The history of beauty pageants reveals the limits of Black representation - The Washington Post

Black contestants — and winners — have not translated into changed beauty standards or structural transformation.

13 Iconic Black Beauty Moments in Modern History

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Auburn University History Department

Miss Juneteenth' And The Power Of The Black Beauty Pageant

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What is the history of black women in beauty pageants? - Quora

Here She Is: The Complicated Reign of the Beauty Pageant in America by Hilary Levey Friedman

What are beauty pageants really like for black women? - BBC News

The idea of beauty is always shifting. Today, it's more inclusive than ever.

Scripts of Blackness: Early Modern Performance Culture and the Making of Race: Ndiaye, Noémie, Heng, Geraldine, Thompson, Ayanna: 9781512826074: Books

How beauty pageants became home to an ugly culture war

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