Beautiful black woman playing the piano in the 1940s [VIDEO]

[Dr. Acula]

I've been obsessed with watching older videos of black folks. I'm going to post a few of my favorites in here

 

[Dr. Acula]

Dorothy Dandridge was fine. I can do without the shucking and jiving from the dude though but I'm willing to look past it because the song is catchy and I can just look at Dorothy

 

[cheek100]

Man this country would be so plain without black people to spice it up.

 

[Dr. Acula]

Kids playing in the streets (1948). What always amazes me about watching these videos is that there was a lot more intermingling of races back then than we usually think.

 

[BlackMajik]

Man this country would be so plain without black people to spice it up.

We added so much flavor

 

[Dr. Acula]

Harlem back in 1939

 

[Dr. Acula]

Looking at older videos also helps you remember that outside of style and some attitudes, we've remained the same still. A lot of the people in the background of this clip could easily be folks I've met in my life with different haircuts and styling.

Videos, especially with color, of the past give the people more life than looking at still black and white photographs.

 

[Dr. Acula]

Josephine Baker (1950)

 

[Dr. Acula]

Video of Tulsa. I wish they didn't add the music or picked more lowkey music.

 

[Dr. Acula]

Richard Pryor was a singer before comedian