Vintage Black Beauty

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This Photographer Documented Black Beauty Pageants In London Over Three Decades
Miss West Indies in Great Britain, Hammersmith, London, late 1970s. | This Photographer Documented Black Beauty Pageants In London Over Three Decades - BuzzFeed News
two women dressed in old fashion clothing and headdress, one wearing a veil
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Dorothy Dandridge and Alain Delon photographed while filming Marco Polo in Belgrade, Serbia (1962).
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Teresa Graves
Teresa Graves
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This Photographer Documented Black Beauty Pageants In London Over Three Decades
Holley modelling jewellery, Hammersmith, London, early 1970s. | This Photographer Documented Black Beauty Pageants In London Over Three Decades - BuzzFeed News
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This Photographer Documented Black Beauty Pageants In London Over Three Decades
Holley posing, Hammersmith, London, early 1970s. | This Photographer Documented Black Beauty Pageants In London Over Three Decades - BuzzFeed News
1970 Fashion Ad, Frederick's of Hollywood Miracle Fiber Stretch Wigs, "Wigs with a Memory"
1970 Fashion Ad, Frederick's of Hollywood Miracle Fiber Stretch Wigs, "Wigs with a Memory"
1970 Fashion Ad, Frederick's of Hollywood Miracle Fiber Stretch Wigs, "Wigs with a Memory"
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Thelma Porter, Miss Subways New York City, 1948. Thelma was the first woman to integrate a beauty contest in America and became the first African American Miss Subways in April, 1948.
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge
Timeless Fineries
Timeless Fineries 
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Dorothy Dandridge in a September 26, 1959 press photo for Tamango. The original caption stated:
a woman in a red dress holding a white bird
“Turn-On”: The irreverent 1969 comedy skit show that was canceled after just one episode
Turn-On”: The irreverent 1969 comedy skit show that was canceled ...
three women in bathing suits sitting next to each other and one is kissing the other's cheek
This Photographer Documented Black Beauty Pageants In London Over Three Decades
Miss Black
a group of people sitting around each other in front of a table with papers on it
Flotsam & Jetsam
Left to right: James Baldwin, Odetta, Ralph Ellison, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee.
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Valaida Snow - Jazz's Lady Louis
Ultra Talented Jazz Baby Valaida Snow played 10 Instruments like a Pro and was so Incredible on the Trumpet that Big Jazz Poppa, Louis Armstrong himself, dubbed Valaida, "Little Louis" and claimed her to be the second best Trumpet Player in the world after himself! She also Sang and Danced like a Dream and had young men begging for her affection!
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fuckyeahsavagesistas: “Teresa Graves as Christie Love on the TV series GET CHRISTIE LOVE! - 1974 - 1975 ” Follow me at http://jaiking.tumblr.com/ You’ll be glad you did.