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| Joséphine Baker (c.) in Paris, France on August 8, 1945 on the Champs Elysees. photo by Serge De Sazo |
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| Photo by Enrico Nawrath of ballerina Salenko Salenko in 2015. |
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| Joyce Bryant, singer was known as the 'Black Marilyn Monroe'. |
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| Jazz singer, Joyce Bryant, popular in the 1950's was dubbed The Bronze Bombshell. In 2016 she is 87 years old. |
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Jayne Kennedy was the the first woman to join the staff of
CBS Sports’ 'NFL Today' and the first black Miss Ohio.
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Lena Horne once said, "Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand
what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me."
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| Lena Horne in the 1950's |
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| Lauryn Hill at the piano !!!! video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3_dOWYHS7I |
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| Lena Horne refused to perform for segregated audiences during World War II when entertaining troops of the USO. |
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| Lena Horne (1941) was 24 years old. |
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| Lena Horne (1981) was 64 years old. Her sultry voice aroused me at that age. Of all the things to remember about a woman her voice ranks high on the list because her intonation speaks to places within a man that may or may not be alert. A man's awareness can awaken by sound. There is the sound of a woman's presence, the sound of her look, the tone of her presence, the menace of her anger, the clinch of her convictions, and the stamina of her vigor, and the feel of her eyes. These speak to the subtle bodies of a man's nature. How we listen determines how we receive the gifts and the lessons of our lives upon the Earth, our Mother from the women in our lives and the women surrounding us with their daily lives! If the sound of a woman's voice does not awaken the need for connection something is amiss within the man, and shortens the sense of wonder a woman can evoke within a man, or it is simply that her voice does not speak to his soul and resonate for other reasons. The ardor of the fires within a man's loins, the smell of a woman's allure, the pretense of machismo, and the fear of not being enough will make some men behave poorly, and motivate others to be better; not good enough, but the best of themselves. Women are the center of Life because divinity rests at their center place in ways that made Creation possible, and the Creator accessible. A woman is the nature of a poem if she knows herself, and is better than the societal role given her gender. - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 11.4.13 |
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| symbol of Tranquility |
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| Lena Horne in 1995 |
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| Lena Horne |
