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11 mar 2021 · Black women have documented the difficulties they faced in regard to American conceptions of beauty before the emergence of ‘Black is Beautiful’ in the late 1960s. Actress Whoopi Goldberg explained how she grew up with unattainable beauty standards.
28 wrz 2020 · Born into slavery in 1865, Anthony Overton became a leading African American entrepreneur during the twentieth century with the establishment of his Chicago-based empire. However, before moving to Chicago, Illinois, in 1898, Overton created the Overton Hygienic Manufacturing Company in Kansas City, Missouri.
As it turns out, Captain William Pinkney is the first Black man to circumnavigate the globe solo via the five Great Capes. While this is an astonishing feat that very people have accomplished, obviously I'm more interested in how he shaped Black makeup history – specifically, his significant contributions during the late '60s and '70s, one of ...
Browse titles and indexes of 100+ books written by Black beauty professionals, researchers, models, photographers and creatives alike. Subjects include the history of beauty patents, color theory, self-care, identity formation, social justice, artist profiles and more.
1 lut 2024 · The crucial work of Black trailblazers inspired major strides towards expanding diversity and inclusion in today’s beauty industry. Discover the history-making women and men who laid the foundation for makeup brands and artists.
This article explores how the ‘Black is Beautiful’ movement transformed attitudes towards beauty standards within black communities and how the cosmetics industry tried to capitalise on...
2 lut 2022 · An outright revolution in the beauty industry, Marjorie Joyner began studying cosmetology in 1912. By 1916, she became the first Black female graduate of Chicago’s A.B. Molar Beauty School. By 20, she had opened her own salon.
