African American Entertainer

Forever Feline, Forever Fierce (2008) | The New York Times

December 27, 2019African American Entertainment, African American History ...

“Je cherche un billionaire,” Eartha Kitt purred last year from the stage of the Café Carlyle, the chic, intimate club in the Café Carlyle that had been her regular stomping ground for more than a decade. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] It was an ideal setting for Ms. Kitt to strut her archetypal show business persona: a glamorous, […]

When Nat King Cole moved in | Curbed, Los Angeles

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019African American Entertainment, Housing Discrimination ...

The entertainer found his dream home in picturesque Hancock Park—but the neighborhood had a dark side. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In July 1948, singer Nat “King” Cole and his new wife, Maria, were just beginning their lives together. The legendary crooner of standards including “The Christmas Song,” “Nature Boy,” “Mona Lisa,” and “Unforgettable” had spent the last […]

Marian Anderson: The Most Modest Trailblazer | NPR

August 29, 2019August 18, 2020African American Entertainment, African American History ...

By Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR Classical singer Marian Anderson was one of the all-time greats — both as an artist, and as a cultural figure who broke down racial barriers. She is best known for performing at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, after she was denied permission to sing for an integrated audience at Washington’s DAR Constitution […]

Viola Davis To Play Michelle Obama In Showtime Series ‘First Ladies’ |HuffPost

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019African American Cinema, African American Entertainment ...

The anthology features episodes about the powerful women who occupied the White House.

The “King of Calypso”: Beautiful Portrait Photos of a Young Harry Belafonte in the Early 1950s | Vintage Everyday

August 8, 2019November 27, 2019African American Entertainment, KINDR'D ...

Born 1927 as Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, New York, American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor Harry Belafonte is one of the most successful Jamaican-American pop stars in history. He was dubbed the “King of Calypso” for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) […]