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Softness Was Always Ours

Miss Black Teenage America Contestants

Item

Source
Harmon Perry Collection
Creator
Harmon Perry
Title
Miss Black Teenage America Contestants
Date
August 17, 1972
Description
The 1972 pageant, broadcast via television from Madison Square Garden on August 17th, was won by 15 year old Miss Cynthia Lewis of Houston, Texas.
Type
Image
Subject
African American teenage girls
Beauty pageants
Miss Black Teenage America
African American youth
Natural hairstyles
Black beauty culture
1970s fashion
Format
8 × 3.5 inch black-and-white photograph.
Rights
This image is made available for research and educational use. Reproduction or publication requires permission from the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History.
Rights Holder
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Fulton County Library System
Temporal Coverage
1972-08-17
Item sets
Adornment & Opulence
Softness Timeline Items
Site pages
Adornment & Opulence
Media
Miss Black Teen contestants, c1970s (Harmon Perry coll).jpeg

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1970s African American Girls Teen Girls Beauty Queens Black Beauty Black Girls Pageants Soft Black Girl Softness

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