A black-and-white image of the interior of the Liberty House warehouse. The image is in landscape orientation and depicts two women working at a table to prepare items for shipping. The woman furthest from the viewer (left) has a white head wrap and is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.23.12.3
A black-and-white image of an interior view of the Liberty House marketing B. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts two women working at a table to prepare items for shipping. The woman furthes from the viewer (left) has a white head wrap and is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.23.12.4
A black-and-white image of Liberty House Rep. Fay Bellamy Powell at a Los Angeles Trade Show. The image is in landscape orientation and depicts a woman wearing a tan suit (jacket and bell bottom pants) standing in the aisle of a booth. A sign in background…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.23.12.6
A December 3, 1951 issue of Life magazine containing a photographic essay by W. Eugene Smith of the midwife Maude E. Callen. The front cover of the magazine features a black and white photograph of a woman sitting sideways, with knees bent and her face…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.114.19
Light brown wool felt toque with brown fur trim (a) designed by Mae Reeves with a hat pin (b). The hat has a round crown made from wool felt and no brim. A wide band of fur backed with metallic gold fabric is sewn around the bottom of the hat. The interior…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.178ab
A gold-toned metal cigarette lighter with a silver-toned front body with rhinestones in various colors and sizes. The text "Star-Lite / Automatic / Super Lighter / Japan" is engraved on the bottom.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.74
Lightfoot Solomon Michaux (November 7, 1885 – October 20, 1968) was an African-American evangelist. Michaux was an early pioneer in radio and television evangelism, an innovative real estate developer, an astute businessman, a newspaper publisher,…
Durk Devontay Banks (born October 19, 1992), known professionally as Lil Durk, is an American rapper. Regarded as a pioneer of the Chicago-based hip-hop subgenre drill music, he is often considered the subgenre's most commercially successful artist. He…
Lilia Ann Abron (born March 8, 1945) is an American entrepreneur and chemical engineer. In 1972, Abron became the first African American woman to earn a PhD in chemical engineering.
Lillian Greene-Chamberlain (born 1941) is an American educator and former track and field athlete. Since she began running at the age of 16 in 1957. She received the first women's athletic scholarship to the Colorado State Rams track and field team,…
Linda Ann Bellos (born 13 December 1950) is a British businesswoman, radical feminist and lesbian rights activist. In 1981 she became the first woman of African descent to join the Spare Rib collective. She was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in London…
Linda Datcher Loury (January 19, 1952 – September 22, 2011) was an American economist who was a professor of economics at Tufts University. Her work on family and neighborhood economics put her among the founders of social economics.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield (born November 22, 1952) is an American diplomat who served as the 31st United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025. She served as the U.S. 18th assistant secretary of state for African…
A Linotype, Model 3 No. 41156R manufactured by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and used by the Chicago Defender. The linotype is black metal with lead and has a keyboard, vise, and distributor.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.18.1
A lipstick in a gold and black container (a) with a clear plastic lid (b). A label adhered to the bottom of the container notes the shade is "All Night Red" and the manufacturer is Posner. A nearly full amount of lipstick remains in the container.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.113.1ab
Lisa DeNell Cook (born 1964) is an American economist who was sworn in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 2022. She is the first black woman to sit on the board. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, she was elected in…
Lisa Dyson is an American scientist, physicist, and entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Air Protein, a food tech company 'reinventing how food is produced using elements of the air'. As one of the companies recognized by the World Economic Forum,…
Lisa M. Fairfax (born 1970) is an American legal scholar who is a Presidential Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She was previously Alexander Hamilton Professor of Business Law at the George Washington University Law School.
Lisa Mercedez is a Jamaican dancehall recording artist, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for her collaborations with Stylo G, Vybz Kartel, Ms Banks, and touring with Nicki Minaj
Lisa S. Jones (born 1 April 1974) is an American businesswoman and entrepreneur, best known for being the founder of Atlanta-based video email company EyeMail Inc. As both a black and woman-owned business, EyeMail Inc. is classified as a Minority Women…
