The broadside has black ink on beige paper. Text at the top reads: [Baseball / Athletics / VS. / The Original / Zulu Cannibal Giants]. The…
2015
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadside for "Black Wall Street". It is a white, rectangular piece of paper with black text. There is an inner grey rectangle with rounded edges. The grey rectangle has a black outline. It reads [Help us Build/Grocery Store for the community/"Black Wall…
ca. 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA quarto size broadside issued by pension brokers M.J. Higgins & Co., Army and Navy Bankers. The broadside advertises pay bounties, pensions, prize money, and other compensation available to men who had enlisted in the Union Army. Printed in black ink…
February 3, 1859
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadside for the auction of twenty enslaved men, women, and children at the City Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Large text printed in black ink at the top reads [VALUABLE / SLAVES / AT AUCTION, / AT THE CITY HOTEL COMMON ST. / BY C.E. GIRARDEY & CO.,…
1857
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBroadside announcing the sale of an enslaved man named Dick and an enslaved girl named Lydia in Cross Plains, TN. The broadside is on yellowed paper with black text. The broadside reads [NEGROES FOR SALE. By virtue of a decree of the Honorable Circuit…
1836
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBroadside announcing the sale of six or eight enslaved people in Mercer County, Kentucky. The broadside consists of printed black text on one side of a single sheet of yellowed paper. The broadside reads [Public Sale / Will be sold to the highest bidder…
October 21, 1835
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA broadside calling for violence against abolitionist George Thompson. The broadside is printed in black ink on a rectangular piece of off-white paper. At top, in large letters are the words [THOMPSON, / THE ABOLITIONIST]. This is underlined by a thick…
1967
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA photocopy broadside advertisement for a poetry event. Comprised of black ink on white paper. In the upper proper left is a drawing of a man with a beard wearing a hat, sunglasses and a shirt and tie. Next to the image is text that reads [THE / BLACK /…
2003
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white broadside for a James Brown concert at Lowell Memorial Auditorium. The broadside has white lettering at top that reads “BIG WORLD PRODUCTIONS presents / LOWELL / MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM / FRIDAY JANUARY 17 / 8:00pm / The Godfather of Soul.”…
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