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Pages in category "African-American history in Nashville, Tennessee" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the United States, Black-owned businesses (or Black businesses), also known as African American businesses, originated in the days of slavery before 1865.Emancipation and civil rights permitted businessmen to operate inside the American legal structure starting in the Reconstruction Era (1863–77) and afterwards.
Formed by the merger of the Nashville Globe and Nashville Independent. [84] Nashville: The Nashville Globe: 1906 [86] 1930s [86] Weekly [86] LCCN 2014218453, sn86064259; OCLC 13744970, 881287661; ISSN 2373-4892, 2373-4906; Free online archive; Merged with the Nashville Independent to form the Nashville Globe and Independent. [86] Nashville: The ...
Helen Marie Williams Jackson (September 16, 1935 – July 26, 2023) was an American fashion model, and one of the first African American models to be featured in mainstream publications of her time. Career
Ophelia DeVore (August 12, 1921 – February 28, 2014) was an American businesswoman, publisher, and model. [1] She was the first model of African-American descent in the United States. In 1946, she helped establish the Grace Del Marco Agency, one of the first modeling agencies in America.
The young civil rights leaders of Nashville in the 1960s succeeded with clear objectives, intergenerational support and goals set by the community. Op-Ed: Learning from the Nashville model of ...
The History Museum seeks 1950s furniture and furnishings for an upcoming transformation of its Worker’s Home. The house will reopen Nov. 9, 2023. History Museum seeks items related to African ...
The fashion tour was a pioneer in using African-American models on the runway and helped highlight the works of African-American designers. Building on her difficulties in finding cosmetics suited to the skin tones of her models, Johnson created Fashion Fair Cosmetics in 1973 as a line of makeup that would be sold in leading department stores. [4]