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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. [2]
Beverly Ann Johnson [1] [3] (born October 13, 1952) [4] is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, after Donyale Luna was the first Black model to appear on the cover of British Vogue in 1966.
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).
Howard was a wealthy black entrepreneur and a prominent civil rights leader and mentor to Medgar Evers. Fuller and Howard had probably met because of their mutual involvement in the National Negro Business League. Fuller was president of the organization for several terms in the 1940s and 1950s.
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.
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. [3] [4]