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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.
Marsha A. Hunt – African-American model, singer, novelist, and actress. Beverley Heath Hoyland – Jamaican-British model and businesswoman. Whitney Houston - second African-American model to appear on the cover of Seventeen (November 1981) and first black singer to appear on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar (January 1996).
Annemarie Margot Elfreda "Sunny" Harnett (1924 – May 1987) was an American model, actress, [1] and casting director. [2] She can be found in fashion magazines throughout the 1950s, including frequently on the cover of Vogue, and was often a model of choice by photographer Edgar de Evia.
Patricia Cleveland (born June 23, 1950) is an American fashion model who initially attained success in the 1960s and 1970s and was one of the first African-American models within the fashion industry to achieve prominence as a runway model and print model.
1930s. American Airways flight attendants Mae Bobeck, Agnes Nohava, Marie Allen, and Velma Maul are poised, each with her right hand on the guard rail, as they descend the boarding steps of an ...
Johnson's company, with its Ebony (1945) and Jet (1951) magazines, was among the most influential African-American business in media in the second half of the twentieth century. [4] In 1982, Johnson became the first African American to appear on the Forbes 400. In 1987, Johnson was named Black Enterprise Entrepreneur of the year.
Carter Goodwin Woodson (1875-1950), African-American historian. Bettmann - Getty Images In case you didn’t already know, the creator of Black History Month was historian Carter G. Woodson.