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Louise Alone Thompson Patterson (September 9, 1901 – August 27, 1999) was a prominent American social activist and college professor. Patterson's early experiences of isolation and persecution on the West Coast had a profound impact on her later activism.…
March 9, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.68.1a and 2011.174.68.1b. Louise Willingham Broadway shares her experiences of segregated education in Baker County, Georgia, and she discusses the lessons that her parents taught her when she was a…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lounge chair with a red and black-patterned vinyl cover. The chair has an oversized molded seatback in a wrap bucket shape, and a padded seat with edges that flare slightly away from the back. The seat back has a cutout portion at the lower edge where…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lounge chair with a red and black-patterned vinyl cover. The chair has an oversized molded seatback in a wrap bucket shape, and a padded seat with edges that flare slightly away from the back. The seat back has a cutout portion at the lower edge where…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lounge chair with a red and black-patterned vinyl cover. The chair has an oversized molded seatback in a wrap bucket shape, and a padded seat with edges that flare slightly away from the back. The seat back has a cutout portion at the lower edge where…
2004 November 10
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLow Entrance on Decorated Gurunsi Home. Original Carousel number, 2, Slide number, 23.
Loading image…1991–
Raushaan Jaquil Fonville Glasgow (born June 4, 1991), better known by his stage name LSDXOXO, is a Berlin-based musician born in Philadelphia who made a name for himself in New York City as a DJ and producer. Glasgow is well known for his energetic DJ…
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Luca Warrick Daeovie Koleosho (born 15 September 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or wide midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris FC. Born in the United States, he plays for the Italy national team.
Biography
Luci Murphy is an American singer, political activist, community organizer, and language interpreter. Since the 1960s, she has been performing political songs in musical styles such as jazz and blues. In 1987, she performed in Germany in the Festival of…
1931–2012
Lucille Gorham (January 18, 1931 – November 3, 2012) was a civil rights activist in Baltimore communities during the Civil Rights Movement. Born Lucille Alexander in Halifax, North Carolina, Gorham moved to Baltimore in 1934 and resided a community in East…
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Lucille Times (April 22, 1921 – August 16, 2021) was an American civil rights activist. She was active in the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Alabama throughout her adult life. Times worked for the cause at a time when the city was at the center…
1981–
Lucinda Davis (born July 14, 1981) is a Canadian actress. She starred in the role of Tanya Panda on the Canadian youth television series Radio Active. Davis voiced Layla and Digit in the English version of Winx Club made by Cinélume, the Concubine in the…
March 9, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.17462.1a and 2011.174.62.1b. In this short interview, Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway describe their experiences in Terrell County, Georgia. They discuss their childhood memories of…
1930–2010
Lucius Walker (August 3, 1930 – September 7, 2010) was an American Baptist minister who served as executive director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization in the 1960s and was a persistent advocate for ending the United States embargo…
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Lucy Delaney (née Lucy Ann Berry; c. 1828–1830 – August 31, 1910) was an African American seamstress, slave narrator, and community leader. She was born into slavery and was primarily held by the Major Taylor Berry and Judge Robert Wash families.
1851–1903
Lucy J. Sprague (born Earle 1851 – September 29, 1903) was an American suffragist from Rochester, New York.
1899–2002
Lucy Miller Mitchell (1899 – 2002) was an early childhood education specialist and community activist from Boston who was instrumental in getting the state to regulate day care centers. She is credited with modernizing the day care system in Massachusetts.
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Lucy Marie (Young) Mingo (born 1931) is an American quilt maker and member of the Gee's Bend Collective from Gee's Bend (Boykin), Alabama. She was an early member of the Freedom Quilting Bee, which was an alternative economic organization created in 1966…
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Lucy Smith Collier (March 16, 1925 − September 19, 2010), also known as "Little Lucy," was an American gospel singer, pianist, organist, and composer. She led the female gospel group, The Little Lucy Smith Singers, and was a vocalist and accompanist for…
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Lucy Stanton Day Sessions (October 16, 1831 – February 18, 1910) was an American abolitionist and feminist figure, notable for being the first African-American woman to complete a four-year course of a study at a college or university. She completed a…
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Lugenia Burns Hope (February 19, 1871 – August 14, 1947), was a social reformer whose Neighborhood Union and other community service organizations improved the quality of life for African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia, and served as a model for the future…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “[Lugongo] sisal estate near Tanga, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).
Loading image…1948–
Luisah Teish ( TEESH; also known as Iyanifa Fajembola Fatunmise) is a teacher and an author, most notably of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals. She is an Iyanifa and Oshun chief in the Yoruba Lucumi tradition.
1951–2019
Luiz "Luisinho" Alberto Silva Lemos, also known as Luisinho Tombo (October 3, 1951 – June 2, 2019) was a Brazilian footballer and coach, who played as a forward and started his professional career at America. While at America, Luizinho was a key player…
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