miss black america
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Miss Black America Pageant Returning to Spotlight. Do We Still Need it, Though?
The competition was created as a response to the racially prejudiced Miss America pageant in 1968.
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Making Miss Black America: As the Pageant Turns 50, an Early Contestant Looks Back
When Oprah Winfrey represented her home state of Tennessee in the Miss Black America pageant in 1971, she was part of a pioneering group of young women daring to define beauty on their own terms. In fact, the pageant, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, was launched in protest of the Miss America pageant,…