Chaka Khan walking by a sunny lake holding a balloon in the late ‘70s
A woman, an activist, a school of master vocalizing, a force turns 73 today. Much love and many happy returns to the great #ChakaKhan.
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James Earl Jones as Captain Woody Paris with Lee Chamberlin as his wife Barbara in a publicity photo for the short-lived CBS police drama “Paris,” 1979-80. #BlackSkyOver50 #TVSky
The O.G. anointed Pace sisters: Judy (L) and her vocalist/actor/activist sister Jean at the west coast premiere of the concert film GOSPEL, Pickwood Theater, Los Angeles, 1983. [📸: A. Ace Burgess for Jet magazine]
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“The most beautiful Negro girl in Hollywood”: A family member has confirmed that Judy Pace Flood, one of the most visible, versatile, and gorgeous Black film/TV actresses of the 1960s and 1970s, has made her ancestral transition at the age of 83. #FilmSky #TVSky #BlackSkyOver50
Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Dennis Edwards and Melvin Franklin of The Temptations sit at a press conference table each holding up a copy of their CLOUD NINE LP with two men standing behind them.
[L-R] Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Dennis Edwards and Melvin Franklin of The Temptations promote their CLOUD NINE LP at a press conference, 1969. #BlackSkyOver50 #MusicSky
With all this “this war is gonna make the rapture happen”, i thinks its about time someone makes a film about Jesus acctually coming back in todays climate and show how these “christians” would treat him #blacksky #blacksjyover40 #blackskyover50
Dorothy Dandridge on set during a break in the filming of the nautical thriller THE DECKS RAN RED [Stone, 1958]. #FilmSky #BlackSkyOver50
'15-plus years after her death at the age of 54, Teena Marie is remembered as an important contributor to R&B and Soul music, who against all logic sustained a 30-year-plus singing career with an overwhelmingly Black audience base.'
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It’s the 92nd heavenly birthday of actor/singer Barbara McNair. #BlackSkyOver50 #FilmSky #MusicSky #Broadway
Shakespeare with seasoning: Clifton Davis and Jonelle Allen in the John Guare/Mel Shapiro/Galt MacDermot Broadway rock music adaptation of the Bard’s TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, St. James Theatre, 1971. Allen was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Musical at the Tonys. #BlackSkyOver50 #Broadway
Actor Gilbert Price captured swirling in a gold lamé cape designed by Geoffrey Holder for the Broadway show TIMBUKTU!, 1978
Three-time Tony nominee Gilbert Price (1942-1991) in costume for Geoffrey Holder’s TIMBUKTU!, 1978. It’s been speculated that Langston Hughes, who was reportedly smitten with Price, may have based a character named “Beauty” on the singer/dancer/actor in several of his works. #BlackSkyOver50
February 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of Supreme Florence Ballard’s untimely passing at the age of 32. #MusicSky #BlackSkyOver50
I experienced Santa Claus/Tooth Fairy levels of disillusionment —as a grown-ass man—when I discovered that Ron O’Neal wore hairpieces in the SUPER FLY movies. #BlackSkyOver50 #FilmSky
Flyer for the Eartha Kitt-Wendell Corey Broadway production of Lonnie Coleman’s JOLLY’S PROGRESS, 1959. The play, by most accounts a rather ill-advised Alabama-set interracial redo of PYGMALION, ran for only 9 performances that December. #BlackSkyOver50 #BroadwaySky
Original 35mm slide of Debbie Allen as Michelle [a proxy for the director’s ex-wife Deboragh] in Richard Pryor’s semi-autobiographical directorial maiden voyage JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING [1986]. #BlackSkyOver50 #FilmSky
Question of the day…
What’s an automatic FEEL GOOD song of yours? Soon as you play it, mood lifted
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Quote with your answer
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Ruby Dee is riveting as Rachel, an enslaved passenger aboard an 1861 train on which a pre-inauguration 🔫 attempt on Lincoln’s life is foiled, in Anthony Mann’s THE TALL TARGET [1951]. #FilmSky #BlackSkyOver50
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Rest in peace to Mr. Lamonte McLemore—one-fifth of The 5th Dimension and master photographer—who has slipped away at the age of 90. #BlackSkyOver50 #MusicSky #RestInPeace
Cakewalking babies from home: Siblings Frederick (“Fredy”) and Ruth (“Rudy”) Walker, international cakewalking champions who took Europe and America by storm in the early 20th century. [📸: David Hoffman/Boaz Postcard Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History] #BlackSkyOver50
Shout-out to the matchless jazz of Chaka Khan—not just the chops, but the EAR. Aside from wailing with the best of them, she executed the crazy bebop tuba arrangement you’re hearing at 3:36. #MusicSky #BlackSkyOver50
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What if I just like 0420 AM 😶🌫️ and had to be up for it?
Stop generalizing!😆 Geez...
but also...
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Alice Jubert and Glynn Turman on a lobby card for the Black horror/possession classic J.D.’s REVENGE [Marks, 1976]. #FilmSky #BlackFilmSky #BlackSkyOver50
Four donut franchises clockwise Krispy Kreme, Shipley, Duck Donuts, Dunkin Donuts
Only One Donut Shop Can Stay, Which One Are You Picking? #BlackSky #BlackSkyOver30 #BlackSkyOver40 #BlackSkyOver50
Where to Find Black-Owned Bookstores Across the U.S.
From books to puzzles and stationery, these shopping destinations also serve as gathering places in communities across the country.
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Abbey Lincoln [C] shares a riotous laugh with Joseph Attles [L] and director Daniel Mann [R] on the set of the romantic comedy FOR LOVE OF IVY [1968]. #BlackSkyOver50 #FilmSky
“Oh, Meg?…you don’t have any salad!”: Pam Grier getting the royal treatment on the set of COFFY [Hill, 1973]. #BlackSkyOver50 #FilmSky
