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Loading image…1870–1946
Louis Bernard Anderson (April 17, 1870 – May 28, 1946) was an American politician who served as alderman of Chicago's 2nd ward from 1917 to 1933. A Republican, he served most of the Douglas community area, including much of the African-American…
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Louis Bennett Butler Jr. (born February 15, 1952) is a former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Butler was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Jim Doyle in August 2004; his term expired on July 31, 2008.
1914–1998
Louis Berry (October 9, 1914 – May 3, 1998) was the first African American permitted to practice law in his native formerly segregated city of Alexandria in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana.
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Louis Everett Burnham (September 29, 1915 – February 12, 1960) was an African-American activist and journalist. He was involved in activities emphasizing racial equality, through various left-wing organizations, campaigns and publications in both the…
1935–2002
Louis Hansel Draper (September 24, 1935 – February 18, 2002) was a New York-based American photographer known for his images of Harlem in the 1960s and was founding member of the Kamoinge Workshop. His work was featured in several volumes of the…
1938–2020
Louis Felix Danner Mahoney (; 8 September 1938 – 28 June 2020) was a Gambian-born British actor, based in Hampstead in London. He was an anti-racist activist and long-time campaigner for racial equality within the acting profession. He represented…
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Louis Stedman-Bryce (born December 1974) is a British care home director, property investor and former politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland from 2019 to 2020. He was elected as a Brexit Party candidate but left…
Loading image…1925–2015
Louis Stokes (February 23, 1925 – August 18, 2015) was an American attorney, civil rights pioneer and politician. He served 15 terms in the United States House of Representatives – representing the east side of Cleveland – and was the first African…
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Louis Tompkins Wright (July 23, 1891 – October 8, 1952) was an American surgeon and civil rights activist. In his position at Harlem Hospital he was the first African-American on the surgical staff of a non-segregated hospital in New York City. He was…
Loading image…1923–1945
Louis Till (February 7, 1922 – July 2, 1945) was an American soldier who served in World War II. After enlisting in the United States Army following trial for domestic violence against his estranged wife Mamie Till, and having chosen military service over…
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Louisa Matilda Jacobs (October 19, 1833 – April 5, 1917) was an African-American abolitionist and civil rights activist and the daughter of famed escaped slave and author, Harriet Jacobs. Along with her activism, she also worked as a teacher in Freedmen's…
1960–
Louise Alexander (born April 4, 1960) is an American politician who served in the Alabama House of Representatives from the 56th district from 2014 to 2022. In 2026, she was elected Mayor of Bessemer, Alabama.
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Louise A. Reeves Archer (October 23, 1893 – April 1, 1948) was an American teacher, principal, and activist who fought to educate African Americans during the 1930s and 1940s. During this era, racial barriers severely limited a black student's access to…
1933–
Louise E. Williams Bishop (born June 27, 1933) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 192. Bishop has been heavily involved in radio broadcasting for many years and she was credited with keeping Philadelphia calm…
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Louise Daniel Hutchinson (June 3, 1928 – October 12, 2014) was an American historian. She was the former Director of the Research at the Anacostia Community Museum. Growing up in Washington, D.C., Hutchinson was exposed to the Civil Rights Movement and the…
1916–2007
Louise Kerr Hines (born Louise Lyles Kerr) (born March 15, 1916 – April 9, 2007) was an African American Civil Rights activist. In 1945, Hines, along with her father, Dr. T. Henderson Kerr, were plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Enoch Pratt Free Library…
Biography
Louise Helen Norton Little (née Langdon; 1894 or 1897 – December 18, 1989) was a Grenadian-born American activist.
Born 1891
Louise "Mamma" Harris (b. 1891) was an American labor organizer and tobacco worker. Harris became involved with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in Richmond, Virginia.
1923–2023
Louise Meriwether (May 8, 1923 – October 10, 2023) was an American novelist, essayist, journalist and activist, as well as a writer of biographies of historically important African Americans for children. She is best known for her first novel, Daddy Was a…
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Louise Alone Thompson Patterson (September 9, 1901 – August 27, 1999) was a prominent American social activist and college professor. Patterson's early experiences of isolation and persecution on the West Coast had a profound impact on her later activism.…
March 9, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.68.1a and 2011.174.68.1b. Louise Willingham Broadway shares her experiences of segregated education in Baker County, Georgia, and she discusses the lessons that her parents taught her when she was a…
1965; printed 1998
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a Louisiana prison taken in 1965 by photographer Leonard Freed. The photo looks down a row of prison cells and shows the hands of prisoners reaching through cell bars into the hallway where two men stand. The date and place…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lounge chair with a red and black-patterned vinyl cover. The chair has an oversized molded seatback in a wrap bucket shape, and a padded seat with edges that flare slightly away from the back. The seat back has a cutout portion at the lower edge where…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lounge chair with a red and black-patterned vinyl cover. The chair has an oversized molded seatback in a wrap bucket shape, and a padded seat with edges that flare slightly away from the back. The seat back has a cutout portion at the lower edge where…
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