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Civil Rights & Community

Liz Obi

Biography

Elizabeth Obi is a British activist who was involved in the feminist, black nationalist, and squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s. A close friend of Olive Morris, in 2009 she founded the Remembering Olive Collective, which researches and documents…

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Biography & Culture

Liz Ogbu

Biography

Liz Ogbu is an American architect, designer and urbanist whose work focuses on issues related to community building and spatial justice.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Costume

Lizard wingtip shoes for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields

1988

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Lizard wingtip shoes from Ain't Misbehavin' costume ensemble for Act I worn by André De Shields in the 1988 Broadway Revival. The shoes have green/yellow snakeskin on the toe cap, the quarter, and heel cap of the shoe. The toe cap is in a wing shape, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.1.1.4ab
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Politics & Public Life

Lizette Parker

1971–2016

Lizette Parker (August 31, 1971 – April 24, 2016) was an American politician and social worker. She served as the Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, from 2014 until her death in April 2016. Parker was the first black woman to serve as Mayor of Teaneck, as well…

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Politics

Lizzie Weeks

1879–1976

Lizzie Koontz Weeks (1879 – September 20, 1976) was an African American activist in Portland, Oregon. She was a commissioner for the National Emancipation Commemorative Society in 1912. In 1914 she was elected president of the Colored Women's Republican Club.

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Music

Lizzo

1988–

Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo (), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Houston, Texas, with her family at the age of 10. After college, she moved to…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

LJ and His Fort

2020

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A silver gelatin print by Rashod Taylor depicting a young boy, his son LJ, who has built a play fort by draping textiles, including a white sheet and an American flag, over furniture items. The boy is lying on the carpeted floor, with his head, arms, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.77.1
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Photographs and Still Images

LL Cool J, L.A. '88

1988; printed 2003

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A color photograph of LL Cool J captured in Los Angeles in 1988. LL Cool J is standing in the center of the image with two other men who have their backs to the camera. All three men wear identical red and white jackets and pants. The back of the jackets…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.357
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Civil Rights & Community

Llewellyn Scott

1892–1978

Llewellyn J. Scott, TOSF (1892 – December 17, 1978) was an American Catholic activist who founded the St. Martin de Porres Hospice in Washington, D.C. in 1935. He was the first African American to start a Catholic Worker House and was a member of the Third…

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Sports & Achievement

Lloyd Davenport

1911–1985

Lloyd Benjamon Davenport (October 11, 1911 – September 1, 1985) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played for several clubs of the Negro and Minor leagues during 17 seasons spanning from 1934 to 1953. Listed at 5' 4" (1.65 m), 150 lb. (68…

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Sports

Lloyd Doyley

1982–

Lloyd Colin Doyley (born 1 December 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is under-18s assistant coach at Watford. Doyley came through the Watford Academy and went on to make 443 first-team appearances in 14 years with the…

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Sports

Lloyd Dyer

1982–

Lloyd Richard Dyer (born 13 September 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. During his 18 years as a professional, Dyer spent the majority of his career in the Football League, most notably with West Bromwich Albion and…

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Historical photographs & documents

Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #1

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Cataloged as “Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #1”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1014
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Historical photographs & documents

Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #2

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Cataloged as “Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #2”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1015
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Historical photographs & documents

Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #3

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Cataloged as “Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #3”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1016
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Historical photographs & documents

Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #4

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Cataloged as “Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #4”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1017
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Historical photographs & documents

Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #5

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Cataloged as “Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #5”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1018
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Historical photographs & documents

Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #6

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Cataloged as “Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #6”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1019
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Historical photographs & documents

Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #7

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Cataloged as “Lloyd Foster Family Home Movie #7”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref1020
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Sports

Lloyd Kelly

1998–

Lloyd Casius Kelly (born 6 October 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back.

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Sports

Lloyd Sam

1984–

Lloyd Ekow Sam (born 27 September 1984) is a former footballer who played as a winger. Since 2023, he has been a match analyst for MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. He previously served as the color commentator for MLS club Charlotte FC. As a player, he was…

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Biography & Culture

Lloyd Sealy

1917–1985

Lloyd George Sealy (January 4, 1917 – January 4, 1985) was the NYPD's first African-American officer to graduate from the FBI National Academy. A graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn) and the first African-American officer in the NYPD to make…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Lobi home

2004 November 8

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Lobi home. Original Carousel number, 1, Slide number, 95.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0091
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