February 2012
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Black History Month #26: Black Oscar Winners
Prince won an Oscar for Best Original Song Score for Purple Rain (1984).
Feb 26th
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Black History Month #26: Black Oscar Winners
Cuba Gooding, Jr. won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire (1996).
Feb 26th
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Black History Month #26: Black Oscar Winners
Whoopi Goldberg won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Oda Mae Brown in Ghost (1991).
Feb 26th
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Black History Month #26: Black Oscar Winners
Denzel Washington won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Private Trip in Glory (1989).
Feb 26th
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Black History Month #26: Black Oscar Winners
Isaac Hayes won the Oscar for Best Original Song, “Theme from Shaft,” from Shaft (1971).
Feb 26th
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Black History Month #26: Black Oscar Winners
Louis Gossett, Jr. won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
Feb 26th
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Black History Month #26: Black Oscar Winners
Sidney Poitier was the first male black Oscar winner, for his role as Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field (1963). He won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Feb 26th
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Black History Month #26: Black Oscar Winners
Hattie McDaniel was the first black Oscar winner for her role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind, 1940. She won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
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Goddesses of Our Youth #26: Valerie Perrine
Pageant, December 1975
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Goddesses of Our Youth #26: Valerie Perrine
Saga, May 1975
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Goddesses of Our Youth #26: Valerie Perrine
New York News Magazine, January 26, 1975
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Goddesses of Our Youth #26: Valerie Perrine
Films in Review, January 1975
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Goddesses of Our Youth #26: Valerie Perrine
Photoplay, April 1976
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Goddesses of Our Youth #26: Valerie Perrine
Film International, June 1975 Goddesses of Our Youth is a joint, month-long Tumblr homage by Newmanology and David Cowles to the female celebrities of the 60s and 70s who inhabited our adolescent and teen-age minds and hearts. Newmanology will be posting magazine covers, and David Cowles will be posting LP and book covers, posters, photos, and more visual treats
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Black History Month #25: Chester Himes
Come Back Charleston Blue (aka The Heat’s On), 1972
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Black History Month #25: Chester Himes
If He Hollers Let Him Go Cover illustration: James Avati Source: UK Vintage
Feb 25th
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Black History Month #25: Chester Himes
A Rage in Harlem, 1965 Source: L.W. Currey
Feb 25th
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Black History Month #25: Chester Himes
For Love of Imabelle (aka A Rage in Harlem), 1957 Source: L.W. Currey
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Black History Month #25: Chester Himes
The Crazy Kill, 1959 Source: L.W. Currey
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Black History Month #25: Chester Himes
The Primitive, 1956 Cover art: Tony Kokinas Source: Levar
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Black History #25: Chester Himes
The Real Cool Killers Source: Hang Fire Books
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Black History #25: Chester Himes
All Shot Up, 1960 Source: L.W. Currey
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Black History #25: Chester Himes
Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1970 Cover illustration: Robert McGinnis Source: Pop Sensation 
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Black History #25: Chester Himes
The Real Cool Killers (1959) Source: Stumbling the Walk
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Black History #25: Chester Himes
Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1966 Cover illustration: Harry Bennett  Source: Pop Sensation
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Black History #25: Chester Himes
For Love of Imabelle Source: HiLobrow
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Black History #25: Chester Himes
The Big Gold Dream Source: George Kelley
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Goddesses of Our Youth #25: Honor Blackman
Honor Blackman’s Book of Self-Defence
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Goddesses of Our Youth #25: Honor Blackman
Ecran (Chile), 1966
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Goddesses of Our Youth #25
Psychology, May 1964
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Goddesses of Our Youth #25: Honor Blackman
Films in Review, December 1964
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Goddesses of Our Youth #25: Honor Blackman
Time & Tide, January 1964
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Goddesses of Our Youth #25: Honor Blackman
Judo Illustrated, March-April 1967 Source: MA-Mags Goddesses of Our Youth is a joint, month-long Tumblr homage by Newmanology and David Cowles to the female celebrities of the 60s and 70s who inhabited our adolescent and teen-age minds and hearts. Newmanology will be posting magazine covers, and David Cowles will be posting LP and book covers, posters, photos, and more visual treats
Feb 25th
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