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Merald Woodlow "Bubba" Knight, Jr. (born September 4, 1942) is an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips. The older brother of lead singer Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight served as the unofficial leader of the family…
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Leonard "Bubba" McDowell (born November 4, 1966) is an American football coach and former player. He played professionally as a safety for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Houston Oilers and Carolina Panthers. McDowell played…
1931–2006
Wycliffe Nathaniel "Bubba" Morton (December 13, 1931 – January 14, 2006) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1961–1963), Milwaukee Braves (1963) and California Angels (1966–1969). He batted and threw…
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Leslie Arnold "Bubba" Thompson (born June 9, 1998) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and college football quarterback for the West Florida Argonauts. He previously played for the South Alabama Jaguars. He also played in Major League…
1974–
Charles Richard "Bubba" Wells Jr. (born July 26, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former player. He played college basketball for Austin Peay State University and later professionally, including for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA and Dafni in the…
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Bubu and Suzy having tea; pictures taken near "Paddington" Musaia Stockfarm. Sept.-Nov., 1980. The date on the slide is JAN 81.".
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Bubu eating a banana. April-May, 1979. The date on the slide is AUG 79.".
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Bubu; pictures taken near "Paddington" Musaia Stockfarm. Sept.-Nov. 1980. The date on the slide is JAN 81.".
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Bubu or Suzy; Pictures taken near "Paddington" Musaia Stockfarm. Sept.-Nov., 1980. The date on the slide is JAN 81.".
1973–
Rashaan Jackson (born 1973), better known by his stage names Buc Fifty, Bucwheed, and Buckwheat (of the Wascals), is an American rapper originally from New Rochelle, New York.
1944–2017
Emecheta drew on her experiences as a single mother in London to write novels such as The Joys of Motherhood, examining gender, migration and tradition.
1933–1988
William Lewis "Buck" Clarke (October 2, 1933 – October 11, 1988) was an American jazz percussionist. His many musical styles included soul, funk and contemporary jazz, with an Afrocentric perspective.
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Buck Colbert Franklin (May 6, 1879 – September 24, 1960) was an African American lawyer best known for defending survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.
1891–1927
John Russell "Buck" Hunt (September 10, 1891 – December 21, 1927) was an American college football coach and educator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Theological Seminary and College (now known as the Virginia University of Lynchburg) in…
1907–1997
Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard (September 8, 1907 – November 27, 1997) was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball and in the Mexican League. After growing up in North Carolina, he played for the Homestead Grays between 1934 and 1950, batting…
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John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr. (November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was an American first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout and became the first African…
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Buck Smith (born July 22, 1965) is an American former professional boxer in the welterweight division. Although Smith has never been considered more than a journeyman fighter, he is one of boxing's all-time knockout kings with 121 KOs.
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Buck-Whylin' Lyrics” (Text).
1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Buckets of mined deposits being transported by La Compagnie des mines d'uranium de Franceville (COMUF), Libreville, Gabon” (Slides (photographs)).
1985
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis photograph shows the buckle on the girth attached to the old saddle made in Ile Onigaari and photographed in Ile Balogun Alanamu. This buckle is called angoro (maybe a Hausa term?), and is made, like the stirrups (likafa) of a silvery metal, possibly…
1998
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bucks Music Ltd. Correspondence” (Text).
1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Buckwheat Zydeco playing an accordion behind a microphone during a performance in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He is wearing glasses and a white shirt. The accordion is white and black.
1968–
Anthony Best (born March 20, 1968) known professionally as Buckwild, is an American hip-hop producer. Hailing from The Bronx borough of New York City, he is a member of Diggin' in the Crates Crew, along with Lord Finesse, Showbiz and A.G., Diamond D, Fat…
1937–2012
Charles Richmond Adams (April 25, 1937 – July 13, 2012), known as "Bucky" Adams, was a Canadian jazz and blues tenor saxophonist with a musical career spanning over 60 years. Throughout his long career, Adams shared the stage with or performed for notables…
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