Pearl Bailey: Legendary Vaudeville, Broadway and Hollywood Performer
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918–August 17, 1990) was an African American singer and actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years in all forms of...
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Dorothy Dandridge: The Iconic Leading Actress
“America was not geared to make me into a Liz Taylor, a Monroe, a Gardner.” ~Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American woman to...
Juanita Moore: Star of Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore was an Oscar-nominated African-American actress, best known for her starring role in the remake of Imitation of Life (1959). Moore was the fifth...
Quvenzhané Wallis: The multi-award nominated child actress
[dropcap size=small]Q[/dropcap]uvenzhané Wallis was the youngest actress ever to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is known for her role...
Gail Fisher: The African-American actress who broke racial barriers in the 70s
African American actress Gail Fisher broke several barriers as a young actress in television during the 1960s. She was the first Black performer to get...
Henrietta Vinton Davis: Lady Commander Order of the Nile
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]enrietta Vinton Davis was a Shakespearean actor and public speaker. She was proclaimed by Marcus Garvey to be “the greatest woman of the [African]...
Diahann Carroll: The first Black woman to win a Tony Award for best actress
Diahann Carroll was the first African-American actress in television history to star in her own weekly comedy TV series, Julia. Born July 17, 1935, Carroll’s...
Lena Horne: A Starlet Activist
Lena Horne, born June 30th, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York, was known as one of the most popular African American entertainers of the twentieth century....
Pearl Bailey
“No one can figure out your worth but you.” Pearl Bailey was born on March 29, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia. The daughter of a preacher,...