Helen Williams, a top model in a segregated era, is dead at 87
Swan-necked and with an arched-eyebrow hauteur, Helen Williams was the aspirational face of the Black middle class in the 1950s and 60s — the mos
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Richard Roundtree, model and actor who caused a sensation as the private detective John Shaft – obituary
His character was idolised, he said: ‘Kids are running around in black leather jackets and are swaggering’
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Feb 21: Brooklyn Black History Maker, Betty Staton
Judge Betty Staton co-founded the first African-American female law firm in the state of New York.
Source: bkreader.com
Dior Collaborates with Artist Mickalene Thomas
For the Josephine Baker-inspired show, the artist created 13 photo collages celebrating a new pantheon of Black women, including singer Nina Simone and model Naomi Sims.
Source: harpersbazaar.com
Trudy Haynes, Philadelphia's first Black TV reporter, dies at 95
Trudy Haynes, who became Philadelphia's first Black TV reporter in 1965, died Tuesday morning. She was 95. During a three-decade career at CBS3, Haynes paved the way for a more diverse generation of journalists. She started her TV career by becoming the first Black weather reporter at a station in Detroit in 1963.
Source: phillyvoice.com