The Exquisite Diahann Carrol Day Thread (10/16)

I decided to do today’s Day Thread in tribute of the wonderful Diahann Carrol, who died earlier this month. Diahann Carroll was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. She rose to prominence in some of the earliest major studio films to feature Black casts, including Carmen Jones (1954) and Porgy and Bess (1959). In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a Black woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings. Her 1968 debut in Julia, the first series on American television to star a Black woman in a non-stereotypical role, was a … Continue reading The Exquisite Diahann Carrol Day Thread (10/16)

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