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Duke Ellington - African Flowers

on constant repeat tonight


Miriam Makeba, Monterey Jazz Festival, 1960 | photographed by Jim Marshall

Miriam Makeba, Monterey Jazz Festival, 1960 | photographed by Jim Marshall

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“Images” by Nina Simone, poem by William Waring Cuney
Recording session: December 25, 1965, Netherlands 

vintageblackglamour:

Miriam Makeba (1932-2008), the legendary singer and civil rights activist seen here in 1960, was born 81 years ago today in Johannesburg, South Africa. I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see that the doodle on Google’s homepage is in honor of her birthday. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty.

vintageblackglamour:

Miriam Makeba (1932-2008), the legendary singer and civil rights activist seen here in 1960, was born 81 years ago today in Johannesburg, South Africa. I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see that the doodle on Google’s homepage is in honor of her birthday. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty.

Josephine Baker, 1960s

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Shirley Bassey photographed in the US, 1960. Photograph by Gilles Petard.

Shirley Bassey photographed in the US, 1960. Photograph by Gilles Petard.

newmanology:

Show, September 1963On the cover: Lena HornePhotograph: Melvin Sokolsky, art director: Henry Wolf 

newmanology:

Show, September 1963
On the cover: Lena Horne
Photograph: Melvin Sokolsky, art director: Henry Wolf 

retrogirly:

Chelo Alonso

retrogirly:

Chelo Alonso

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soulfulmum:

dinfinite:

bhof: Miss Topsy, c. 1968.

Fierce.

soulfulmum:

dinfinite:

bhof: Miss Topsy, c. 1968.

Fierce.

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vintageblackglamour:

lascasartoris:

yes

Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poiter in Paris Blues, 1961. 

There’s an electric storm overhead in London. I’ve decided to stay out the rain and watch Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poiter in Paris Blues on youtube here.

vintageblackglamour:

lascasartoris:

yes

Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poiter in Paris Blues, 1961. 

There’s an electric storm overhead in London. I’ve decided to stay out the rain and watch Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poiter in Paris Blues on youtube here.

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