![]() and Olga James in a scene from the 1956 Broadway musical, “Mr. The sisters were preachers daughters who topped the R&B and pop charts and were nominated for over a dozen Grammy Awards in the pop, R&B and country categories. Pictured above: The Pointer Sisters, June, Ruth, Bonnie and Anita, wearing vintage styles from the forties in 1973. ![]() Let’s see what’s in store for us in this beautiful hardback coffee table book, which you can pre-order here. ![]() With its stunning photographs and insightful biographies, this book is a hugely important addition to Black history archives.” “The book presents historic photographs of famous actors, dancers, writers and entertainers who worked in the 20th-century entertainment business, but who rarely appeared in the same publications as their white counterparts. And now, she’s putting it all into print. The internet spawns another exciting book, in this case, a Tumblr dedicated entirely to Vintage Black Glamour.įrom Josephine Baker getting a pedicure to an anonymous snapshot of a style icon that never was, author Nichelle Gainer has been unearthing a treasure trove of iconic images from rarely accessed photographic archives ever since she began her Tumblr. ![]()
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