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Williams retired from modeling in 1970, but continued her career in fashion as a stylist. Helen also took up drawing and painting in her early model years which she continued long after her retirement. After a brief marriage to John Clayton Anderson some years earlier, she married Norm Jackson in 1977, whom she had met during her modeling days.
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.
Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 – August 1, 2009) [2] was an American model, businesswoman and author. She is widely credited as being one of the first African-American supermodels . Sims was the first African-American model to appear on the covers of Ladies' Home Journal and Life .
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.
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.
Carter Goodwin Woodson (1875-1950), African-American historian. Bettmann - Getty Images. ... Entertainer Nat King Cole poses for a portrait circa 1950. Michael Ochs Archives - Getty Images.
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]
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 ...