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LeRoy Whitfield (September 19, 1969 – October 9, 2005) was an African-American freelance journalist who chronicled his personal experience with HIV infection and AIDS. He was hailed by many as one of the nation's leading journalists reporting on AIDS in…
1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe 1945 yearbook for Stowe's Teacher College featuring black-and-white photographs of students. An off-white cover has an image of a dove flying over the earth; both image and the title are in relief. The yearbook contains sixty-four pages.
1948
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Stowe's Teacher College yearbook for the year 1948 features black-and-white photographs of students, a blue cover, and sixty-four pages. On the cover in relief, the title, and series of abstracts depicting a football player, a couple dancing in…
1976–
Leslie Dale Walrond (born November 7, 1976) is an American former professional baseball player and current scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He is a former left-handed pitcher whose active career extended from 1998 to 2012. The…
Biography
Lesia L. Crumpton-Young is an American engineer and academic administrator. Served as the 13th president of Texas Southern University from 2021 to 2023. She was previously the provost and chief academic officer of Morgan State University.
1981–
Lesley Joseph (born September 14, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. Born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Joseph was the first African-American to play collegiate tennis for the University of Georgia, where he was a three-time All-SEC.…
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Lesley Naa Norle Lokko (born 1964) is a Ghanaian-Scottish academic, architect, and novelist. From 2019 to 2020, she was a professor and served as dean of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York, in addition to…
1956–
Leslie Byron Dunner (born January 5, 1956) is an American composer, conductor, clarinetist, and college professor. He was born in New York City and attended the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music, graduating in 1978 with a B.A. degree. He…
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Leslie King-Hammond (born 1944) is an American artist, curator and art historian who is the Founding Director of the Center for Race and Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she is also Graduate Dean Emeritus.
Biography
Leslie Maria Harris is an American historian and scholar of African American Studies. She is a professor of History and African American Studies at Northwestern University. Harris studies the history of African Americans in the United States.
1967–
Leslie Maxie (born January 4, 1967, in San Francisco, California) is a retired American track and field athlete and subsequently a television broadcast journalist. While attending Mills High School, she set the still standing World Youth Best of 55.20…
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Leslie Pinckney Hill (14 May 1880 – 15 February 1960) was an American educator, writer, and community leader. From 1913 to 1951, he served as principal of the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia and oversaw the institution's move to Cheyney,…
1943–
Leslie Stephen "Teacher" Palmer, (born 21 August 1943), is a Trinidadian community activist, writer and teacher, who migrated in the 1960s to the UK, where he became involved in music and the arts in West London. He is credited with developing a successful…
1965–
Leslie Thomas KC (born 29 April 1965) is a British barrister and law professor. He has acted on a number of high-profile death cases and inquests, and is noted as a "star individual" for Police Law (Claimant) work in Chambers and Partners with specialist…
Biography
Lester Mackey is an American computer scientist and statistician. He is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research and an adjunct professor at Stanford University. Mackey develops machine learning methods, models, and theory for large-scale learning…
1882–1965
Lester Aglar Walton (April 20, 1882 – October 16, 1965) was a St. Louis-born Harlem Renaissance polymath and intellectual, a well-known figure in his day, who advanced civil rights in significant and prescient ways in journalism, entertainment, politics,…
1942–1993
Lester Wilson (April 13, 1942 – February 14, 1993) was an African-American dancer, choreographer, and actor. Wilson attended the Juilliard School. Bob Fosse cast him in a 1963 revival of Pal Joey at the New York City Center.
2022
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA mini zine from the Soul Garden of Neurodiversity Mini Zine Pack titled Let Autistic Kids Play, designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. The mini zine is constructed from a single sheet of white, heavy weight paper that has a slit at the center and has been…
1876–1963
Lethia Cousins Fleming (November 7, 1876 – September 22, 1963) was an African-American suffragist, teacher, social worker, civil rights activist, and she was active in Republican politics at both local and national levels.
1934–2014
Lethia Sherman Hankins (January 2, 1934 – December 29, 2014) was an educator, civic leader, and politician who was active in Wilmington, North Carolina. In 2005 she received national award from the YWCA, the Dorothy I. Height Racial Justice Award, and in…
1915–1976
Letitia Woods Brown (October 24, 1915 – August 3, 1976) was an American researcher and historian. Earning a master's degree in 1935 from Ohio State University, she served as a researcher and historian for over four decades and became one of the first black…
Jun. 23, 1931
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Letter from 1st Lt. Herbert A. Barrow to 1st Lt. Edward O. Gourdin: School for 1st Sergeant and Clerks, June 12,1931” (Text).
Sept. 13, 1926
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Letter from Adjutant Gen. Livingston Watrous to the Commandant, Army War College: Coat of Arms” (Text).
Jul. 1930
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Letter from Boston English High School Teacher” (Text).
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