Graceful and Elegant
As I’ve stated before, Dorothy and Marilyn were great friends. but the two had to hide their friendship due to the racism that existed at the time. This is the only nown photo of the two together.
(photo provided by @DandridgeDaily)
Martin Luther King Jr. and Dorothy Dandridge, 1963
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Dorothy Dandridge with beauty pageant contestants.
Los Angeles, California
1946
Clyde Woods, photographer
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Simply stunning.
Wasn’t she lovely?
Thank you
Just wanted to take a moment and thank you all for following my homage to my idol, Ms. Dorothy Jean Dandridge. Unfortunately I’m unable to follow anyone from this page, but I will definitely follow everyone back from my personal tumblr.
I’m gearing up for another intense semester of graduate school, so I apologize if I don’t update frequently. Please feel free to submit photos, videos, info, etc through the submit button on my page.
Jet Magazine. August 6, 1953
Hollywood.
Photo courtesy of @fashiondiva1984
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“She [Dorothy Dandridge] should be the most successful movie star in the whole world, but she was a black woman at the wrong time.” -Diane Carroll
Really disheartening that Dorothy doesn’t get nearly as much recognition as the others. Of course I understand why (as if that makes things any better).
I would love to see her pictures and art paintings splattered all over the decor section at Target and Walmart, but I don’t. She’s just as talented as Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn, yet, fell through the cracks of oppression because of society’s unjust concepts and ignorance’s… because of the color of her skin. How. silly. is. that.
Ahh, society. :/
“If I were white, I could capture the world.” ~ Dororthy Dandridge
Oh how I HATE that society did not know how to appreciate Dottie simply based on the color of her skin. She was everything that society had deemed a black woman incapable of being. She paved the way for so many,and I hope that her soul is at peace knowing that so many of us do appreciate her today.](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/dorothydandridge/13952378030/1/tumblr_lvm9qwLSwk1qcze67)
“She [Dorothy Dandridge] should be the most successful movie star in the whole world, but she was a black woman at the wrong time.” -Diane Carroll
Really disheartening that Dorothy doesn’t get nearly as much recognition as the others. Of course I understand why (as if that makes things any better).
I would love to see her pictures and art paintings splattered all over the decor section at Target and Walmart, but I don’t. She’s just as talented as Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn, yet, fell through the cracks of oppression because of society’s unjust concepts and ignorance’s… because of the color of her skin. How. silly. is. that.
Ahh, society. :/
“If I were white, I could capture the world.” ~ Dororthy Dandridge
Oh how I HATE that society did not know how to appreciate Dottie simply based on the color of her skin. She was everything that society had deemed a black woman incapable of being. She paved the way for so many,and I hope that her soul is at peace knowing that so many of us do appreciate her today.
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