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[thecollectibles]

Art by Marzia Palomba

[sevdolo]

[thesoftghetto]

We’ve all heard of Betty Boop. But how many of you knew that she was based off of a BLACK woman.

Yes Betty Boop was based off of Ms.Esther Jones known by her stage name “Baby Esther”. She was an African-American singer and entertainer of the 1920’s. Her singing trademark was “Boop oop da doop” hence the name Betty Boop! She performed regularly at the cotton club in Harlem,New York.

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[frogmunist-deactivated20190724]

I googled to make sure this was true, and it was.

[kid--haze-deactivated20150908]

wholetime..

[aanasmira]

I’ll reblog every time this comes on my dash.