African American Beauty

Salvador Dali's Favorite Supermodel

Ben Arogundade | Posted 02.04.2012

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Ben Arogundade

The renowned surrealist painter Salvador Dali's meeting with seminal African-American supermodel, Donyale Luna, at his hideaway in the Spanish fishing village of Cadaqués, Catalonia in 1966 marked an amazing moment where art and beauty collide.

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Rebecca Carroll

'Posing Beauty': Deborah Willis, Photographer And Breast Cancer Survivor, Discusses Her New Exhibit

HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.27.2011

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In her remarkable new exhibit at the Fisher Museum of Art at the University of Southern California, photographer and New York University professor Deb...

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Fabulous At Every Age: Black To Beauty

Terrence Phearse | Posted 01.16.2012

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Terrence Phearse

What does it take to be fab nowadays? A feathered mane, lux threads, a memorable look, and a banging resume. The ladies of today may know how to up the ante but being a glamorous woman of color is nothing new.

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"She's Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl..."

Tameka J. Raymond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tameka J. Raymond

The deeply rooted intra-racial contempt that lies beneath this inane "compliment" is the reason I've chosen to spark dialogue surrounding the topic of self-hatred in African-American culture.

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