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Lemuel L. Foster

1890–1981

United States

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Lemuel Lewis Foster Sr. (1890–1981) was an American civil servant, business executive, race relations consultant, singer, and deacon. He was African American and worked as an executive of R. H. Macy & Company (now Macy's), as well as work as a supervisor in the Division of Negro Economics at the United States Department of Labor.

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