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African Americans

 
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Brighton Beach
Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach was the site of a series of “roadhouses” and other saloon-like establishments where drinking and gambling were the… Read More »Brighton Beach

Broadmoor

Broadmoor is a northwest neighborhood at the intersection of Kessler Boulevard and 56th Street. It contains the Northwest Kessler Neighborhood… Read More »Broadmoor

Robert Lee Brokenburr
Robert Lee Brokenburr

(Nov. 16, 1886-Mar. 24, 1974). Born in Phoebus, Virginia, and encouraged by his parents to get an education, Robert Brokenburr… Read More »Robert Lee Brokenburr

Brookside

The Brookside Neighborhood Association is a neighborhood organization bounded by Brookside Parkway South Drive to the north, 10th Street to… Read More »Brookside

Ferguson Brothers
Ferguson Brothers

Denver Darious (Feb.19, 1895-May 11, 1957) and Sea Harious (Dec. 22, 1899-Mar. 3. 1974). Denver Darious and Sea Harious Ferguson… Read More »Ferguson Brothers

Amos C. Brown III
Amos C. Brown III

(Dec. 18, 1950-Nov. 6, 2015). A Chicago native, Amos Brown attended Northwestern University and majored in broadcasting. During his time… Read More »Amos C. Brown III

Andrew J. Brown
Andrew J. Brown

(Nov. 20, 1921-Aug. 2, 1996). Born in Duncan, Mississippi, Andrew J. Brown attended the historically Black Bishop College in Marshall, Texas,… Read More »Andrew J. Brown

Emmett I. Brown Jr.
Emmett I. Brown Jr.

(1918-Sept. 1959). Emmett Isom Brown Jr. was the son of Alberta S. and Emmett I. Brown Sr., a dentist and… Read More »Emmett I. Brown Jr.

Roger W. Brown
Roger W. Brown

Born on May 22, 1942, into poverty in Brooklyn, New York, Brown gained fame at Wingate High School, outdueling Connie… Read More »Roger W. Brown

Moses Broyles

Broyles was born an enslaved person near Centerville, Maryland. At the age of four, he was separated from his parents… Read More »Moses Broyles

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