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• John Last
• Thomas LaVeist
• Lillian and Howard Lee
  Howard Nathaniel Lee was the first African American mayor of a predominantly white Southern town since Reconstruction. He later became the first African American to serve in the NC Governor's cabinet since Reconstruction and later became a member of the NC Senate. His wife Lillian was a full partner in his accomplishments and had her own as well.
• Dan Leonard
• John Lewis
• Michael Lewis
  "Michael Lewis has published many books on various subjects, all but one of them New York Times best sellers. His most recent works are Flash Boys, The Big Short, and Boomerang, narratives set in the global financial crisis. The Blind Side, published in 2006, tells the story of Michael Oher, a poor, illiterate African-American kid living on the streets of Memphis whose life is transformed after he is adopted by white Evangelical Christians. Before that he wrote Moneyball, a book ostensibly about baseball but also about the way markets value people."
• Leandris Liburd
• Malinda Maynor Lowery
  Malinda Maynor Lowery is UNC Professor of History and served as Director of the Southern Oral History Program. She is a Lumbee Indian whose family goes back more than 10 generations in Robeson County.
• Rolf P. Lynton