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MUSEUM OBJECT
Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Lafayette College Medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1933

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Lafayette College medal for a track and field event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1933. The silver toned medal is rectangular with beveled corners. There is a molded pin that at the top and bottom of the medal. The top of the pin is a bezel attached to a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.43
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Lafayette College Medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

1933

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Lafayette College medal for a track and field event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1933. The silver toned medal is rectangular with beveled corners. There is a molded pin that at the top and bottom of the medal. The top of the pin is a bezel attached to a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.44
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Sports & Achievement

Lafayette Currence

1951–

Delancey Lafayette Currence (born December 3, 1951) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers during the 1975 season. Currence pitched for Emmett Scott High School in Rock Hill and was signed as…

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History & Culture

Lagos Kunga

1998–

Lagos Kunga (born October 20, 1998) is a professional soccer player who plays for Portland Hearts of Pine in USL League One. Born in Angola, he represented the United States at youth level.

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Sports

Laila Ali

1977–

Laila Amaria Ali (born December 30, 1977) is an American television personality and retired professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007. During her career, from which she retired undefeated, she held the WBC, WIBA, IWBF and IBA female super…

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Sports & Achievement

Laila Edwards

2004–

Laila Edwards (born January 25, 2004) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defender for PWHL San Jose of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She has won two…

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Sports

Lajuan Simon

1979–

Lajuan Simon (born February 25, 1979) is an American professional boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that fights as a middleweight. Simon has twice fought for major world boxing titles. On March 13, 2009, he lost a unanimous decision to Arthur Abraham…

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Biography & Culture

Lakatriona Brunson

Biography

Lakatriona Brunson is an American teacher, athlete, coach and actress. She is best known for her character Bernice on the truTV television series South Beach Tow.

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Sports

LaKeysia Beene

1978–

LaKeysia Rene Beene (born March 9, 1978) is an American former soccer goalkeeper who played for the United States women's national soccer team and the San Jose CyberRays of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).

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Lamar Allen

1914–1989

Lamar "Buddy" Allen (November 25, 1914 – May 16, 1989) was an American college football player and coach and baseball center fielder in the Negro leagues. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas…

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Lamar Batista

1998–

Lamar DeShawn Batista (born March 7, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for FC Tulsa in USL Championship.

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Sports

Lamar Jackson

1997–

Lamar Demeatrice Jackson Jr. (born January 7, 1997) is an American professional football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals, winning the Heisman Trophy in…

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Sports & Achievement

Lamar Johnson (baseball)

1950–

Lamar Johnson Sr. (born September 2, 1950) is an American retired professional baseball player and former hitting coach for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners and New York Mets. He was a first baseman who played in the Major…

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History & Culture

Lamar Neagle

1987–

Lamar Neagle (born May 7, 1987) is an American formerly professional soccer player and current player-owner for Ballard FC in the amateur USL League Two. He has spent most of his career with the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer over the course of…

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Sports & Achievement

Lamar Owens

1983–

Lamar S. Owens Jr. (born September 6, 1983) is an American football coach and former midshipman who was the starting quarterback at the United States Naval Academy. He is the current offensive coordinator for The Citadel. He formerly coached at Georgia…

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Lamar Parks

1970–

Lamar Eugene Parks (born March 17, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1993. He challenged for the WBA middleweight title in 1992, but was forced to retire from the sport the following year after testing positive for…

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LaMark Carter

1970–

LaMark Carter (born August 23, 1970) is an American former triple jumper. His personal best was 17.44 m (57 ft 2+1⁄2 in), achieved in June 1998 in New Orleans. He was the silver medallist at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships and also the 1999 Pan…

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Sports

Lamon Brewster

1973–

Lamon Tajuan Brewster (born June 5, 1973) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2010. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight title from 2004 to 2006, and is best known for scoring an upset knockout victory over…

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Sports

Lamont Barnes

1978–

Lamont Barnes (born 1978) is an American professional basketball player whose career has included the Spanish club CBC Valladolid.

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Lamont Peterson

1984–

Lamont Peterson (born January 24, 1984) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2019. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF light welterweight title between 2011 and 2015, and the WBA (Regular)…

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Lamont Roach Jr.

1995–

Lamont Roach Jr. (born August 18, 1995) is an American professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight title from 2023 to 2025.

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LaMont Smith

1972–

LaMont Smith (born December 11, 1972) is a former 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4 × 400 meter relay for the United States. Raised in Willingboro Township, New Jersey, Smith is a graduate of Willingboro High School, the same school as Carl…

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Sports & Achievement

LaMonte Wade Jr.

1994–

LaMonte Aaron Wade Jr. (born January 1, 1994), nicknamed "Late Night LaMonte," is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins, San Francisco…

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Biography & Culture

Lana Ogilvie

1968–

Lana Ogilvie is a Canadian fashion model. She was the first model of colour to be given a contract with the CoverGirl cosmetics brand, frequently being paired with Rachel Hunter. She appeared in the 1994 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and was a host on…

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