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Black Beauties
African American Pageant Queens in the Segregated South
- 144 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
In 1984, Vanessa Williams broke the race barrier to become Miss America, but she was not the first Black woman to wear a pageant crown.
Black beauty pageants created a distinctive and celebrated cultural tradition during some of the most dismal times in the country's racial history. With the rise of the civil rights and Black Pride movements, pageantry also represented a component of social activism. Professor Kimberly Pellum explores this glamourous and profound history with contributions by dozens of former contestants who share their personal experiences.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword, by Ericka Dunlap
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. âWE BRING YOU BEAUTY IN BRONZEâ Early African American Pageant Tradition and the Revision of a Limited Beauty Standard
- 2. âTHEY DIDNâT HAVE MANY QUEENS MY COLORâ Colorism, Community and Growing Up during Jim Crow
- 3. âTHERE WAS A VIRTUAL EPIDEMIC OF NEGRO HOMECOMING QUEENSâ Brewing Unrest and Pageants as Student Activism in the Civil Rights Movement
- 4. âTHIS IS BETTER THAN BEING MISS AMERICAâ African Americans in Mainstream Contests and the Emergence of the Miss Black America Pageant during the Black Power Era
- 5. âSTEPPING OUT INTO FINER WOMANHOODâ Football Classics, Coronations and a Local Civil Rights Legend Training Queens in Respectability and Representation
- 6. âBLACK BEAUTY WINS EVERY YEARâ Miss Black USAâs Founder and the Lasting Legacy of African American Pageants
- Notes
- About the Author