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Luislinda Dias de Valois Santos (born 20 January 1942 in Salvador) is a Brazilian jurist, magistrate and politician. Former member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), was minister of Human Rights. She was the third black judge to be appointed…
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Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva (born 12 April 1987), or simply Luiz Adriano (Brazilian Portuguese: [luˈiz ˌadɾiˈɐnu]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer. Born in Porto Alegre, he began his career at hometown club Internacional before joining…
Biography
Luke Grady was a teacher, reverend in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and state legislator in North Carolina. He was African American. Grady and other African American legislators lodged with Dr.
1892–1952
Luke Jordan (January 28, 1892 or November 1893 – June 25, 1952) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist of some renown, particularly in the area of his home, in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Luke Mbete-Tabu (born 18 September 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back, most recently for Premier League club Manchester City.
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Luke Youngblood (born 12 June 1986) is an English actor from London. He is known for playing Ben in The Story of Tracy Beaker, young Simba in The Lion King at several London venues, Lee Jordan in the Harry Potter film series, and Magnitude on the NBC…
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Lulu White (Lulu Hendley, ca. 1868 – August 20, 1931) was a brothel madam, procuress and entrepreneur in New Orleans, Louisiana during the Storyville period. An eccentric figure, she was noted for her enormous success as an entrepreneur, love of jewelry,…
1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a lunchbox and thermos set printed with illustrations of actors from the sitcom "Julia" starring Diahann Carroll. The front of the lunchbox, i.e. the lid, has a green border and features the show logo, red block-text outlined in black reading…
1930s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLunchtime at Coney - Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, 1930's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 13. A black-and-white photograph of a mother breast feeding her child on the beach at Coney Island.
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Lunsford Lane (May 30, 1803 – June 27, 1879) was an entrepreneur tobacconist from North Carolina who bought freedom for himself and his family. He became a vocal abolitionist and wrote a slave narrative autobiography. His life and narrative shows the…
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Luol Ajou Deng (born 16 April 1985) is a South Sudanese–British former professional basketball player. He was a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2012. Born in South Sudan, then part of Sudan, Deng fled the country…
1856–1936
Luther Judson Price (April 24, 1856 – July 3, 1936) was a businessman and civil rights activist who served as the postmaster in South Atlanta from 1889. His home is being renovated and restored. Luther Judson Price High School in Atlanta was named for him.
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Lydia Flood Jackson (June 6, 1862 – July 8, 1963) was an American businesswoman, suffragist, and clubwoman.
Biography
Tom or Thomas Payne was an African-American man who was murdered in Willis, Texas on February 1, 1927. After his arrest in connection with an assault and murder, a white mob abducted and hanged him from a tree.
1947–
Lynn Graham (born November 3, 1947) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the shot put. Graham was the Pan American Games gold medalist in 1971. She won six national titles in the shot put and one in the discus. Her lifetime…
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Lynval Golding (born 24 July 1951) is a Jamaican-born British musician. His family moved from Jamaica to Gloucester, before moving to Coventry when he was eighteen. He is currently living in Gig Harbor, Washington.
2003
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHandwritten lyrics by Luther Vandross on steno paper. The lyrics are written in blue ink on white, lined paper with black lines. The proper right edge has the "fringe" leftover from where it was torn out of a notebook. The paper is slightly wrinkled and…
1942-1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGM.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler with lid from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. 2011.12.34a: A large ceramic M.A. Hadley Three Gallon Water Cooler from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The vessel is primarily off white with a rural motif painted in blue, green…
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Mary Alice Vignola (born February 11, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. She played college soccer for the…
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M. Athalie Range (born Mary Athalie Wilkinson; November 7, 1915 in Key West, Florida – November 14, 2006 in Miami, Florida) was a Bahamian American civil rights activist and politician who was the first African-American to serve on the Miami, Florida City…
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Madison Charles Butler Mason (1859–1915) was an African American reverend known for his pulpit oratory in the Methodist Episcopal Church. A native of Louisiana, he addressed the church's Congress on Africa at the age of 36 in 1895. At the Congress, Mason…
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M. Cravath Simpson (December 6, 1860 – May 19, 1945) was an African-American activist and public speaker. She began her career as a singer, then studied podiatry, but is best known for her work to uplift the black community and combat lynching. Based in…
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Milton Moran Weston II (better known as M. Moran Weston, September 10, 1910 – May 18, 2002) was an African-American Episcopal priest who "led one of Harlem's most prominent churches, helped found what became the nation's largest black-owned financial…
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “M. W. Eghosa's family standing in front of their home, Benin City, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).
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