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Josephine Baker - Au Bal Negre #1209

Freda Josephine McDonald, was a French dancer, actress and singer. She was given the nicknames “Black Venus,” “Black Pearl” and “Creole Goddess.”[1]. She renounced her American citizenship in 1937 and became a citizen of France.

Josephine Baker #1019

Freda Josephine McDonald, was a French dancer, actress and singer. She was given the nicknames “Black Venus,” “Black Pearl” and “Creole Goddess.”[1]. She renounced her American citizenship in 1937 and became a citizen of France.

Josephine Baker #1268

Freda Josephine McDonald, was a French dancer, actress and singer. She was given the nicknames “Black Venus,” “Black Pearl” and “Creole Goddess.”[1]. She renounced her American citizenship in 1937 and became a citizen of France.

Lena Horne #1130

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York) is an American popular singer. While she has recorded and performed extensively with jazz musicians (notably Artie Shaw and Teddy Wilson), she is usually not considered a jazz singer because she does not improvise. She currently lives in New York City but still makes public appearances. She might be best-known for her version of the song “Stormy Weather”, which was a hit in the 1940s.

Ma Rainey #1258

Gertrude Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (September, 1882 – December 22, 1939), was one of the earliest known professional blues singers3 and one of the first generation of such singers to record. She was billed as The Mother of the Blues. She did much to develop and popularize the form and was an important influence on younger blues women, such as Bessie Smith, and their careers.

Mahalia Jackson #1116

Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer, widely regarded as the best in the history of the genre Jackson grew up in the “Black Pearl” section of the Carrollton neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, and began singing in a Baptist church. In 1927 she moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she sang with The Johnson Brothers, one of the earliest professional gospel groups.

Marian Anderson #1210

Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993)[1] was an American contralto, best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Her reputation was further advanced by her tour through Europe in the early 1930s where she did not encounter certain racial prejudices she had experienced in America.

Nina Simon #1183

Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known as Nina Simone (February 21, 1933–April 21, 2003), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is generally classified as a jazz musician. Her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles, such as jazz, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and even pop music.

Phenomenal Women #1078

Caption from poster: Pretty Women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fasion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips, I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, That’s me.

Sarah Vaughan #1276

Caption from poster: “My father was a slave and my people died to build this country, and I’m going to stay right here and have a part of it, just like you. And no fascist-minded people like you will drive me from it. Is that clear?”