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Historical photographs & visual records

"L'Université à la campagne "un EtudiantBrigadier"" [University campaign "A Student Bridadier"], Guinée

Date not recorded

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REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE[,] L'Université à la campagne "un Étudiant Brigadier"; GUI 33/38. Published by REGIE NATIONALE "SYLIPHOTO" CONAKRY (REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1232
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Historical photographs & visual records

"L'Université." [The University.], Conakry, Guinée

Date not recorded

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Cissé [printed signature]; CONAKRY - REP. DE GUINEE[,] L'Université; EXA [logo]; 656/82. Photographed by Cisse, Diango, photographer (Bamako, Mali). Published by Production "PHOTOS CISSE" - Paris, 10, rue Lécuyer - 93300 AUBEVILLIERS - Té. 48 33 59 59.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1328
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

L. Viola Kinney

1890–1945

Lady Viola Kinney (December 27, 1891 – September 25, 1945) was an American composer, pianist and teacher who was active during the first half of the twentieth century. Her piano piece Mother's Sacrifice was published in 1909 and recorded by Albany Records…

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Biography & Culture

L. Zenobia Coleman

Biography

Louie Zenobia Coleman (January 21, 1898 – May 3, 1999) was an American librarian who worked for most of her career at Tougaloo College in Mississippi. She encouraged black people to become librarians and received an honorary lifelong membership from the…

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Education & Scholarship

La Jerne Terry Cornish

Biography

La Jerne Terry Cornish is an American academic administrator, who has been the current president of Ithaca College since August 2021. She was previously the provost, executive vice president, and interim president at Ithaca. Cornish was a professor and the…

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Sports & Achievement

La Rue Washington

1953–

La Rue Washington (born September 7, 1953) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Texas Rangers in 1978 and 1979. Listed at 6' 0", 170 lb., he batted and threw right-handed. Born in Long Beach, California, Washington was…

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Military

La'Shanda Holmes

1985–

La'Shanda R. Holmes is a lieutenant commander in the United States Coast Guard and the first African-American female helicopter pilot for the Coast Guard. She grew up in the foster care system and put herself through Spelman College. She was an Aircraft…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
tablecloths

Lace tablecloth from the home of Lucinda Todd

ca. 1950

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Dining room tablecloth owned by Lucinda Todd. The cloth is made of a cream-colored lace knit in a circular pattern.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.174.2
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History & Culture

Lacey Kirk Williams

1871–1941

Lacey Kirk Williams (July 11, 1871, Eufaula, Alabama - October 29, 1940) was an African-American who served as President of the National Baptist Convention from 1922 to 1940 and as Vice President of the World Baptist Alliance between 1928 and 1940. He died…

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Journalism

Lacy Banks

1943–2012

Lacy J. Banks (August 11, 1943 – March 21, 2012) was an American sportswriter who worked for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1972 until his death. The newspaper's first African-American sportswriter, Banks covered the National Basketball Association and the…

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Sports & Achievement

LaDainian Tomlinson

1979–

LaDainian Tarshane Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979), nicknamed "L.T.", is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. After a successful college football career with the TCU Horned…

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Literature

Ladee Hubbard

1970–

Ladee Hubbard (born 1970) is an American author and English professor at Tulane University. Her 2017 debut novel, The Talented Ribkins, won multiple awards. She released its prequel, The Rib King, in 2021.

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Sports

Ladell Betts

1979–

Ladell Betts (born 1979) is an American football coach and former running back. He played college football at Iowa and was selected in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft.

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Education & Scholarship

LaDeva Davis

1944–2022

LaDeva M. Davis (1944 – September 8, 2022) was an American television presenter and food educator who starred in the American public television series What's Cooking? She was the first African-American woman to have her own nationally syndicated public TV…

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Arts & Performance

Ladi'Sasha Jones

Biography

Ladi'Sasha Jones is a writer and curator from Harlem. Currently, she is the Sophie Davis Curatorial Fellow for Gender and Racial Parity at the Norton Museum of Art. "She held prior appointments at the New Museum’s IdeasCity platform and NYPL’s Schomburg…

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Biography & Culture

LaDoris Cordell

1949–

LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (born November 19, 1949) is an American retired judge of the Superior Court of California, and a retired Independent Police Auditor for the City of San José, California. As the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at Stanford Law…

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Music

Lady Crush

1970–

Rochelle Ryndia Ray (Camden, New Jersey) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and music producer, better known as Lady Crush. She is recognized for being one of the youngest female rappers to be recorded on vinyl record towards the end of the…

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Literature

Lady Midnight

Biography

Adriana Rimpel, known professionally as Lady Midnight, is an American multidisciplinary artist, vocalist, songwriter, educator and community leader based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Sports

Laeticia Amihere

2001–

Laeticia Amihere (born July 10, 2001) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks. She was drafted eighth…

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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 gold 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 jump…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2014.63.105.1.42
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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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Education & Scholarship

Lafayette Frederick

1923–2018

Lafayette Frederick (9 March 1923 - 29 December 2018) was an American plant pathologist, mycologist, and specialist in myxomycete ecology and systematics.

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