Black Picture Image Gallery : Vintage - Classic and Timeless Photos

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A 26-year-old Phyllis Hyman in her New York City apartment on March 3, 1976 just as her star was beginning to rise. Just months before, she was an unknown singer whose first nightclub appearances on Manhattan’s upper west side attracted large, loyal followings fast. These photos were taken by Suzanne Vlamis for the AP.
 
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#LaNegraTieneTumbao! Afro-Cuban music legend Celia Cruz was born on this day in 1925 in Havana, Cuba. Ms. Cruz, who died in 2003, is seen here with La Sonora Matancera, Cuba’s most popular orchestra, in the 1950s. She was the lead singer of the group and eventually married the trumpet player from the group, Pedro Knight. Photo by Narcy Studios, Cuba, courtesy of Omer-Pardillo Cid.
 
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Pearl Bailey performing with Carmen De Lavallade in the 1954 film “Carmen Jones.” And, yes, that is none other than Max Roach on the drums. This picture was taken by Howard Morehead (1924-2003) for Ebony magazine, where Mr. Morehead served as the magazine’s first west coast-based photographer. A native of Topeka, Kansas, Mr. Morehead was also a Tuskegee Airman who served in World War II before earning a degree in photography from Los Angeles City College. He also attended USC and UCLA , was a staff photographer at the historically black newspaper, The Los Angeles Sentinel and shot countless album covers. Photo: Ebony via Art.com.
 

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