Pioneering model Helen Williams, hands down, the most photographed Black model of the 1950s and 1960s, in a 1960s Kodak advertisement.
Andre Leon Talley with his then boss Eunice Johnson (Yves Saint Laurent is in the background) in 1981. Mrs. Johnson, who ran the Ebony Fashion Fair shows for decades, is featured in the Wall Street Journal’s Style section today: How a Couture Pioneer Changed Fashion.
Richard Pryor and Phylicia Rashad pay a visit to Debbie Allen in her dressing room on Broadway on April 27, 1986, after Debbie opened in the return of Sweet Charity. Photo by Ezio.
Harry Belafonte visiting The Supremes, Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson, backstage at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles in August 1965. Photo: Bettman/Corbis
I was so sorry to hear about the loss of Donna Summer. I once saw her walking down 50th st in NYC & said, “Oh! Hi Ms. Summer!” She smiled and laughed hello.:) In this photo by Walter McBride, she is backstage at the Savoy Theater in New York in January 1983.
A young Dorothy Dandridge with a group of beauty queens in the 1940s. Photo: Clyde Woods.
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A rare find on Twitter today via @DandridgeDaily, audio of Dorothy Dandridge introducing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. circa 1963. You know I’m going to look into this further, right?
“Perserverance is my middle name. And diversification.” ~ Actress Vonetta McGee 1945-2010.
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.
