particularly, in the winter time they wore their minks to church, so I’ve always been so dazzled, by the presentation by the black women.Dr. She states that, “they are fabulous women who adorned themselves, every Sunday, with pearls and red lipstick. Pellum’s inspiration was her mother and grandmother. She thinks it’s important that we still acknowledge the traditions that still remain with us. Pellum also mentioned “some people speak about how we wish there was still Black baseball league, or how we wish there were still Black Wall Street like there was in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Pellum’s goal was to establish Black pageantry along the same lines as the Black Church or Black baseball. “What I really sought out to do was to write a record of black rituals as it relates to the celebration and honoring of Black women without the white gaze”, she continued. by Author Kimberly Brown Pellum PhD., The book details the tradition of African American Pageantry as produced by black churches, organizations, fraternities, sororities, clubs, etc., before, during, and after the periods of integration said Dr. Now that women’s history month is here, let’s explore this recently published book about influential, strong, motivational women, entitled, “The Black Beauties: African American Pageant Queens in the Segregated South” (American Heritage).
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