1st Black Woman to be nominated for an Academy Award (Lead Actress for Carmen Jones)!



1st Black Woman to walk the Red Carpet
through the front door of the Oscars!



1st Black Woman to present an Oscar
(Best Editing, On The Waterfront)!

1st Black Woman to appear on the
cover of Life Magazine!



1st Black Woman to perform at
The Waldorf-Astoria (New York City)!



She has a STAR on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
(671 Hollywood Boulevard)!



Lead singer on the song Chattanooga Choo-Choo,
Glenn Miller’s biggest hit nominated for best song and
was awarded the first Gold Record for sales of 1.2 million!



These are but a few of the Achievements by Dorothy Dandridge in spite of the racism and bigotry towards her and others.  Hollywood could not or would not find suitable roles for her like her white counterparts
Ava Gardner and Marilyn Monroe. This devastated Dorothy both personally and professionally yet she continued on in spite of it. 

Halle Berry once said,
“She’s such an important figure, I’m proof of that. 
Every black actress who is working in Hollywood is proof of that”.

 

Dorothy Dandridge once said,
“If I were white, I could capture the world."

Dorothy also said,
"It (prejudice) is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive.  It gives you nothing.  It takes away."

Today, we celebrate You Dorothy Dandridge
for your life and legacy. 

Today, we celebrate our own
BLACK AMERICAN PRINCESS.



HAPPY 95TH BIRTHDAY
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE!

Very Sincerely,
John R. Ayers
Jayers06@aol.com
And
SOUL PITT