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@bobmarley “Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permenantly discredited and abandoned, well everywhere is war.” #WAR #bobmarley 🎥 Live at the Rainbow, June 1977.
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@blackhistoryunfiltered_ Nicholas Brothers: Hollywood’s Greatest Dancers Were Erased Fayard Nicholas (1914–2006) and Harold Nicholas (1921–2000) were two African-American brothers from Philadelphia widely regarded as the greatest tap dancers who ever lived. Their signature style — a revolutionary fusion of tap, jazz, and classical ballet they called “classical tap” — produced gravity-defying moves that dancers today still cannot replicate. In 1932, Harold age 11 and Fayard age 18 became the featured act at Harlem’s Cotton Club, performing alongside Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Ethel Waters. Movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn discovered them and they appeared in more than 30 Hollywood musicals throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Despite their extraordinary talent, racial restrictions of the era prohibited them from having speaking parts or scenes with white co-stars. Studios filmed their performances as standalone sequences specifically so southern theaters — which refused to show Black and white performers together on screen — could cut their scenes entirely. Their 1943 performance of “Jumpin’ Jive” in the film Stormy Weather (with Cab Calloway’s orchestra) was filmed in a single take and is widely considered one of the greatest dance sequences ever captured on film. Fred Astaire called it the greatest movie musical number he had ever seen. Ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov called them the most amazing dancers he had ever seen in his life. Gregory Hines stated that their dance numbers would have to be computer-generated today because no living dancer can replicate their moves. Despite this extraordinary legacy, they were systematically excluded from full participation in Hollywood’s golden era due to segregation. They received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1991 and stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. Fayard won a Tony Award for choreography in 1989. Their story is one of the most powerful examples of Black excellence persisting in the face of deliberate erasure. Follow Black History Unfiltered for the legends they buried in Hollywood’s history. NicholasBrothers, FayardNicholas, HaroldNicholas, TapDance, BlackHistory, Hollywood, Segregation, JumpinJive, StormyWeather, BlackExcellence, DanceHistory, ClassicalTap, FredAstaire, Baryshnikov, CottonClub, UntoldHistory, BlackHistoryMonth, NeverForget, Viral, BHM Nicholas Brothers Hollywood erased, Fayard Harold Nicholas tap dancers, Jumpin Jive Stormy Weather 1943, greatest dance sequence one take, Fred Astaire greatest movie musical number, Mikhail Baryshnikov most amazing dancers, Gregory Hines computer generated, Cotton Club 1932, classical tap flash dancing, segregated Hollywood southern theaters cut scenes, Kennedy Center Honors 1991, Hollywood Walk of Fame 1994
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@blackhistoryunfilteredd Althea Gibson: First Black Wimbledon Champion (1957) On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson shook hands with Queen Elizabeth after becoming the first Black champion in Wimbledon history. Born to sharecroppers, banned from white tournaments for years, Althea finally broke through after champion Alice Marble wrote a scathing 1950 editorial calling tennis “sanctimonious hypocrites.” But even after winning 56 championships and becoming 1 in the world, hotels still refused her rooms, and she retired broke in 1958 because there was no prize money. Black journalists criticized her silence on civil rights, but she was surviving a system designed to crush her. This is the story of the woman who paved the way for Arthur Ashe and the Williams sisters—and died in relative obscurity. SOURCES Historical Records & Archives: Wikipedia: “Althea Gibson” (March 2026) International Tennis Hall of Fame (inducted 1971) International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame records Althea Gibson autobiography: I Always Wanted to Be Somebody (1958) Althea Gibson autobiography: So Much to Live For (1968) Alice Marble Editorial: American Lawn Tennis Magazine, July 1, 1950 Alice Marble editorial: “If tennis is a game for ladies and gentlemen, it’s also time we acted a little more like gentlepeople and less like sanctimonious hypocrites” News & Media: TIME Magazine, September 8, 1997: “Althea Gibson: The Woman Who Was Somebody” TIME Magazine, August 26, 1957 (cover feature) History.com: “How Althea Gibson Faced Racial Barriers—Even as a Tennis Champion” (August 2023) Sports Illustrated coverage (first Black woman on cover, 1957) The Mitchell Collection of African American History TennisWorthy: International Tennis Hall of Fame archives Andscape: “Althea Gibson to be remembered at American Tennis Association Tournament” (August 2017) Tennis Majors: Multiple historical articles (2025) Academic & Museum Sources: Women’s History organization biography National Museum of African American History and Culture African American Registry PBS American Experience feature Key Facts Verified: Birth: August 25, 1927, Silver, South Carolina (sharecroppers’ daughter) Wimbledon victory: July 6, 1957 (defeated Darlene Hard 6-1, 6-2) First Black champion: 80-year Wimbledon history, first to receive trophy from Queen Elizabeth II Wimbledon Ball: Danced with men’s champion Lew Hoad Chicago hotel refusals: Hotels in Oak Park and River Forest refused rooms; Ambassador East Hotel refused Pump Room for luncheon (documented by TIME Magazine 1997) Alice Marble editorial: July 1, 1950, American Lawn Tennis Magazine, called tennis “sanctimonious hypocrites” Quote: “Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus” Championships: 56 total, 11 Grand Slam titles (5 singles, 5 doubles, 1 mixed doubles) World 1: 1957 and 1958 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: 1957 and 1958 Retirement quote: “Being the Queen of Tennis is all well and good, but you can’t eat a crown” Financial situation: Retired broke in 1958, no prize money in amateur era Death: September 28, 2003, age 76, East Orange, New Jersey AltheaGibson, Wimbledon1957, BlackHistory, Tennis, QueenElizabeth, AliceMarble, FirstBlack, CivilRights, Wimbledon, TennisHistory, BlackHistoryUnfiltered, GrandSlam, SportsHistory, 1957, Segregation, TennisChampion, BreakingBarriers, IconicMoments, UntoldHistory, SportsLegend Althea Gibson, Wimbledon 1957, first Black tennis champion, Queen Elizabeth II, Alice Marble editorial, tennis segregation, sharecroppers daughter, sanctimonious hypocrites, American Lawn Tennis, Forest Hills, Grand Slam history, sports pioneers, civil rights sports, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Arthur Ashe, tennis racism, 1950s sports, Ambassador East Hotel, Chicago discrimination, you can’t eat a crown
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