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Arthur Lee Maye (December 11, 1934 – July 17, 2002) was an American Major League Baseball player. He played eleven seasons in the majors as an outfielder for the Milwaukee Braves (1959–1965), Houston Astros (1965–1966), Cleveland Indians (1967–1969),…
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S. Lee Merritt (born Stacy Sylvester Lee Merritt) is an American civil rights lawyer and activist, most known for his work on racial justice issues. On March 20, 2021, Merritt announced on Twitter his proposal to run for Texas attorney general, saying…
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Lee Patrick Brown (born October 4, 1937) is an American politician, criminologist and businessman; in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from 1998 to…
1907–2002
Lee Williams was a Canadian railway porter, as well as civil and labour rights activist. Williams is best known for fighting for fair treatment of Black employees at the Canadian National Railway (now Via Rail).
1964–
Leecia Roberta Eve is an American attorney from New York with experience in federal government, state government, and the private sector who currently works as a lobbyist for telecommunications giant Verizon. Born in Buffalo, Eve was a candidate for…
1963; printed 1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a group of teenage girls in a room with bars on the windows.
2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA silkscreen print tribute to Dr. David Kearney McDonogh, the first Black graduate of Lafayette College and the first Black otolaryngologist, or ear, nose and throat specialist in New York, by Curlee Raven Holton. Several printmaking techniques including…
1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary short with the title Legacy of a Dream. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film is an abridged version of the 180-minute Academy Award-nominated documentary King: A Filmed Record; Montgomery to…
2003
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brochure on the "Legacy of Achievement: American Indian Community" published by the Office of the Mayor of Denver. The pamphlet is folded into four sections, printed front and back. When folded, the front of the pamphlet features a photo of Mayor…
2003
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brochure on the "Legacy of Achievement: Asian Pacific American Community" published by the Office of the Mayor of Denver. The pamphlet is folded into four sections, printed front and back. When folded, the front of the pamphlet features a photo of Mayor…
2003
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brochure on the "Legacy of Achievement: Economic Development & International Trade" published by the Office of the Mayor of Denver. The pamphlet is folded into four sections, printed front and back. When folded, the front of the pamphlet features a photo…
2003
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brochure on the "Legacy of Achievement: Education and Children - La Educación y los Niños" published by the Office of the Mayor of Denver. The pamphlet is folded in half lengthwise and then into 4 sections, creating 8 panels, printed front and back. When…
2003
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brochure on the "Legacy of Achievement: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Community" published by the Office of the Mayor of Denver. The pamphlet is folded into four sections, printed front and back. When folded, the front of the pamphlet features a…
2003
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brochure on the "Legacy of Achievement: Health and Environmental Protection" published by the Office of the Mayor of Denver. The pamphlet is folded into four sections, printed front and back. When folded, the front of the pamphlet features a photo of…
2003
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brochure on the "Legacy of Achievement: Neighborhoods and Community Development" published by the Office of the Mayor of Denver. The pamphlet is folded into four sections, printed front and back. When folded, the front of the pamphlet features a photo of…
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Leila Amos Pendleton (1868 – December 7, 1938) was an author, community activist, and a teacher in Washington D.C.'s public schools. She was the founder and president of the Alpha Charity Club of Anacostia and the Social Purity Club of Washington, D.C. She…
1948–
Leila Hassan Howe (born 13 June 1948) is a British editor and activist, who was a founding member of the Race Today Collective in 1973, having previously worked for the Institute of Race Relations. She became editor of the Race Today journal in 1986.…
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Lela Murray (June 12, 1887 – March 18, 1949) was a prominent black businesswoman, community leader, and advocate for civil rights in Los Angeles during the first half of the 20th century. She co-founded Murray's Ranch, billed by the press as "the only…
1942–
Lelia Foley-Davis (born November 7, 1942), formerly known as Lelia Foley, is an American politician who served as mayor of Taft, Oklahoma. Elected in 1973, she has been described as the first African-American woman elected mayor in the United States.
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Lemuel Haynes (July 18, 1753 – September 28, 1833) was an American clergyman. A veteran of the American Revolution, Haynes was the first black man in the United States to be ordained as a minister. Haynes was a native of West Hartford, Connecticut, and was…
1964–
Len Davis (born August 6, 1964) is a former New Orleans police officer. He was convicted in federal court of depriving civil rights through murder by conspiring with an assassin to kill a local resident who had reported him for abuse of power after seeing…
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Lenford Alphonso (Kwesi) Garrison (13 June 1943 – 18 February 2003) was an educationalist, community activist and historian whose life's work was to catalogue the development of the black British identity and its history and promote the works of young…
1902–1974
Leonard Benker Johnson (22 October 1902 – 28 September 1974), known simply as Len among his admirers, and dubbed "Len Johnson" by the press, was a British boxer who competed from 1920 to 1933. He held the British Empire middleweight title, the first…
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Lena Derriecott Bell King (January 27, 1923 – January 18, 2024) was an American soldier who was a member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-Black, all-female unit to serve overseas during World War II. Known as the "Six Triple…
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