The Liberian Order of African Redemption Grand Commander star awarded to Ambassador William Beverly Carter, Jr. by Liberian President William Richard Tolbert Jr. The medal is a five-pointed star, constructed from metal and detailed in gilt and enamel. It…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2019.45.1.3.2
Liberty Billings (1823–1877) was an American officer in the Union Army, a Unitarian minister, and a state senator. Billings was born in Saco, Maine in 1823. He was educated at Thornton Academy and later graduated from Meadville Theological School in 1848.
A black-and-white image of the interior of the Liberty House Marketing Warehouse. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts a young man conducting inventory. He wears a dark collared shirt and pants, a white apron, and holds two dolls in his hands…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.23.12.5
A black-and-white image of the interior of the Liberty House warehouse. The image is in landscape orientation and depicts two women working at a table to prepare items for shipping. The woman furthest from the viewer (left) has a white head wrap and is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.23.12.3
A black-and-white image of an interior view of the Liberty House marketing B. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts two women working at a table to prepare items for shipping. The woman furthes from the viewer (left) has a white head wrap and is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.23.12.4
A black-and-white image of Liberty House Rep. Fay Bellamy Powell at a Los Angeles Trade Show. The image is in landscape orientation and depicts a woman wearing a tan suit (jacket and bell bottom pants) standing in the aisle of a booth. A sign in background…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.23.12.6
A white license plate with black text. On the left is an illustration of George Wallace with a black and white photograph of his head superimposed on a cartoon body. Wallace is seen holding a yellow, white, and black picket sign with a cartoon image of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.159.13
A pamphlet written by Henry Winston. The front cover contains black print on yellowed paper. Text on the cover reads: [Life Begins With Freedom / By Henry Winston / 5¢]. Below the title, there is a black and white photograph of Winston. A handwritten…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.14
An issue of Life magazine featuring the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. The cover has an image of Coretta Scott King in a black veil at her husband's funeral service. The LIFE logo is at the top left of the cover and white text…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.17.192
A pamphlet titled "Lift Every Voice- For Victory." The front cover has a black-and-white photograph of a soldier, Joe Louis, pointing a rifle with bayonet at something in the foreground. The title appears above and below in black and white print.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.55.7
A light blue denim jacket worn by Wilbert Rideau while incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The cotton and synthetic fiber blend denim jacket has three-quarter length sleeves, a wingtip collar, and closes at the center front with five…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.139.6
2023.60ab: An abstract sculpture (a) with plinth (b) titled, Lights from the Garden, by Jamal Cyrus. The sculpture, which is a tribute to Civil Rights leader Malcolm X and symbolizes his assassination at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.60ab
This is a black-and-white photograph of a man and young boy on the National Mall during the Million Man March. The man wears a leather jacket and carries a grocery bag. He smiles directly at the viewer. The boy wears an oversize jacket and baseball cap.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.6
A 16mm motion picture film of an episode of the television series Like It Is. The episode is titled "Adam Clayton Powell: An Autobiographical Documentary" and consists of two reels of 16mm color acetate film with optical sound. Through the use of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.11.1ab
A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of two people, a man and a woman, holding picket signs at the 1963 March on Washington in the middle of the street. In the background are buildings and trees. In the bottom right quadrant is a pennant flag…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.28
Lilian Burwell Lewis (August 13, 1904 – January 19, 1987) was an American zoologist known for being the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate degree from the University of Chicago and for her research in gonadogenesis. On November 8, 1960 she…
Lillian Bertha Jones Horace (née Amstead; April 29, 1880 – August 1, 1965) was an African American author, educator, and librarian from Fort Worth, Texas, best known for her novels Five Generations Hence (1916), Crowned with Glory and Honor, and Angie…
Lillian Louise DeBaptiste (born November 15, 1951) is an American politician and funeral director. A Democrat, she is currently serving as Mayor of West Chester, the seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania. She is the borough's first black female mayor.
Lillian Evanti (August 12, 1890 – December 6, 1967) was an American soprano, composer, and civil rights advocate who broke racial barriers in classical music. Excluded from opportunities in the racially segregated American opera scene, Evanti was the first…
Lillian Holland Harvey (1912–1994) was an American nurse, educator and doctor known for her contributions to medical education. She was an activist for the equal rights of African Americans. Harvey's accomplishments were achieved at a time in history when…
