This is an Alpha Kappa Alpha conference name tag belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of a paper card with a cardboard backing inside a plastic sleeve. The paper card has dark green text across the top margin that reads “ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.74
This is a Links conference name tag belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of a white cardboard rectangle with a blue strip at the top margin. In the blue strip is white text that reads “Central Area Conference.” Under the blue strip in the upper…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.64.2
This is a Links conference name tag belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of a white cardboard rectangle with a blue strip at the bottom margin. In the top left corner of the card is a graphic in blue. It depicts a globe encircled by the links of a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.64.4
This is Links nametag belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. The nametag consists of white paper background with green and black text on it, inside a clear plastic sleeve. In the top left corner is a graphic in green ink of a globe encircled by chain. At the top…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.57.3
This is a Links crystal pin belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It consists of the words “LINKS” fashioned out of clear crystals attacked together by their metal backing. There is a metal horizontal pin on the back for fastening.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.75
Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaican-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His…
Lionel B. Cade (August 14, 1918 – April 3, 1990) was an American politician and accountant who served as mayor of Compton, California, from 1977 until 1981.
Lionel Carmant is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Taillon and was elected as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. As Associate Minister…
Lionel Joseph Wilson (March 14, 1915 – January 23, 1998) was an American political figure and a member of the Democratic Party. He was the first Black mayor of Oakland, California, serving three terms as mayor of Oakland from 1977 until 1991.
Lisa LaTrelle Blunt Rochester (née Blunt; born February 10, 1962) is an American politician and former management consultant serving as the junior United States senator from Delaware, a seat she has held since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she…
Lisa Michelle Borders (born November 25, 1957) is the former president and chief executive officer of Time's Up and former president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Lisa Codrington is a Canadian character actress and playwright. She is most noted for her role as Gail on the comedy series Letterkenny and her theatrical plays Cast Iron, which was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at…
Lisa DeNell Cook (born 1964) is an American economist who was sworn in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 2022. She is the first black woman to sit on the board. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, she was elected in…
Lisa Michelle Hicks-Thomas (born March 2, 1969) is a former Secretary of Administration of the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving under Governor Bob McDonnell. She was formerly a state deputy attorney general from 2007 to 2010 and assistant commonwealth's…
Lisa Holder White (born 1968) is an African-American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court since July 2022. She previously served as a judge of the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court from 2013 to 2022, and as a trial judge…
Lisa Perez Jackson (born February 8, 1962) is an American chemical engineer who served as the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013. She was the first African American to hold that position. In 2002,…
Liselle Sambury is a Trinidadian Canadian writer of young adult fantasy literature, whose debut novel Blood Like Magic was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2021 Governor General's Awards.
Litesa E. Wallace (born 1978) is an American politician who served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 67th district from August 2014 to January 2019.
A lithographic print of Hiram Revels from Frank Leslie’s Illustrirte Zeitung. The print is bordered by printed German text. The print has been hand colored. Hiram Revels is pictured wearing a blue suit with a red necktie. Underneath the image is “Hiram…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.239.14
Elizabeth Obi is a British activist who was involved in the feminist, black nationalist, and squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s. A close friend of Olive Morris, in 2009 she founded the Remembering Olive Collective, which researches and documents…
Lizette Parker (August 31, 1971 – April 24, 2016) was an American politician and social worker. She served as the Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, from 2014 until her death in April 2016. Parker was the first black woman to serve as Mayor of Teaneck, as well…
Lizzie Koontz Weeks (1879 – September 20, 1976) was an African American activist in Portland, Oregon. She was a commissioner for the National Emancipation Commemorative Society in 1912. In 1914 she was elected president of the Colored Women's Republican Club.
