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Happy Black History Month 2025:
To celebrate, we are reposting some of our favorite Black Swans = names & faces everyone should know!
Ethel Waters, an enormously popular singer and actress, was a pioneer for African American women at a time they were not accepted in the arts. In her theatrical career, she was the first Black woman to integrate the Broadway stage, and in film she was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award, the first to have her own TV show, and the first to win a Primetime Emmy.… read more.