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As one of the most influential Black women celebrities, Oprah Winfrey is an actress, philanthropist, producer and global media leader. She hosted the highest-rated daytime TV talk show, “The ...
Chase Carter – Bahamian model of biracial heritage, she has been on the cover of Maxim. Dorothea Church – African-American pioneering model. She was the first successful black fashion model in Paris. Pat Cleveland – African-American model of the 1970s who was the muse of Halston, Yves Saint Laurent and Stephen Burrows.
Freda Josephine Baker ( née McDonald; June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975), naturalized as Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by ...
Born on July 23, 1994, in New Orleans, Kelvin has made his mark as a promising actor in Hollywood due to his work in “Luce,” “Waves,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”. He is ...
The post 9 Black women who made history in the world of dance appeared first on TheGrio. ... (Photo by Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ... Before Beyoncé was one of the world’s most famous ...
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o ( US: / luːˈpiːtə ˈnjɔːŋoʊ / loo-PEE-tə NYAWNG-oh, Swahili: [luˈpitɑ ˈɲɔŋɔ] ⓘ, Spanish: [luˈpita ˈɲoŋɡo]; born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan and Mexican actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award and a Daytime Emmy Award, and nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award and ...
Warren K. Leffler's photograph of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the National Mall. Beginning with the murder of Emmett Till in 1955, photography and photographers played an important role in advancing the civil rights movement by documenting the public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans and the nonviolent response of the movement.
Hidden Figures tells the story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, three black women who played crucial roles in one of NASA's finest hours: launching an American into orbit ...