Earle Hyman, the Shakespearean actor best known to most as “Grandpa Huxtable” in a 1959 Smirnoff vodka ad.
A Night Club Map of Harlem, illustrated by the legendary cartoonist E. Simms Campbell in 1932. Cab Calloway narrates an animation of the map in ”Cab Calloway: Sketches” on PBS’s American Masters.
Howard University Graduating Class of 1900 on Flickr.
Howard University’s Class of 1900.
Michael Jackson and Diana Ross at the 1981 Academy Awards.
Dorothy Dandridge presenting an Oscar at New York’s Century Theater on March 30, 1955. She was nominated for Best Actress for her role in Carmen Jones but lost to Grace Kelly who won for Country Girl. Photo: Ebony
Oscar winner Sidney Poitier and Nat “King” Cole at the 1963 Academy Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, April 8, 1963. This is easily one of my favorite pictures.
Oscar winner Sidney Poitier and Nat “King” Cole at the 1963 Academy Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, April 8, 1963. This is easily one of my favorite pictures.
Diahann Carroll, her mother Mabel Johnson (far right) and her then-husband, Robert DeLeon, a former Managing Editor at Jet magazine, arrive at the Academy Awards on April 8, 1975. Ms. Carroll was a Best Actress nominee that year for her role in “Claudine.”
Billy Dee Williams arrives at the Academy Awards on March 28, 1973. He appeared as Louis McKay in “Lady Sings the Blues” which was nominated for five Oscars that season.
Melba Moore and Clifton Davis, co-stars of “The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show” on June 7, 1972. In this clip from TV One’s “UnSung,” Ms. Moore and Mr. Davis, who were in a relationship at the time, discuss the challenges they had in working on the show.
Melba Moore, seated in a nude pose, July 1971 by Jack Robinson. The photo, which appeared in the October 15, 1971 issue of Vogue, was taken as Ms. Moore was touring the country after appearing on Broadway in “Hair” and “Purlie.”
Sarah Vaughan shot by Charles “Teenie” Harris with legendary Pittsburgh Courier reporter Frank Bolden (far left) and friends in an undated photo. I’m guessing late 1940s.
