China Lee, Playboy’s August 1964 Playmate of the month

China Lee, Playboy’s August 1964 Playmate of the month

Josephine Baker performing in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1936

Jennifer Jackson (right) (Miss March 1965) pictured with her twin sister Janis when they worked as Bunnies at Chicago’s Playboy Club

Jennifer Jackson (right) (Miss March 1965) pictured with her twin sister Janis when they worked as Bunnies at Chicago’s Playboy Club

The Chantels, 1957

The Chantels, 1957

glamorousgams: Burlesque dancer Jessie Tai Sing, 1946.

glamorousgams:

Burlesque dancer Jessie Tai Sing, 1946.

1950s Pin-up model

1950s Pin-up model

mothgirlwings: Dorothy Dandridge (third from left front row) with beauty contest winners in Los Angeles, CA - 1946

mothgirlwings:

Dorothy Dandridge (third from left front row) with beauty contest winners in Los Angeles, CA - 1946

ofanotherfashion: A promotional photograph of dancer and musical comedy star Aida Overton Walker, who as some of you may recall was credited with popularizing the cakewalk. Credit: Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library Submitted by Lynn Mally (Irvine, CA)

ofanotherfashion:

A promotional photograph of dancer and musical comedy star Aida Overton Walker, who as some of you may recall was credited with popularizing the cakewalk.

Credit: Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library

Submitted by Lynn Mally (Irvine, CA)

Rock and roll singer Jackie Wilson autographs the cuff of a Playboy Bunny at a dinner for the Motion Picture Pioneers Association at the Playboy Club on November 19, 1962 in New York, New York (x)

Rock and roll singer Jackie Wilson autographs the cuff of a Playboy Bunny at a dinner for the Motion Picture Pioneers Association at the Playboy Club on November 19, 1962 in New York, New York (x)

Martha and the Vandellas in London, 1966

Martha and the Vandellas in London, 1966

blackhistoryalbum: The Sisters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the University of Pennsylvania’s first Black sorority, 1921. VIA

blackhistoryalbum:

The Sisters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the University of Pennsylvania’s first Black sorority, 1921. VIA

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