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Singer Etta James (January 25, 1938–January 20, 2012) performing her song "I'd Rather Go Blind" at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 11, 1975. Sadly, in the mid-1960s to early 1970s, addiction, severe physical abuse, and incarceration affected her personal and professional…
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NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at his home in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Walter Iooss Jr. (1973)
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Photo of NBA Basketball player Wilt Chamberlain with his 2 Great Danes at his home in Los Angeles, California for the January 1974 issue of EBONY magazine
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The cast of the original Broadway musical "Dreamgirls" (from left to right) Sheryl Lee Ralph, Deborah Burrell, and Loretta Devine. Photo by Robin Platzer (1981)
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Los Angeles, California (1987). Sheryl Lee Ralph stars in "Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies".
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Headshot of actress and singer Jennifer Lewis. Lewis debuted on Broadway in a small role in Eubie! (1979), the musical based on the work of pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music Eubie Blake. Since her debut, Jenifer Lewis has become a fixture on screen with…
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Founder of the "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookie, Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr. In 1975, with the help of a $25,000 loan from Marvin Gaye and Helen Reddy, the first Famous Amos cookie store opened in Los Angeles, CA, the first chocolate chip cookie store in the world.
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Poet Gwendolyn Brooks on the back steps of her home in Chicago. Photo by Slim Aarons (1960)
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Film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor Spike Lee as an 8-year-old. Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, circa 1965
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A clip of creator/host of Soul Train Don Cornelius playing 1-on-1 basketball against singer Marvin Gaye with singer Smokey Robinson refereeing the game. The game was shown on an episode of Soul Train that aired on May 7th, 1977.
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Chicago circa 1975. Photo by Paul Sequeira
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The Arsenio Hall Show became the first black Black late-night talk show with its premier in 1989, making Hall the first black late-night talk show host in history. in this clip, Michael Jackson surprises Eddie Murphy with an award. S2.E49 (1989)
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Midtown Manhattan, NYC (1986). Keith Haring, Grace Jones, Fela Kuti, and Jean-Michel Basquiat enjoy their time at Mr. Chow restaurant on 57th Street. Photographed by Andy Warhol.
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Washington DC (1987). Anita Baker performs "Caught Up In The Rapture" at Consitution Hall.
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Singer Marvin Gaye and Jackie Jackson of The Jackson 5 play in a celebrity basketball game at The Forum for The Soulville Foundation. Photo by Ed Caraeff (1977)
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Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. circa 1980s. Photo from Ebony Magazine April 1980.
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Two Harlem men pose for the camera, photographed by Jack Garofalo (1970)
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Singer Diana Ross invites Michael Jackson on stage while performing her hit "Upside Down" for the 1981 LA Forum TV Special.
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"Soul Train" dancers jam along to "Candy" by Cameo (1986)
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New York City (late 1980s). Rapper MC Lyte poses for the camera. Photographed by Al Pereira.
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Diana Ross in London, England. Photo by Jeff Hochberg. (1967)
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Portraits of a young Janet Jackson at home. Photos by Michael Ochs (1973)
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Bass guitarist and singer Bootsy Collins circa 1970s. Photo by Michael Ochs
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Photos of Harlem and the Bronx during the 1970s by Alain Le Garsmeur
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Singer, songwriter, and actress Phyllis Hyman. Photo by Michael Ochs (1975)
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Portraits of a 35-year-old Denzel Washington, photographed by Anthony Barboza (1989).
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Queens, New York City (1975). Women of the Rodriguez family posing outside of their family apartment. Photographed by Evelyn Hofer.
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A clip from the 1975 film "Cornbread, Earl and Me" starring a young 14-year-old Lawrence Fishburne (in his film debut) and NBA player Jamaal Wilkes. Renowned actors like Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Antonio Fargas, and Bernie Casey also star in the film.
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In 1975 Richard Pryor was the first black person to host “Saturday Night,” as it was then known. With Pryor hosting and Paul Mooney writing, we got the infamous & controversial "Word Association" skit featuring Chevy Chase as a manager interviewing a job candidate played by Pryor
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Gil Scott-Heron at Barbarella's nightclub in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Photo by Ian Dickson (1975)
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A 31-year-old Denzel Washington discusses how he got into acting while in school at Fordham University in The Bronx (1985)
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Nina Simone and her daughter Lisa Celeste pose for a Crest toothpaste advertisement. Photo by Michael Ochs (1964)
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Vocal group Sister Sledge (clockwise from bottom left) Joni Sledge, Kathy Sledge, Kim Sledge and Debbie Sledge. Photo by Michael Ochs (1977)
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East Harlem, Manhattan (1975). Photographed by Evelyn Hofer.
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Los Angeles, California (1989). Portrait of actor Wesley Snipes. Photographed by Anthony Barboza.
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Actress, singer, and voice actor Loretta Devine. (1981)
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Portrait of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (circa 1970)
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Far Rockaway, New York City (1978). A West Indian man poses for the camera. Photographed by Camilo Jose Vergara.
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Kids in Bushwick keep cool during a New York summer of 1977 photo by Allan Tannenbaum
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Nashville, Tennessee (1969). A senior member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity parades down the grounds of Fisk University as part of fraternity pledges' initiation rites. Photographed By Robert Abbott Sengstacke.
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Actor Laurence Fisburne at 12-years-old on the set of “If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band” his first screen credit which led to him landing a role on “Cornbread, Earl and Me” and “One Life To Live” (1972)
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Soul singer Al Green performs in Los Angeles. Photo by Michael Ochs (1974)
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Shots of Burkina Faso's nightlife, photographed by Sanlé Sory (1970s/80s)
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Angela Davis attended her first news conference since being released on bail. (1972)
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The band Heatwave performing their hit song "Always and Forever" for the German music television program "Musikladen" (1976)
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Emmy-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph starring in the 1977 American crime comedy film A Piece of the Action, directed by Sidney Poitier. This would be 21-year-old Sheryl Lee Ralph's film debut.
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Portrait of Fashion model Pat Evans. Photo by Anthony Barboza (1970)
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A headshot of actress, singer, and director Phylicia Rashad (Ayers-Allen) Photo by John Kisch (1975)
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Women with colored afros sit on a float during the Bud Billiken Day parade in Chicago, IL. Photo by John H. White (1973)
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Hollywood California (1968). Promotional portraits of Diahann Carroll as the lead role in "Julia", making her the first Black woman to star in a "non-stereotypical" TV lead.
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Comedian, writer, and actor Paul Mooney (Paul Gladney) circa the 1970s. Mooney was mostly known for his boundary-pushing routines about racism and social justice, his work with Richard Pryor, and his work on “In Living Color” and “Chappelle’s Show. Photo by Michael Ochs
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Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, was one of the few Black engineers working in the tech industry in the 70s. In 1976, Lawson developed and released the first removable video game cartridges that allowed people to play various games in their homes. Photo by S. Lee Hilliard (1982)
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Sade At Home In London. Photo by Jean-Claude Deutsch (1985)
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Portraits of soul singer Teddy Pendergrass . Photos by Bernard Gotfryd (1979)
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Reggae artist Gregory Isaacs performs "Night Nurse" (early 1980s).
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Portraits of a 45-year-old Lola Falana, photographed by Harry Langdon (1987)
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Singer Prince, Sheila E. (L) and Cat (R) during Prince's show at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands during his Love Sexy '88 Tour. (1988)
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A Kool-Aid advertisement in Ebony Magazine (1972)
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Singer Minnie Riperton. Photo by Harry Langdon (1977)
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Three boys play on the handball court in Lynch Park, Brooklyn (1974) photo by Danny Lyon
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Young Black men listen to Black Party chairman Fred Hampton speak at the Church of the Epiphany. Photo by Paul Sequeira (1969)
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Actress Pam Grier in "Scream, Blacula, Scream" (1973)
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Portraits of Donna Summer, photographed by Fin Costello (1976)
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Santa Monica, California (1977). Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson at the American Music Awards. Photographed by Ron Gallela.
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17-year-old Whitney Houston Photographed by Doug Vann (1980).
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Bobbi Humphrey at A&R Studio for Blue Note Recording in NYC (1972)
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An ad for Raveen hair conditioner (1974)
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Singer-songwriter, musician Rick James and model, singer and actress Grace Jones on the red carpet at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards. Photo by Kevin Winter (1983)
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Morgan Freeman appearing in the ABC tv movie "Hollow Image" (1979)
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Somewhere in America, photographed by Herve Gloaguen (1970)
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Aretha Franklin performs her hit song "A Natural Woman" Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam 1968
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An 11-year-old Janet Jackson and the Jackson family home in Encino, Los Angeles, CA. Photographed by Michael Ochs
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Actress and singer Tichina Arnold as an 18-year-old appearing on the American soap opera "Ryan's Hope" (1987)
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An ad for StarGlow synthetic stretch wigs in Ebony Magazine (1972)
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Singer and songwriter Barry White and his wife singer Glodean White. Circa the 1970s
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Singer, dancer, actress, and author Tina Turner. Photos by Harry Langdon (1977)
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Kool & The Gang perform "Summer Madness" on Soul Train (1974)
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"The Beautiful Black Woman. Five Basic Ways To Become One" Ebony Magazine (February 1977)
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Redd Foxx and his Wife Betty Jean playing a game of pool at home. (1973)
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A clip from the "Free to Be... You & Me" television special (1974) featuring Michael Jackson & Roberta Flack. The special was created to challenge gender stereotypes, saluting values such as individuality, tolerance, and comfort with one's identity.
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Fashion designer Stephen Burrows, photographed by Nick Machalaba (1970)
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Glenville High School yearbook (1974). On this page, we see a young Steve Harvey who was voted most difficult in high school.
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Singer and actress Grace Jones wearing a garment by Azzedine Alaïa. Photo by Mark Sink (1989)
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Sam Cooke at RCA Recording Studio. Photo by Jess Rand (1959)
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A 9-year-old Tisha Campbell in an episode of the children’s series "Unicorn Tales" for her on-screen acting debut. The episode "The Magnificent Major" is about a girl who learns the importance of reading when she ends up in a dystopian future where books are banned. (1977)
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Marvin Gaye during the photoshoot session for his album "What's Going On" Photo by Michael Ochs (1971)
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Cicely Tyson signs an autograph for a young fan. (1973)
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Children Dance in an empty parking lot on South Princeton Avenue, Chicago. Photo by John H. White (1973)
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A story on singer Sade featured in Ebony May 1986
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The cast of the original Broadway musical "Dreamgirls" (from left to right) Sheryl Lee Ralph, Deborah Burrell, and Loretta Devine. Photo by Robin Platzer (1981)
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Actress Kim Fileds as Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey in promotional photos for the sitcom "The Facts of Life" Photos by Herb Ball (1982)
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Actor Giancarlo Esposito as a 15-year-old in the Broadway musical "Seesaw" as his character Julio (1973)
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Actress, singer, and dancer Nichelle Nichols featured on the January 1967 cover of Ebony Magazine. Nichelle Nichols was best known for portraying Lieutenant Uhura in "Star Trek" and its film sequels.
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"Black Men's Flamboyant Fashions", an article about the styles of Black men in the '70s, featured in Ebony Magazine (1972)
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TV ad for Afro Sheen hair products (1978)
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