| Biographies People who helped shape history
| Bailey, Pearl |
|
| Baker, Anita |
|
| Baker, Augusta Braxton |
|
| Baker, Ella |
|
| Baker, Houston A., Jr. |
|
| Baker, Josephine |
|
| Baker, Lavern |
|
| Baldwin, James |
|
| Ballard, Hank |
|
| Bambara, Toni Cade |
|
| Banks, Ernie |
|
| Banneker, Benjamin |
|
| Baraka, Amiri |
|
| Barrett, Janie Porter |
|
| Barry, Marion |
|
| Basie, Count |
|
| Bass, Charlotta Spears |
|
| Bassey, Dame Shirley |
|
| Bates, Daisy Gatson |
|
| Battle, Kathleen |
|
| Baylor, Elgin |
|
| Beamon, Bob |
|
| Bearden, Romare (Howard) |
|
| Beavers, Louise |
|
| Bechet, Sidney |
|
| Belafonte, Harry |
|
| Bell, Cool Papa |
|
| Bennett, Gwendolyn |
|
| Berry, Chuck |
|
| Berry, Halle |
|
| Bethune, Mary McLeod |
|
| Bikila, Abebe |
|
| Blackwell, Edward Joseph |
|
| Blake, Eubie |
|
| Blakey, Art |
|
| Bland, Bobby Blue |
|
| Blanton, Jimmy |
|
| Bluford, Guion S., Jr. |
|
| Boas, Franz |
|
| Boateng, Paul |
|
| Bokassa, Jean-Bedel |
|
| Bolden, Buddy |
|
| Bond, Julian |
|
| Bonds, Barry |
|
| Bontemps, Arna |
|
| Booker T and the MGs |
|
| Boston, Ralph |
|
| Bradley, Ed |
|
| Bradley, Tom |
|
| Brock, Lou |
|
| Brooke, Edward |
|
| Brooks, Gwendolyn |
|
| Broonzy, Big Bill |
|
| Brown, Charles |
|
| Brown, Claude |
|
| Brown, Clifford |
|
| Brown, Hallie Quinn |
|
| Brown, James |
|
| Brown, Jim |
|
| Brown, John |
|
| Brown, Ray |
|
| Brown, Ron |
|
| Brown, Ruth |
|
| Brown, Sterling |
|
| Brown, William Wells |
|
| Brown, Willie |
|
| Bruce, Blanche K. |
|
| Brutus, Dennis |
|
| Bullins, Ed |
|
| Bunche, Ralph |
|
| Burke, Solomon |
|
| Burleigh, Harry Thacker |
|
| Burnett, Charles |
|
| Butler, Octavia E. |
|
| Byas, Don |
|
|