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1946–
Lourdes Teodoro (born 4 June 1946) is an Afro-Brazilian academic, writer, poet and psychoanalyst. She studies the effects of colonization on identity.
1962–
Love L. Sechrest (born October 14, 1962) is Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Columbia Theological Seminary and was previously an associate professor of the New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.…
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white digital image of children looking out windows at the Loveless Elementary School. Children are leaning out the three windows above the pediment with the sign of the brick building stating [LOVELESS SCHOOL].
Biography
Lovett Huey Fort-Whiteman (3 December 1889 – 13 January 1939) was an American political activist and functionary for the Communist International (Comintern). The first African American to attend a Comintern training school in the Soviet Union in 1924,…
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Lowery Stokes Sims (born 1949) is an American art historian and curator of modern and contemporary art. She is known for her expertise in the work of African, African American, Latinx, Native and Asian American artists such as Wifredo Lam, Fritz Scholder,…
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Lubaina Himid (born 1954) is a British artist and curator. She is Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Central Lancashire. Her art concentrates on themes of cultural history and the reclamation of identities.
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Lubertha Miller Johnson (July 22, 1906, Ackerman, Mississippi – January 6, 1996, Las, Vegas, Nevada) was an African-American nurse, civil rights campaigner and anti-poverty activist, based in Paradise Valley, Nevada. She was known as the first Black nurse…
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Lucie Johnson Scruggs (née Johnson; October 14, 1864 - November 24, 1892) was an American educator and writer from Virginia. She was born into slavery and was married to fellow writer Lawson A. Scruggs.
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Lucien Fisher, sometimes spelled Lucian Fisher, was an American politician who served as a state legislator in Florida. He represented Leon County in the Florida House of Representatives. He served in 1875. Lucian Fisher co-signed a letter to the…
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Lucile L. Adams-Campbell (born December 30, 1953) is the first African-American woman to receive a PhD in epidemiology in the United States. She serves as the Professor of Oncology at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate director for Minority…
1911–2003
Lucile Harris Bluford (July 1, 1911 – June 13, 2003) was a journalist and opponent of segregation in America's education system, and after whom the Lucile H. Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library is named.
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Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones (1884–1989) was the first black woman to graduate from the University of Colorado Boulder. She graduated with a degree in German in 1918. The Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Scholarship was created in her honor in April, 2010.
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Lucille Baldwin Holliday Brown (May 15, 1922 - August 17, 2019) was an American librarian known for being the first Black public county librarian in the state of Florida. During segregation she led a campaign for a library for Leon County's black…
1883–1963
Lucille Campbell Green Randolph (April 15, 1883 – April 12, 1963) was an early graduate of Madam C. J. Walker's Lelia Beauty College, opening and running a successful salon in New York City. She was married to the civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph…
1936–2010
Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
1921–2019
Lucille Cole Thomas (October 1, 1921 – June 15, 2019) was an American librarian. Thomas had a long career supporting library services for children with the New York City Board of Education. She was the first African American president of the New York…
1923–2004
Lucille Dixon Robertson (27 February 1923 – 23 September 2004) was a jazz double-bassist. She grew up in New York City and she successfully auditioned for the All City High School Orchestra. She studied under Frederick Zimmermann of the New York…
1931–2012
Lucille Gorham (January 18, 1931 – November 3, 2012) was a civil rights activist in Baltimore communities during the Civil Rights Movement. Born Lucille Alexander in Halifax, North Carolina, Gorham moved to Baltimore in 1934 and resided a community in East…
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Lucinda "Lucie" Bragg Adams (née Bragg; other surnames include Peters and Anthony; December 4, 1860 — August 22, 1932) was an African American physician, educator, temperance leader, musician, and writer.
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Lucius Oliver Allen Jr. (born September 26, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player. He is one of only a select few players to have won at least one high school state championship, collegiate national championship, and NBA championship.
1928–2020
Lucius Jefferson Barker (June 11, 1928 – June 21, 2020) was an American political scientist. He was the Edna Fischel Gellhorn Professor and chair of the political science department at Washington University in St. Louis, and then the William Bennett Munro…
1915–1974
Lucius Hosley Pitts Sr. (February 28, 1915 – February 25, 1974) was an American minister, theologian, educator, and academic administrator. He served as the president of Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama from 1961 to 1970, and became the first African…
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Lucius Wimbush (c. 1839 – 1872) was a state legislator, businessman, and public official. After being freed from slavery, he became a state senator during the Reconstruction Era in South Carolina. Wimbush was elected from Chester County and was secretary…
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Lucy Addison (December 8, 1861 in Upperville, Virginia – November 13, 1937 in Washington, D.C.) was an African American school teacher and principal. In 2011, Addison was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History" for her…
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