Josephine Baker and her husband, bandleader Jo Bouillon with some of their adopted children in France, 1964.
Roxie Roker and her son Lenny Kravitz. Lenny shared this photo on his Facebook fan page last year.
Eartha Kitt and her daughter Kitt McDonald in London in 1965. I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Kitt and her daughter in 2001 when Ms. Kitt played the Fairy Godmother in “Cinderella” on Broadway and, I have to say, the mutual adoration was adorable. Photo: Bettman/Corbis
Lena Horne hugs her daughter Gail Jones, backstage at the York Playhouse on October 6, 1960 after Gail made her stage debut in the musical Valmuouth. Gail Jones is now Gail Buckley and the author of several books including The Hornes: An American Family.” Photo: Bettman/Corbis.
bb Maya Rudolph is not here for your foolishness.
at all.
Minnie Riperton and her daughter Maya Rudolph. I’ll bet Minnie would be just thrilled at how Maya turned out. The photo was taken by Jeffrey Henson Scales, Minnie’s road manager and a former photography editor at the New York Times.
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Groucho Marx (70) and Diana Ross (22), 1966
A 22-year-old Diana Ross and 70-year-old Groucho Marx on the dance floor doing the frug at a barbecue at Bobby Darin’s house in Bel-Air on August 19, 1966. Photo: AP.
Hazel Scott chatting with Bill Cosby and James Moody (Yes, Moody’s Mood for Love) in 1968 at a Los Angeles bar called Hong Kong. This photo was included in a March 1968 story about Ms. Scott in Ebony magazine.
Another unforgettable 70s beauty, Jayne Kennedy.
Yes, it’s true. Lola Falana really is the “Lola” in Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana.”
Langston Hughes, Charles S. Johnson, E. Franklin Frazier, Rudolph Fisher and Hubert Delany (brother of the Delaney Sisters) overlooking St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem in the 1920s. Photo via the Schomburg Center.
James Dean and Eartha Kitt in NYC.
My goodness, how many pictures are there of Eartha Kitt and James Dean floating around?
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