A brochure on the "Legacy of Achievement: Neighborhoods and Community Development" published by the Office of the Mayor of Denver. The pamphlet is folded into four sections, printed front and back. When folded, the front of the pamphlet features a photo of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.46.17
Leila Amos Pendleton (1868 – December 7, 1938) was an author, community activist, and a teacher in Washington D.C.'s public schools. She was the founder and president of the Alpha Charity Club of Anacostia and the Social Purity Club of Washington, D.C. She…
Leilah Weinraub (born 1979) is an American filmmaker, conceptual artist, and the former chief executive officer of the fashion brand Hood By Air. In 2018, she was named a Sundance Institute Art of Nonfiction Fellow.
Lela Murray (June 12, 1887 – March 18, 1949) was a prominent black businesswoman, community leader, and advocate for civil rights in Los Angeles during the first half of the 20th century. She co-founded Murray's Ranch, billed by the press as "the only…
A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo shows a boy and a girl standing in the BL corner with a flooded cotton gin standing in the background.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.13.45
A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This is a pair of photographs pasted onto a scrapbook page. They depict the flooding of a residential area.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.13.22
Lemuel Haynes (July 18, 1753 – September 28, 1833) was an American clergyman. A veteran of the American Revolution, Haynes was the first black man in the United States to be ordained as a minister. Haynes was a native of West Hartford, Connecticut, and was…
Lenford Alphonso (Kwesi) Garrison (13 June 1943 – 18 February 2003) was an educationalist, community activist and historian whose life's work was to catalogue the development of the black British identity and its history and promote the works of young…
Leonard Benker Johnson (22 October 1902 – 28 September 1974), known simply as Len among his admirers, and dubbed "Len Johnson" by the press, was a British boxer who competed from 1920 to 1933. He held the British Empire middleweight title, the first…
Lena Olive Smith (August 13, 1885 − Nov. 6, 1966) was a lawyer and civil rights advocate in Minneapolis during the early to mid-20th century. She was the first female African American lawyer in Minnesota, helped establish a local chapter of the National…
Lena Lorraine Santos Ferguson (1928 – 2004) was an American secretary and civil rights advocate. Ferguson was denied membership to a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1980 due to her race, after applying multiple times. She was…
Lenell Nicholas John-Lewis (born 17 May 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League club Boston United. He began his career with non-league side Grantham Town before later turning professional with Lincoln City.…
Length of lilac chiffon synthetic fabric with a matte finish. The fabric measures 44 inches from seldvedge to selvedge. One raw edge of the fabric is cut jaggedly.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.27.4
A length of white machine lace (a) and a cardboard spool (b). The white machine lace is made from synthetic net and features a floral design. Each end of the lace is scalloped and there are large scallops across the top. The flat cardboard spool (b) reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.919ab
Leonard Johnrose (29 November 1969 – 15 August 2022) was an English professional footballer who played for clubs including Burnley, Bury and Swansea City. He was a defensive midfielder.
Leonard Irell Webster (born February 10, 1965) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1989 to 2000. Webster was one of the active players wearing number 42 while playing for the Baltimore…
Lenora Branch Fulani (born April 25, 1950) is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and political activist. She is best known for her presidential campaigns and development of youth programs serving minority communities in the New York City…
Lenwood E. Johnson (died May 2018) was an activist who fought for public housing and African-American rights in Houston, Texas. He campaigned to prevent the demolition of Allen Parkway Village (APV), a public housing complex in the Fourth Ward, managed by…
Leo Austin Brooks Jr. (born August 15, 1957) is a retired brigadier general of the United States Army. The Brooks family is noted for its military accolades and public service, as his brother is Army General Vincent K. Brooks, and their father Leo A.…
Leo Antony (Tony) Gleaton (August 4, 1948 – August 14, 2015) was an American photographer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he moved with his family to California at the age of 11. He joined the Marines after high school, then pursued a college degree at the…
Leo D. Sullivan (c. 1940 – March 25, 2023) was an American writer and director of animated films, and a pioneer in black animation. With Floyd Norman, who he met working on Beanie and Cecil, he launched Vignette Films, later Vignette Multimedia, and worked…
Leopold Paul Osborne Fortune-West (born Leopold Paul Osborne West, 9 April 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in the Football League for Gillingham, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Rotherham United,…
Leomie Jasmin Francis Anderson (born 14 February 1993) is a British fashion model, television presenter, and activist. She walked in four consecutive Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows from 2015 to 2018, and became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2019. Anderson…
