This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of Lovenia Robinson's funeral. Robinson is laying in her casket. Top lid of the casket is open exposing her body. Mourners stand around the casket while two men position it for burial. There are no…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.310.53
Lavinia Masters is an American advocate for survivors of sexual assault and rape. She is the namesake of the Lavinia Masters Act, passed in Texas in 2019. She was named to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 2023.
Lawrence "Law" Roach (born July 20, 1978) is an American fashion stylist, self proclaimed “image architect,” and television personality best known for his work with artists such as Zendaya, Céline Dion, and Ariana Grande. Roach served as a primary judge on…
Lawrence A. Oxley (1887–1973) was one among 45 prominent black community leaders appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to what was called his Black Cabinet, positions in numerous executive agencies and to serve as advisers during his administration.…
Lawrence Harrison Hamlar, also known as L.H. Hamlar or Larry Hamlar (November 27, 1921 – December 31, 2003) was a prominent African-American civic leader, businessman, and philanthropist in Roanoke, Virginia. Hamlar was the first African-American to serve…
Lawrence Webb is an academic administrator and former politician from Springfield, Virginia. He was elected in 2008 to the Falls Church City Council, becoming the first openly gay, African-American elected official in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He ran…
Lawson Steele was a state legislator in Alabama, United States, during the Reconstruction era. He represented Montgomery County, Alabama. He was a leader in the A.M.E. Church. In 1870, he had substantial and was one of the wealthier African American…
Layla Guscoth (born 2 March 1992) is an England netball international. She was a member of the England squad that won a bronze medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup. At club level, Guscoth has played for Loughborough Lightning, Hertfordshire Mavericks and…
Text on front reads: "Le Maroc Pittoresque. - Couple Sénégalais faisant la Lessive. P. Grébert, phot., Casablanca." Translated postcard caption reads, "Picturesque Morocco. - Senegalese couple doing their laundry.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-38-13
A light blue paper leaflet for Club de Memo in Los Angeles, California. The leaflet features the club's name, address and a woman holding bubbles standing in a glass. The back of the leaflet is blank.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.29.96
L. Franklin Gilliam (born 1967) is an American filmmaker and media artist who deals with issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation in their work. Gilliam was the director of projects and community catalyst at gamelab's Institute of Play and a visiting…
Leah Sava Jeffries (; born September 25, 2009) is an American actress. Jeffries made her acting debut on the American musical drama, Empire (2015) and later her feature film debut in the action-thriller Beast (2022). In 2022, Jeffries was cast as Annabeth…
Leah Penniman (multi-pronoun), (c. 1980) is an American farmer, educator, author, and food sovereignty activist. Penniman is co-founder, co-director and Program Manager of Soul Fire Farm, in Grafton, New York.
Leah Thomas, also known as Green Girl Leah, is an American environmental activist active on Instagram whose work focuses on the application of intersectionality to environmental justice. She has been recognized in the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 list of…
A black-and-white photograph of three men, each holding a Torah, standing in a line. The photograph is signed by the photographer in the bottom right corner.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.38.8
The object consists of a dark brown tooled leather bag with attachments of iron tools, wooden whistles, and cowrie shells. The bag is made from two pieces of leather. A large piece forms the front and back of the bag, and a narrow strip (about 2 cm. in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.10.9
Leather belt used by Melody Starya Mobley as part of her forester uniform while serving in the United States Forest Service. The belt has a gold toned, single tongue buckle with a leather belt strap embossed with wildlife scenes. The gold tone finish of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.80.7
A leather horse bridle. The leather is dark brown and has metal fasteners throughout. The bridle contains a nose band, two cheek pieces, brown band, and headpiece. There is also an eye patch connected to the side of the headpiece/throat lash leather. Most…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.44.2
This leather flight cap is a fur lined cap with ear flaps. The flight cap is made of brown leather with a circular top piece that is sewn in four sections. The head piece is lined with green quilted fabric. A larger piece of fur lined leather covers the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.111.10
A leather harness with twenty-four (24) sleigh bells. The harness is a wide, brown, leather strap that tapers at both ends. There are two metal buckles at either end of the strap. The bells are brass and trumpet shaped with ball tipped clappers. The bells…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.39
A leather newsboy style cap owned by Jim Vance. The hat is brown with a black satin interior and a fabric sweatband. Attached to the sweatband at the back of the hat are two tags. The top tag is black with gold text and a logo for Henschel Hat Co. The tag…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.107.16
A black leather jacket owned by Jim Vance. The jacket has zippered sleeves near the cuff and a zippered and buttoned front. A zippered breast pocket and a zippered pocket at the waist are on both sides of the front of the jacket. A metal Harley Davidson…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.107.19.1
