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Frede's nightclub (Frede shown right) Montmartre, Paris, December 1950.

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Nina Simone performing at the Beacon Theater in 1974.

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BLACK MEN @ PITTI UOMO 2026 PT 3

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Dancer and choreographer Bob Curtis photographed by Carl Van Vechten on April 19, 1955.

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Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Danny Mills, John Waters, Edith Massey and David Lochary on the set of John Waters' Pink Flamingos

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Beautiful @thebravofiles as Annie &Smoke❤️

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Design by C. Walter Hodges for zodiac symbols on Prospero's cloak in The Tempest, for a 1951 production at the Mermaid Theatre in London. The photo below shows how the symbols were realized on the actual costume:

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The Old West - 1 in 4 cowboys were Black in the 1800s.

White men referred to themselves as cattlemen, whereas Black men (and Black women) solely were called cowboys, which was a derogatory word. Hence “boy” instead of “man,” and other negative things they grouped with it for the formerly enslaved in the United States.

A cattleman is a person who owns cattle while a cowboy is a person who herds and tends to the damn cattle. The epitome of a hard worker…which is why that shit was bulldozed and scooped up for their initial signature imagery in Hollywood.

Then Black Americans just vibing out, unknowingly made yet another new style of music later referred to as country music, which blended Negro spirituals, the blues and jazz paired with the banjo, and white men decided to merge the two as their own: cowboys + country music. That’s another topic.

Our cowboy/cowboy tradition is solidified in Black American culture all across the country where we exist, regardless if we’re finally heavily depicted as such in pop culture or not. That ain’t never letting up.

Some in the photoset ranging from the late-1800s to the early 1900s: Bill Pickett, Stagecoach Mary, Jesse Stahl, Bass Reeves, Nat Love, Isom Dart, James Beckwourth

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chrishana by kayla rose & hair by baby bangz

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KAWSAN (and Audien) tonight!!

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Ethel Merman was the final Broadway Dolly, and she resided at the Harmonia Gardens from March 28th, 1970 through December 27th, 1970. The part was originally written for Merman and she finally relented in 1970 and stayed with the show until it’s close. She had originally not intended to stay as long as she did, but was coaxed to stay on so the show could become the longest running in Broadway history. When she joined the show, two extra numbers written for her were added in. This was Merman’s swan song, as she never did another show on Broadway.