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Bess, You Is My Woman

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Sheet music for “Bess, You Is My Woman." The front cover is a black and white illustration with an off-white margin. Across the top margin is the title "BESS YOU IS MY WOMAN." The illustration, done in the style of woodcuts, depicts several vignettes. The foremost vignette is a profile of a man and woman, face to face. Beyond them is a palm tree, under which is the silhouette of a goat-drawn cart.

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Betsey Brown: A Rhythm and Blues Musical

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An original manuscript for Betsey Brown: A Rhythm and Blues Musical. The manuscript is typewritten in black ink on white paper, with a light brown paper cover, and is bound by a silver-colored metal device. Text on the cover reads [OCTOBER 1990] at the top proper left corner. There is text in the center which reads [BETSEY BROWN / A Rhythm and Blues Musical / by / Ntozake Shange and Emily Mann / M

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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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Sheet music for the song "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" from the production of "Rhythm-mania" from The Cotton Club. The cover is a red palate with brown. Along the top in a red band is the song title "BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA." In the upper third, below the song title is the production title, in large brown letters. The title curves in a shallow, diagonal "s" pattern with

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Big City Subway Map

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A large map of Big City, the fictional setting for the characters of Brotherman Comics. The map is in color and shows streets, parks and waterways. Neighborhoods are labeled with black text. The dominant features on the map are colored subway routes. The routes are purple, orange, blue, green and black and identify stops along each of the routes. The back of the map is white and has wood blocks ad

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Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fellow...Right!

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A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled "Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow… Right!" recorded by Bill Cosby. The front of the record cover features a small color photograph of Bill Cosby with his proper left hand on his face. The front cover has pink and black text, set against a white background. It reads "BILL COSBY / IS A VERY FUNNY FELLOW / RIGHT! / Produced by ALLAN SHERMAN / WARNER / BROS. / RECORDS

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Bill Russell and Elgin Baylor, LA, 1965

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An image of Bill Russell and Elgin Baylor playing in 1965. The image features Baylor with the ball going to the net and Russell jumping up to defend him. The two are surrounded by other players on the court. The background of the image shows the stands filled with spectators and the scoreboard hanging from the rafters.

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Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. To Which Is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry

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The Wheatleys manumitted Peters in 1773 under pressure from critics who saw the hypocrisy in praising Peters’ talent while keeping her enslaved. They died within a few years of this decision, and Peters soon met and married grocer John Peters. Her life afterwards was indicative of the troubled freedom of African Americans of the period, who were emancipated but not fully integrated into the promis

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Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. To Which Is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry

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Owner signature of Joseph Horner, son of Princeton Quaker Isaac Horner dated 1827 is found on back flyleaf. Leather covers are worn, and a loss on front cover is possibly to insect damage. Interior pages are yellowed with foxing. Pages 91 through 110 stand out from the rest of the text block and are not discolored. Staining in the bottom right corner of the pages. Book has been rebound; the spine

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Bird

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This is the Bird bracelet designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The copper and brass bracelet is a wide, bow-shaped cuff. One part of the cuff has a gilded raised metal piece giving the biomorphic design. Inside the cuff and at the center is a thin piece of flattened metal from one end of the cuff to the other. The bracelet has one hallmark on the inside, left edge of Smith’s signature [Art S

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Birmingham Police Escorting Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for Questioning

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A black-and-white digital image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy getting into a Birmingham police car surrounded by policemen. Abernathy is shown getting into the front seat of the police car, only his back is seen by the viewer. King is standing next to the open door, holding the open window. He is wearing a dark suit and tie with a badge on his left jacket lapel. A man

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Birmingham in 1963

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A 33 1/3 rpm LP record album titled "Birmingham in 1963" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy. The album sleeve in beige with black text that reads: [BIRMINGHAM IN 1963 / Dr. Martin Luther King Rev. Ralph Abernathy / Mass Meeting, 16th Street Baptist Church. The back of the album sleeve has a note written by Rev. C. H. Oliver and the title. The album has a red label on both sides

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Bitter Cane

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This 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.

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<I>Bess, You Is My Woman</I>

<I>Betsey Brown: A Rhythm and Blues Musical</I>

<I>Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea</I>

<I>Big City Subway Map</I>

<I>Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fellow...Right!</I>

<I>Bill Russell and Elgin Baylor, LA, 1965</I>

<I>Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. To Which Is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry</I>

<I>Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. To Which Is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry</I>

<I>Bird</I>

<I>Birmingham Police Escorting Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for Questioning</I>

<I>Birmingham in 1963</I>

<I>Bitter Cane </I>