Iconic black women

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— 𝓐𝓨𝓞 𝓔𝓓𝓔𝓑𝓘𝓡𝓘’𝓢 29𝓣𝓗 𝓑𝓘𝓡𝓣𝓗𝓓𝓐𝓨 🩷👩🏾‍🍳 | on this day — 29 years ago — the people’s princess & emmy-award winning black beauty, miss ayo edebiri was born. this talented beauty deserves everything in the world. she’s on her way to EGOT status. everything she’s in, you know it’s gonna be amazing. happy birthday boo. 🩵💋🌷 edited by me. ♡ photo credits to: pinterest. ♡ 🏷️ | #ayoedebiri #ayoedebiriedit #thebear #thebearfx #sydneyadamu #bottoms…

— 𝓥𝓘𝓝𝓣𝓐𝓖𝓔 𝓑𝓛𝓐𝓒𝓚 𝓐𝓒𝓣𝓡𝓔𝓢𝓢𝓔𝓢 & 𝓣𝓗𝓔𝓘𝓡 𝓖𝓞𝓦𝓝𝓢 🎞️✨ ❤︎₊ ⊹ | vintage black hollywood actresses & their gowns. their fits were just gorgeous! simply gorgeous. they made something so simple look so extravagant at the same time. they carried themselves with such classiness. it was their aura. the power of black women, i swear. i adore old hollywood style. 🤍🖤📸 the vintage black starlets ︵‿୨♡୧‿︵ ♡ josephine baker ♡ dorothy dandridge ♡ nina mae mckinney ♡ diahann carroll…

Dreamgirls (1981), starring Jennifer Hudson (Effie White), Loretta Devine (Lorrell Robison), and Sheryl Lee Ralph (Deena Jones) is a Broadway musical based upon the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others. The musical follows the story of a young female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called "The Dreams", who become music superstars.