Vintage Black Glamour

Carolyn Polk, “May Day Queen” of 1946 with her court as they appeared in the October 1946 edition of the Howard University Bulletin. According to the bulletin, May Day celebrations, staged by the Physical Department for women, were a “gigantic and beautiful spectacle in which students give exhibitions in dancing, singing and calisthenics.” The highlight was the crowning of the May Queen who reigned over the festivities with an alumnus serving as “Alma Mater.” The parade of beautifully gown women was proudly described in the bulletin as a “traditional march of beauty, movement and music.”