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Lawrence "Law Dogg" Samuels (born May 1, 1970) is an American football coach and former player. He played college football at Livingston University, and was an Arena Football League (AFL) wide receiver/linebacker from 1994 to 2010. He was head coach of the…
1911–1994
Lawrence E. Simmons (July 5, 1911 – October 9, 1994) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Tennessee A&I State College—now known as Tennessee State University—in Nashville, Tennessee in 1939 and again from…
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Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4, 1959), nicknamed "L.T.", is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the New York Giants. He is widely regarded as the greatest…
Biography
Lawrence Webb is an academic administrator and former politician from Springfield, Virginia. He was elected in 2008 to the Falls Church City Council, becoming the first openly gay, African-American elected official in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He ran…
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Lawson Steele was a state legislator in Alabama, United States, during the Reconstruction era. He represented Montgomery County, Alabama. He was a leader in the A.M.E. Church. In 1870, he had substantial and was one of the wealthier African American…
1968
Laylah Ali (born 1968) is an American contemporary visual artist. She is known for paintings in which ambiguous race relations are depicted with a graphic clarity and cartoon-strip format. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and is a professor at…
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Layle Lane (November 27, 1893 – February 2, 1976) was an American educator and civil rights activist.
1967–
Le-Lo L. Lang (born January 23, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Lang played college football for the Washington Huskies. He was…
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Le'Veon Andrew Bell Sr. ( LAY-vee-on; born February 18, 1992) is an American professional boxer and former football running back. He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of…
ca.1964
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA leaflet for Mississippi Freedom Summer made by the Council of Federated Organizations. The leaflet has black ink on white paper and includes text and illustrations. The leaflet has five sections with the headings: "Freedom Schools"; "Voter Registration";…
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Leah Gaskin Fitchue (June 27, 1940 – June 18, 2019), also known as Leah Gaskin White and Leah Gaskin Coles, was an American city official, professor of religious studies and college administrator. She was president of Payne Theological Seminary from 2003…
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L. Franklin Gilliam (born 1967) is an American filmmaker and media artist who deals with issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation in their work. Gilliam was the director of projects and community catalyst at gamelab's Institute of Play and a visiting…
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Leah Penniman (multi-pronoun), (c. 1980) is an American farmer, educator, author, and food sovereignty activist. Penniman is co-founder, co-director and Program Manager of Soul Fire Farm, in Grafton, New York.
1906–1983
Leaonead Justine Pack Drain-Bailey (January 28, 1906 – March 29, 1983) was an American librarian and educator, the former Head of Library at West Virginia State University from 1949 through 1956. The Drain-Jordan Library which opened in 1951 and which she…
1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA carte de viste featuring a black and white photograph of three children, two girls and a boy, gathered around a man in a chair. All are holding books. In the center, the boy stands wearing a dark colored jacket and pants. He holds a closed book in front…
Biography
Learotha Williams (born c. 1967) is an American historian. He is a professor of African-American and Public History at Tennessee State University.
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Leathe Colvert Hemachandra (January 19, 1900 – April 25, 1953), born Leathe Wade Colvert, was an American educator.
2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLectern from which Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president at Denver's Invesco Field at Mile High on August 28, 2008. The outward-facing sides of the lectern consist of horizontal wood slats. The front panel is framed by white…
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Lee Abraham Aaliya (born 8 November 2004) is an Argentine college basketball player for the Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference. He made his professional debut for Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata in 2021, and most recently played in Spain from…
Biography
Lee D. McCaskill is a former American educator primarily known for teaching at Brooklyn Technical High School.
1950–2026
LeAndrew "Lee" Fobbs Jr. (May 1, 1950 – January 24, 2026) was an American football player and coach. Fobbs played professionally for the Ottawa Rough Riders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Detroit Wheels of the World…
Biography
Lee Hardman is an American former football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff from 1993 to 2003, compiling a record of 64–57.
1965–
Lee Hull (born December 31, 1965) is an American gridiron football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach at Delaware State University, a position he had held from 2023 to 2024. Hull served as the head football coach at Morgan State…
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Lee Johnson (born June 9, 1967) is an arena football coach and former offensive lineman and defensive lineman. He played college football at the University of Missouri.
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