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A collection of vintage black and white images featuring elegant jazz singers in glamorous attire, showcasing jazz as a soulful and timeless art form.

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of a negro woman smiling and looking backwards.

OPRAH WINFREY.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment De Gruyter, Miss Manila. January 11, 1967

American-Belgian jazz singers in Kijk de Rijk Show, Donna Higtower after the press conference (head) Date April 10, 1964.

1970s PORTRAIT AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WITH HALF SMILE WEARING ORANGE AND YELLOW TURTLENECK TOP

S. Pearl Sharp, Half-Length Portrait, on-set of the TV Movie, "Minstrel Man", CBS-TV, 1977

vintage black and white photo of smiling woman with iconic afro hairstyle

Portrait of Mary Jackson. 2017 Hall of Honor inductee. Langley Research Center NACA and NASA Hall of Honor. In honor and recognition of the ambition and motivation that enabled her career progression from human computer to NASA s first Afican-American female engineer, and subsequent career supporting the hiring and promotion of other deserving female and minority employees.

La cantante Ella Fitzgerald.

La cantante estadounidense Dionne Warwick.

RUBY DEE in JUST CAUSE (1995), directed by ARNE GLIMCHER.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG in GHOST (1990), directed by JERRY ZUCKER.

Anefo photo collection. Singing Europe 1969, the final in Scheveningen. Presenter Helga Vlahovic. July 9, 1969. Scheveningen, South Holland

Danitra Vance, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Sticky Fingers", Spectra Films, 1988

La cantante Ella Fitzgerald.

La cantante Ella Fitzgerald.

Donna Summer.

DIANA ROSS in MAHOGANY (1975), directed by BERRY GORDY.

PAM GRIER in FOXY BROWN (1974), directed by JACK HILL.

People. August 5, 1939.

Ethel Waters (1896-1977), American Singer and Actress, head and shoulders Portrait smoking Corn Cob Pipe, Harry Warnecke, Robert F. Cranston, 1939

LITTLE MILTONS back up singer at the MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL - MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA

Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, (born 1937) Welsh singer. Well-known for her expressive voice and for recording the soundtrack theme songs of the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979) signed photograph 1980.

Anefo photo collection. Odette, gospel singer in Amsterdam. Portrait. December 4, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The visit of the sister of US-singer Angela Davis, Fanny, here in Opladen on 19 October 1971, was dedicated to solidarity and liberation of the persecuted in the USA. Fanny Davis, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Betty Sedoc-Dahlberg. April 23, 1971

Eartha Kitt - Singer, Dancer and Actress. Aged 54. Born USA. February 01, 1933. (Photo by Universal Pictorial Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Grand Gala du Disque popular in convention center. Gladys Knight and the Pips. March 7, 1969

ETHEL WATERS.

Ella Fitzgerald, Milan, 1966.

PAM GRIER in COFFY (1973).

Anefo photo collection. Gladys Knight (and the Pips) at Schiphol (will perform at Grand Gala). March 5, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Portrait photos (miscellaneous) passport photos. Young Indonesian woman. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Portrait of a mature woman smiling

Camilla Williams, Brilliant Young Soprano. text. Promotional materials. 1949. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African American musicians, Williams, Camilla, 1919-2012

Anefo photo collection. ABC project in Bijlmermeer, assignment Ministerie O and W. 23 May 1978

Anefo photo collection. PAROOL command, Abbey Lincoln (jazz singer). July 13, 1966

Anefo photo collection. Preliminary round of Dutch Song Contest in Amersfoort. Sandra Reemer. January 29, 1970. Amersfoort

Dinah Washington, cantante estadounidense.

Anefo photo collection. Singing group The Supremes in Hilton hotel in press proposed, v.l.n.r. Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross. September 30, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Odette, gospel singer in Amsterdam. Portrait. December 4, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Mary Jackson, NASAs first African-American female engineer, head and shoulders portrait, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA, Bob Nye for NASA, 1979

Chloe Morrison (1931 - 2019), known as Toni Morrison, American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987), she gained worldwide recognition when she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

Anefo photo collection. Grand Gala du Disque popular in convention center. Gladys Knight and the Pips. March 7, 1969

DIAHANN CARROLL in PARIS BLUES (1961), directed by MARTIN RITT.

Gwenn Mitchell, Richard Roundtree, on-set of the Film, "Shaft", MGM, 1971

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978), a Nigerian feminist, was a political and women's rights activist. Ca. 1950-60s.

Anefo photo collection. American-Belgian jazz singers in watch the rich show, Donna Higgetwer poses after the press conference. April 10, 1964

Marian Anderson (1899-1993) American contralto. First black singer to appear at the Metropolitan Opera, New York (1955).

U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan giving Keynote Address before the Democratic National Convention, New York City, New York, USA, Warren K. Leffler, July 1976

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, wife of american politician Barack Obama (President of United States 2009-2017). Photo ca. 1978, when she was 17 years old.

Sophia Loren, on-set of the Film, "More than a Miracle", MGM, 1967

Portrait of Mary Jackson. 2017 Hall of Honor inductee. Langley Research Center NACA and NASA Hall of Honor. In honor and recognition of the ambition and motivation that enabled her career progression from human computer to NASA s first Afican-American female engineer, and subsequent career supporting the hiring and promotion of other deserving female and minority employees.

Anefo photo collection. TV program "One of the eight" by Mies Bouwman. Esther Ofarim sings. November 22, 1969

Anefo photo collection. Diana Ross and The Supremes during press conference at Hiltonhotel in Amsterdam. January 15, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

DORIS DAY in PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES (1960), directed by CHARLES WALTERS.

Anefo photo collection. Odette, gospel singer in Amsterdam. Portrait. December 4, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Fernanda de Utrera (Fernanda Jiménez Peña). Peña flamenca, Jaén 1987.

Queen Salote of Tonga, at present in Sydney after visiting England for the Coronation. Smiling Queen Salote Photographed aboard ***** port Melbourne today. She is on her way the coronation. August 23, 1953.

American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, c.1960.

Anita Hill at the confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court

Teresa Graves, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Old Dracula", UK: "Vampira", American International Films, 1974

Michael Jackson, 70s.

Anefo photo collection. Press conference "Free and Easy", Producer Williams. December 1, 1959

DAWNN LEWIS in DIFFERENT WORLD, A-TV (1987).

United States: c. 1940. Marian Anderson wearing a hat speaking at a microphone.

Vintage Photograph. African American woman in dress with small book. Frame 1

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Josephine Baker in Castle Les Milandes J. B. with book. June 26, 1961. France

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, head-and-shoulders portrait - digital file from original item | Library of Congress

Anefo photo collection. Odette, gospel singer in Amsterdam. Portrait. December 4, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Christine Darden, NASA mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer, head and shoulders portrait, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA, NASA, 1981

The Shirelles 1960s

African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.

Ray charles, 60s

LITTLE RICHARD in LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING (2023), directed by LISA CORTES.

American vocalist Billie Holiday during a recording session for Columbia Records. New York, 1957.

La cantante Ella Fitzgerald en una actuación.

Elsa Maxwell - Embassy. October 09, 1939. (Photo by Stage).

The Festival of Youth organised by the DKP-affiliated SDAJ (Socialist German Workers' Youth) . June 1981. Fania Davis USA, Germany, Europe

La cantante estadounidense de jazz Billie Holiday.

The Mrs. "Inkspots" Arrive -- On the Queen Mary arrived to-day the wives of the "Inkspots", America's most popular singing act, who are appearing in London. Here they are, L. to R: Mrs. Billy Bowen, Mrs. Herbert Kenny and Mrs. William Kenny, to join their husbands. September 2, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. Arla Fitzgerald arrival at Schiphol, Ella Fitzgerald. April 2, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

To Miss Emmy & Boppy, Love, Pearl Louise ,. Jack Miller Collection

Anefo photo collection. Elaine Delmar for KRO TV in our country. March 27, 1962

CCH POUNDER in BOYCOTT (2001), directed by CLARK JOHNSON.

Mrs. Rosa Parks altered the Negro progress in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 by the bus boycott she began.

Lola Falana, on-set of the Film, "The Klansman", Paramount Pictures, 1974

Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm thanking Delegates from Podium during Third Session of Democratic National Convention, Miami, Florida, USA, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, July 12, 1972

07/20/1976. Shirley Temple during the ceremony in which she took up her new position as Chief of Protocol of the White House. Mrs Temple Black was ambassador to Ghana. Behind her are President Ford (left) and Shirley's husband, Charles Black.

12/31/1929. Josephine Baker smiles.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG.

American singer Diana Ross.

NANCY WILSON sings accompanied by RAMSEY LEWIS on the GRAND PIANO at the MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL

Encarnación Fernández. Festival de cante de las Minas, La Unión, Murcia. 2000.

1970s PORTRAIT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WEARING BLUE DRESS WITH RED BOW-TIE SMILING LOOKING AT CAMERA

Merry clayton

CYNTHIA ERIVO in GENIUS (2017).

La cantante Ella Fitzgerald.

LOURDES DE OLIVEIRA in THE PIONEERS (1960) -Original title: OS BANDEIRANTES-, directed by MARCEL CAMUS.

Anefo photo collection. Chilean Carmen Gloria Quintana received MPs Carmen Gloria Quintana. November 10, 1987

Anefo photo collection. Press conference in the Carlton Hotel by film actress Haya Harareet. October 7, 1960. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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