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VintageBlackGlamour 
I’m @NichelleGainer Author of two VINTAGE BLACK GLAMOUR books ✨ Editor of LADY DAY: BODY & SOUL (Available now at billieholidaybook.com)✨
New York, NY
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THIS! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I’ve always wanted to do one of those shows that exposes hoaxes, scams & magicians’ secrets.
So tomorrow, check out a special 4th of July episode of #theGrioDaily as we expose the trick behind one of the biggest hoaxes of all time:
“Will He Lynch & the Making of a White Man” pic.twitter.com/96FYzfXfsQ
So tomorrow, check out a special 4th of July episode of #theGrioDaily as we expose the trick behind one of the biggest hoaxes of all time:
“Will He Lynch & the Making of a White Man” pic.twitter.com/96FYzfXfsQ
Earlier this week, NYPD arrested Jazz Ajilo, a beloved subway musician. New Yorkers were outraged.
In response, Mayor Adams said the subway is out of control and he was elected to fix it. It’s “not the place for disorder.”
So…here’s a thread of that…“disorder”.🧵
In response, Mayor Adams said the subway is out of control and he was elected to fix it. It’s “not the place for disorder.”
So…here’s a thread of that…“disorder”.🧵
Thank you Tara!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Ladies and gentlemen, an EGOT!
Congratulations @IAMJHUD on this monumental achievement.❤️ #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/aUCL9js207
Congratulations @IAMJHUD on this monumental achievement.❤️ #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/aUCL9js207
The books have finally made it off the boat! You can order now at billieholidaybook.com✨
Lady Day: Body & Soul - Celebrating Billie Holiday's glamour and legacy
billieholidaybook.com
Today is Billie Holiday's 107th birthday and the beautiful new book I edited is still on the way! It was supposed to be released today but the shipment is stuck in the mud on a boat in the Chesapeake Bay! 🤦🏾♀️ We expect to have them by early May at the latest. I’ll keep you posted! pic.twitter.com/x0I7oR4j45
The Double V campaign (“Victory Abroad + Victory at Home”) during WWII highlighted the legal injustices + segregation Black Americans dealt with as US citizens AND as soldiers in the (segregated) armed forces. 📸 (1) A “Double V” model. (2) Supporters in 1942. #MemorialDay
please use that energy to ask your elected official to get on Beto time and nothing less. I'm begging you.
I don't want to sound mean, but I want people to understand the flaw in asking for something like this. we're not okay. this country is rotting our brains. im sad about it.
wild how many people have asked for a school shooting episode of the show I write. people are that deeply removed from demanding more from the politicians they've elected and are instead demanding "entertainment." I can't ask "are yall ok" anymore because the answer is "no."
We get a kick out of #DorothyDandridge! ✨ Watch as she impresses with "I Get A Kick Out Of You" here: EdSullivan.lnk.to/DorothyDandrid…
Schools scared to death.
The truth is, one education under desks,
Stooped low from bullets;
That plunge when we ask
Where our children
Shall live
& how
& if
The truth is, one education under desks,
Stooped low from bullets;
That plunge when we ask
Where our children
Shall live
& how
& if
It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.
"What are we doing? There were more mass shootings than days in the year. Our kids are living in fear."
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy pleaded with his colleagues to act after the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. apne.ws/66gnZO3
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy pleaded with his colleagues to act after the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. apne.ws/66gnZO3
An update on our new Billie Holiday book. It looks like another week or so.✨
Hi Slias, the freed ship has now finally arrived at New York port and is waiting in line to be unloaded, then the books need to clear US customs and be trucked to our warehouse. So frustrating this is taking so long, probably another week or so.
ICYMI @NichelleGainer talks to @6Music about Lady Day: Body & Soul, listen at 1.09.05 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… and order the book at billieholidaybook.com
#billieholiday #vintageblackglamour #rocket88books
#billieholiday #vintageblackglamour #rocket88books
A miracle happened today. And I just thought I was knocking out a few vowels. 💁🏾♀️✨
#Wordle 308 1/6*
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#Wordle 308 1/6*
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Keep us posted. I have your other two books, bought four copies each for Kwanzaa gifts for family. We have protective covers on them and absolutely adore them. Looking forward to this one.
Today is Billie Holiday's 107th birthday and the beautiful new book I edited is still on the way! It was supposed to be released today but the shipment is stuck in the mud on a boat in the Chesapeake Bay! 🤦🏾♀️ We expect to have them by early May at the latest. I’ll keep you posted! pic.twitter.com/x0I7oR4j45
Boxes are being unloaded starting today to lighten the load, hopefully to shift the boat out of the mud. Happy Birthday Billie Holiday.
Boxes are being unloaded starting today to lighten the load, hopefully to shift the boat out of the mud. Happy Birthday Billie Holiday.
I can't wait to purchase this book.
Must check out your book great Lady Day
Today is Billie Holiday's 107th birthday and the beautiful new book I edited is still on the way! It was supposed to be released today but the shipment is stuck in the mud on a boat in the Chesapeake Bay! 🤦🏾♀️ We expect to have them by early May at the latest. I’ll keep you posted! pic.twitter.com/x0I7oR4j45
Today is Billie Holiday's 107th birthday and the beautiful new book I edited is still on the way! It was supposed to be released today but the shipment is stuck in the mud on a boat in the Chesapeake Bay! 🤦🏾♀️ We expect to have them by early May at the latest. I’ll keep you posted! pic.twitter.com/x0I7oR4j45
Today is Billie Holiday's 107th birthday and the beautiful new book I edited is still on the way! It was supposed to be released today but the shipment is stuck in the mud on a boat in the Chesapeake Bay! 🤦🏾♀️ We expect to have them by early May at the latest. I’ll keep you posted!
And sometimes Bob McGrath joined us. pic.twitter.com/YUlJJIHf4q
RIP you proud Chicano, consummate entertainer & sweet man. Emilio Delgado always announced himself on the phone by saying, “It’s Emilio—Luis from Sesame Street.” As if he needed any introduction! He & Sonia Manzano made Latin-American kids feel seen, accepted, and sunny. 💔 pic.twitter.com/PIdkmx7HOJ
Happy 95th Birthday Harry Belafonte! These photos are from ‘The Strollin’ Twenties,’ a 1965 TV special he produced. The stars (from left): George Kirby, Sidney Poitier, Gloria Lynne, Langston Hughes, Joe Williams, Diahann Carroll, Nipsey Russell, Paula Kelly and Duke Ellington.
#BelAir Really really enjoying the show. I’m…just gonna need Carlton to grow on me… like soon! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
This picture appears in my first Vintage Black Glamour book. vintageblackglamourbook.com💞✨
Nat Cole and his wife Maria attend the 35th annual Academy Awards. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, April 8, 1963. @VintageBlkGlam pic.twitter.com/n3xUphVbkb
Rest in peace to the one and only Andre Leon Talley. A singular legend in the world of fashion. 🙏🏾💔🕊
In light of MLK day, revisiting this interview on NPR with my father about his time registering voters in 1964.
Congratulations, Nichelle! (And cheers, spirit of Eartha!)
Photojournalist Steve Schapiro has passed away. He was important to the movement. He photographed the March on Washington and Selma to Montgomery march. His images moved minds during a crucial time. This is my favorite photo by him of Dr. King. May they both rest in peace now. pic.twitter.com/tL66gs5A7s
Photojournalist Steve Schapiro has passed away. He was important to the movement. He photographed the March on Washington and Selma to Montgomery march. His images moved minds during a crucial time. This is my favorite photo by him of Dr. King. May they both rest in peace now.
When I met Eartha Kitt 21 years ago, I had no idea that I would start Vintage Black Glamour (which turns 11 today!) much less write a book that would feature her on the cover! She was born 95 years ago today in North, South Carolina. ✨
The Greatest himself, Muhammad Ali, was born 80 years ago today!
Rest In Power to the great James Mtume. The South Philly native & prodigal son, Jazz ROYALTY (the son of the great Jimmy Heath) and music trailblazer & pioneer. His passing is truly a monumental loss. Let's look at some of Mtume's music and legacy through the years, as a THREAD:
This remains my favorite Denzel Washington video (a random pull-up on the Southside of Chicago looking for BBQ)
March 22, 1972 SOUL! Host #EllisHaizlip brings together 2 icons #SidneyPoitier and #HarryBelafonte to talk about their upcoming film, a Black Western directed by Mr. Poitier and produced by Mr. Belafonte called “Buck & the Preacher.” RIP to a legend #mrsoulthemovie #hbomax ❤️🙏🏾🕊
"If you haven’t got it, you can’t show it. If you have got it, you can’t hide it." Zora Neale Hurston, who was born 131 years ago today, in Notasulga, Alabama and raised in the legendary all-Black town of Eatonville, Florida. 📸: Carl Van Vechten (1934 and 1940)
I grew up on these films. As a man from the Caribbean with a mom who treasured classic movies, he was really always there. MamaCarnegro actually texted me the news. He’s on the cover of the @VintageBlkGlam book in my home right now. Peace to the generations of family he left.
Now that both of my cover stars are among the stars, I thought it would the perfect time to revisit their 1957 film "Mark of the Hawk.” Mr. Poitier played a London-born African named Obam (I kid you not) who returns home for a political position. Ms. Kitt played his wife, Renee.
Sidney Poitier
Poor People's Campaign, Resurrection City, Washington, D.C., May 1968
Powerful beyond the stage and screen.
Poor People's Campaign, Resurrection City, Washington, D.C., May 1968
Powerful beyond the stage and screen.
