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1972–
Demond "Brent" Leggs (born 22 November 1972) is an African-American architectural historian and preservationist from Paducah, Kentucky. Among his roles at the National Trust for Historic Preservation he has been the founding executive director of the…
April 27, 2021
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital illustration created by F. Jason Campbell. The illustration has thick, white margins on the top and bottom and centers an image of an all-white home interior with varying degrees of opacity. The home interior contains windows to the left, a couch…
1993–2020
Breonna Taylor (June 5, 1993 – March 13, 2020) was an African-American woman who was shot and killed while unarmed in her Louisville, Kentucky, home by Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) police officers who entered under the auspices of a "no-knock"…
1986
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Brewing pito in Kumasi. Kumasi trip, Feb. 14-16, 1986. The date on the slide is MAR 86.".
1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Brewing pito; pito/bar, Wa. The date on the slide is JUL 87.".
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Brewster Hughes (12 December 1912 – 30 September 1986), born Ignatius Abiodun Oke and who later used the name Ernest Henley Oke Hughes, was a Nigerian guitarist, bandleader and community leader who was active in Britain as a highlife performer and…
1980–
Brian Johnson (born March 5, 1980, in Iowa, Louisiana) is an American long jumper. Johnson is a 2003 NCAA indoor champion, a 2006 U.S. outdoor long jump champion, and a two-time U.S. indoor champion (2005 and 2006). He posted a personal best of 8.33 metres…
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Brian "Cobi" Span (born February 23, 1992) is a retired American professional soccer player who last played for Swedish club Haninge.
2002–
Briana Nichole Williams (born March 21, 2002) is a Jamaican-American athlete who competes over 100 metres and 200 metres. She became the youngest athlete to win the women's 100 metres and 200 metres double at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships in…
1880-1882
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA solid clay brick, a medium beige in color, with uneven edges and surfaces, taken from the brick house built built and kept by Nelson Davis and Harriet Tubman. Unven coloring throughout.
2003-08-29
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 17, slide 2.
ca. 2003
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA steel brick jointer tool, manufactured by Marshalltown. Each end has a different size curve, for making different sized joints. Left curve is larger than right, and the curve points down on the left, while the right end points up. Etched in the center…
1908–1972
Walter Julian Wright (November 20, 1908 – August 14, 1972), nicknamed "Bricktop", was an American professional basketball player and Negro league outfielder in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Savannah, Georgia, Wright attended Textile High School and…
1961
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBridesmaid gown designed by Ann Lowe. The gown is a sleeveless, floor-length gown made of yellow silk and cotton. The gown is sleeveless, with slender straps and a wrap design in the back forming a train with a contrasting bright pink silk lining. A…
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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.
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…
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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…
c. 1910
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGText on recto reads: "Fetching Water. British East Africa. Photo : Knowles." Additional Text on verso reads: "The Standard P. & P. Works, Nairobi and Mombasa, B. E. Africa. Printed in Great Britain.".
1920
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “British Passport of Mary Smith”.
1943-1946
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBritish War Relief Society pin used by Ensign Cassin Craig. The gold-colored metal pin features a white shield shape with a gold outline. There is a gold grown above the top edge of the shield. There is a gold raised line on top of the shield, with gold…
1990–
Brittany Lee Lewis (born July 21, 1990) is an activist, television personality, political commentator, disc jockey (DJ), Miss Delaware 2014, and Miss Black America 2017. She is a native of Brigantine, New Jersey. Lewis was crowned the 49th Miss Black…
1986–
Brittany Riley (born August 26, 1986) is a female hammer thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw is 72.51 metres, achieved in April 2007 in Des Moines.
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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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