— welcome to a vintage black barbie’s dossier! 👸🏾📜🌹 an archive created by me to celebrate predominantly black & brown beauties — sometimes woc, of bygone eras & modern-day. a safe space for us to honor & appreciate our beauty, history, talents, culture(s) & impact ꫂ ၴႅၴ.

— the wishing-well girl from johnny bravo ep3a “the sensitive male!”, 1997. 👩🏾‍🦱ྀིྀིྀིྀིྀི 💙🕶️⛲️

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— aretha franklin in bloomfield hills, michigan for vanity fair march 1994 issue. 🌹💋🐈‍⬛ 📸 by: annie leibovitz

— yes, indeed! (1941) a soundie of the swing spiritual song written by black composer & arranger sy oliver. soundies are 3-minute musical films from the 40s. this soundie features dorothy dandridge & the five spirits of rhythm performing the title track. 💒🔔👼🏾

— tammi terrell, 1968. ♥️🌹 motown’s princess & sweetheart.

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— phylicia rashad & debbie allen, 1988. 💐👭🏽

— brandy & paolo montalban’s rodgers & hammerstein’s cinderella photoshoot for entertainment weekly, 1997. 👸🏾🩵💍

— donna summer “winter melody” for her “four seasons of love” album, 1976. ❄️☃️🎼

— diahann carroll’s “julia” barbie doll ads circa 1960s. 👩🏾‍⚕️💗🩺 the julia doll from diahann’s hit tv series was the first celebrity barbie doll & one of the first mass-marketing black fashion dolls in u.s. history.

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— phyllis hyman, the black venus & glamour ✨🌹💅🏾👸🏾

— whitney houston, angela bassett, lela rochon & loretta devine in waiting to exhale ending scene, 1995. ✨🤎🎉 happy new year’s y’all!

— this year was HER year & i loved it! 🌹💟💋 the year of a black IT girl.

— michael jackson biopic era AND bts comeback in 2026?! oh they did this for me! 🥹💟

— 2B on youtube & over 2B+ streams on spotify with billie jean, that’s my king! he’s letting y’all know up above he’s about to takeover 2026 with the biopic era! i am so ready! let’s go mike! 👏🏾✨

— on this day — 77-years-ago — the queen of disco & she helped define modern-day pop, miss donna summer was born. 🪩💃🏽💟 you can’t think of disco & the entire 1970s without mother donna! our black pop ‘IT’ girl. she was larger than life. happy heavenly birthday to the queen. 🌹

*malinda williams

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