A documentary film with the title Long Shadows. It consists of two (2) reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The documentary explores the enduring effects of the American Civil War in various facets of life, including politics, civil…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.73.1ab
The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.90.1a, 2011.174.90.1b, 2011.174.90.1c, 2011.174.90.1d, 2011.174.90.1e, 2011.174.90.1f, 2011.174.90.1g, 2011.174.90.1h, 2011.174.90.1i, 2011.174.90.1j, 2011.174.90.1k. Lonnie C. King shares his…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.90.1a-k
Lonnie Chavis Jr. (born November 23, 2007) is an American teenage actor and activist. He is known for playing young Randall Pearson on NBC's drama, This Is Us. Chavis has been nominated for several awards and shared the win for the Screen Actors Guild…
Lonnie Graham is an American fine art photographer, professor, installation artist, and cultural activist investigating the methods by which the arts can be used to achieve tangible meaning in peoples lives. He is Professor of Visual Art at Pennsylvania…
Lonnie Randolph Jr. (June 3, 1950 – October 19, 2024) was an American physician and civil rights activist who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in South Carolina, known as the South Carolina Conference of NAACP, for…
Loose, unnumbered, pages from a Cotton Club program featuring photographs of Cotton Club performers and musicians, as well as reviews, and two (2) articles also about the Cotton Club. 2013.46.25.270a: Four (4) loose, unnumbered, Cotton Club program pages.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.270a-e
Loren Miller (January 20, 1903 – July 14, 1967) was an American journalist, civil rights activist, attorney, and judge. Miller was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown in 1964 and served until his death in…
Lorenzo Benn (September 11, 1933 – June 2, 1990) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 38th district of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin (born March 30, 1947) is an American writer, activist, and Black anarchist. He is a former member of the Black Panther Party and Concerned Citizens for Justice. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and has lived in Memphis,…
Loretta J. Ross (born August 16, 1953) is an American academic, feminist, and activist who advocates for reproductive justice, especially among women of color. As an activist, Ross has written on reproductive justice activism and the history of African…
Loretta Smith (born 1966) is an American politician and businesswoman who is a member of the Portland City Council from District 1. She previously served as a Multnomah County commissioner from 2011 to 2018. She ran unsuccessful campaigns for Portland City…
Loretta Jean Thompson-Glickman (May 23, 1945 – March 18, 2001) was an American politician. She became the first African-American mayor of Pasadena, California, in 1982, which also made her the first Black woman to be mayor of an American city of over…
Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) is an American politician and attorney who was the 56th mayor of Chicago from 2019 until 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first Black woman and first LGBTQ person to serve as mayor of Chicago.…
Lorraine Hairston Morton (December 8, 1918 – September 8, 2018) was an American politician who was the mayor of Evanston, Illinois, from 1993 to 2009. Morton was Evanston's first African-American mayor, first Democratic mayor, and longest-serving mayor.…
Lorrainne Sade Baskerville was an American social worker, activist, and trans woman best known for founding transgender advocacy group transGENESIS. After living in Chicago for most of her life, Baskerville moved to Thailand in the early 2000s.
Lottie B. Scott (November 5, 1936 – September 18, 2025) was an American civic leader and civil rights advocate who was a past president and co-founder of the NAACP branch in Norwich, Connecticut.
Lottie Lee Holt Shackelford (born April 30, 1941) is an American politician. Shackelford was the first woman and first Black woman appointed mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1987. She remains the only Black female who has ever held this position.…
Charlotte Wilson Jackson (c. 1854 – January 16, 1914) was an American artist and activist from Michigan. She was the first African American to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1901, Wilson oversaw the exhibition of African-American…
Louanner Peters is a former deputy governor of Illinois. She was appointed by then-Governor Rod Blagojevich in December 2006, becoming the first African-American woman to hold the position. Peters grew up on a farm in Angie, Louisiana, and was the ninth of…
Louis Allen (April 25, 1919 – January 31, 1964) was an African-American logger in Liberty, Mississippi, who was shot and killed on his land during the civil rights era. He had previously tried to register to vote and had allegedly talked to federal…
Louis Austin (1898-1971) was an African-American journalist, civic leader and social activist. Austin purchased The Carolina Times in 1927 and transformed it into an institution that aided African Americans in their fight for freedom and equality in North…
