investor, and music publisher. He wrote over 2000 songs and arranged for notable people such as Florenz Ziegfeld, Orson Welles, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Duchin, Benny Goodman, and others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jordan_(musician)
Whitney Houston died 14 years ago today.
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Shari Lynn Belafonte (born September 22, 1954)
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Casandra Elizabeth Ventura (born August 26, 1986)
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Renee Thompson is trying to make it as a top fashion model in New York. She's got the looks, the walk and the drive. But she’s a black model in a world where white women represent the standard of beauty. Agencies rarely hire black models. And when they do, they want them to look “like white girls dipped in chocolate.”
The Colour of Beauty is a shocking short documentary that examines racism in the fashion industry. Is a black model less attractive to designers, casting directors and consumers? What is the colour of beauty?
https://www.nfb.ca/film/colour_of_beauty/
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Dorothea Towles Church (born Dorthy Mae Towles; July 26, 1922 – July 7, 2006) was the first successful [Black] fashion model in Paris…
Racial barriers
Church recalled her experience
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