Josephine Baker was the first African American female to star in a motion picture, to integrate an American concert hall, and to become a world-famous entertainer.
SHEILA JOHNSON - BUSINESS - First African-American female billionaire. Sheila Johnson is an African-American entrepreneur who co-founded Black Entertainment Television (BET) and is part-owner of the three sports teams in the NHL, NBA and the WNBA.
Helen Williams first black fashion model beautiful
Josephine Baker (June 1906 – April was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri, she became a citizen of France in Fluent in both English and French.
The beautiful Diahann Carroll. American television's first African American mega star with her own top rated show.
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Nina Mae McKinney (June an American actress dubbed "The Black Garbo" when she worked in Europe. She was one of the first African-American film stars and one of the first African-Americans to appear on British television.
Sheila Johnson, the country’s second-wealthiest black female (trailing only Oprah). In along with her ex-husband Robert Johnson, Sheila Johnson co-founded Black Entertainment Television (BET)
This is such a CLASSIC photo! :Dorothy Dandridge from Cleveland, Ohio, sang at Harlem's Cotton Club and Apollo Theatre and became the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress. Many years passed before t
The Beulah Show, the first sitcom to star an African American actress, moved…
Richard Pryor Highly influential, and always controversial, African/American actor/comedian who was equally well known for his colorful language during his live comedy shows, as for his fast paced life, multiple marriages and battles with drug addiction.
Della Reese Delloreese Patricia Early, known professionally as Della Reese (born July singer, game show panelist of the one-time talk-show hostess and ordained minister.
Sybil Lewis, Hollywood actress, appeared in many Black American films
‘Ethel Waters, famed blues singer and actress, was born in Chester, PA, on this date October
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was an African American actress who appeared onstage, in films and on television and was the wife - of the late actor Werner Klemperer — Col. Klink on “Hogan’s Heroes.