Marpessa Dawn....The Halle Berry of the 50s

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All the big black actresses in the 50's and 60's had white husbands.

Lena horne
Dorothy dandridge
Eartha kitt
Diana sands
Nina simone
Helen willams
Naomi sims
Josephine baker
Lorraine hansberry

It was a way to further ur career at the time. And some may have liked them


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Brought this up before in a post


But ms dawn was bad af

I like halle berry a little more in prime tho
thanks for the bedwench history lesson it makes sense you deep in the red
 

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Her and Her Husband
right on time :dead: :francis:
 

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Wow, her and Halle are more alike than we thought as far as liking wm goes.

Why were so many beautiful black actresses with wm back then? Does anyone have that context about those marriages?
 

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Wow, her and Halle are more alike than we thought as far as liking wm goes.

Why were so many beautiful black actresses with wm back then? Does anyone have that context about those marriages?
mix of self hate + seeking a come up. Lotta these folks dont like being black and talked that pro black stuff not out pride but more so to express the agony of hating being black. This is why they sought white acceptance as white is their standard of what it is to exist and be human and anything non white is lesser than.
 
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Wow, her and Halle are more alike than we thought as far as liking wm goes.

Why were so many beautiful black actresses with wm back then? Does anyone have that context about those marriages?


A way to get into the industry back than carmel

Halle biracial so i dont count her.

But the top black actresses had white husbands cause they had power and connections
 
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