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Leonard Jeffries Jr. (born January 19, 1937) is an American political scientist and former academic. He was the departmental chair of Black Studies at the City College of New York, part of the City University of New York (CUNY).
1981–
Leonardo Péricles Vieira Roque (born 26 August 1981), also known as Leo Péricles, is a Brazilian politician. He is the president and founder of the Popular Unity (UP). He was the Popular Unity candidate for President of Brazil during the 2022 General Election.
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Leonardo Williams (born 1980 or 1981) is an American politician, restaurateur, and former educator. He has served as the mayor of Durham, North Carolina since December 4, 2023. Prior to his term as mayor, Williams was a member of the Durham City Council.
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Leondra Reid Kruger (born July 28, 1976) is an American judge who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. A native of South Pasadena, California, she graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School. Kruger then clerked for…
1873–1943
Leroy Bundy (April 14, 1873 – May 28, 1943) served as a city councilman in Cleveland from 1929 to 1937. Before serving as city councilman, however, Bundy, an African American, was accused of leading a mob that sparked the East St. Louis riots of July 2, 1917.
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Leroy George Comrie Jr. (born August 10, 1958) is an American politician from New York City. He represents district 14 in the New York State Senate, which comprises St.
1967–
Leroy F. Moore Jr. (November 2, 1967- ) is a Black American writer, poet, community activist, musician, paralympian, and 2x Sports Emmy winner. He was born in 1967 in New York City.
1925–1993
LeRoy Foster (1925–1993) was an American painter from Detroit, Michigan. He is best known for the large murals he painted on the walls of Detroit institutions, such as “The Life & Times of Frederick Douglass,” at the Detroit Public Library’s Frederick…
1955–2011
Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. (August 17, 1955 – February 9, 2011) was a justice of the Virginia Supreme Court and the first African-American Chief Justice of that Court, serving two four-year terms from February 1, 2003, to January 31, 2011. He was succeeded…
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Leroy Reginald Johnson (July 28, 1928 – October 24, 2019) was an American politician who served in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1975 after winning a seat in the 1962 Georgia General Assembly election. He was the first black state senator to be…
1911–1989
Leroy Smith (1911–1989) was an African American entrepreneur and activist. Born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, he later moved to Denver, Colorado where he became well known to the business community. Smith is notable for being Colorado's first African American…
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Leslie Calvin Brown (born February 17, 1945) is an American politician and motivational speaker who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981.
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Leslie Coleman McCann (September 23, 1935 – December 29, 2023) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He is known for his innovations in soul jazz and his 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to What". His music has been widely sampled in hip hop.
1949–
Leslie D. King (born January 17, 1949) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi and a former state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1980 to 1994. He was born in Greenville, Mississippi.
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Leslie Garland Bolling (September 16, 1898 – September 27, 1955) was an American sculptor. His carvings reflected everyday themes and shared values of the Black culture in the segregated Southern United States in the early 20th century. Bolling was…
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Leslie Herod (born 1982) is an American politician who is a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the 8th district. She is the first LGBT African-American to be elected to Colorado's state…
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…
1944–2018
Leslie Wyche (1944–2018) was a New York City community activist, and a long time Harlem resident. He was known in Harlem as the uptown neighborhood's honorary mayor. He liked being the Harlem Mayor, and is quoted in the New York Times as saying, “I’m the…
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Leslyn Ann Lewis (born December 2, 1970) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Haldimand—Norfolk since 2021. A member of the Conservative Party, Lewis contested the party leadership in the leadership…
February 1, 1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white plastic audiocassette tape with a recording of the radio program "Lesser But Not Least." The cassette tape has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [TRY OUT RADIO / 2/1/81 / "LESSER BUT NOT LEAST" WHA / RADIO]. The radio show…
1970–
Lester John Holloway (born 22 July 1970) is a British journalist and editor, as well as a campaigner and local politician.
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Lester George Jackson III (born July 26, 1959) is an American politician. He is a former state senator from Chatham County, Georgia. He was the 2009 presidential appointee to the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first person from the coastal…
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,…
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…
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