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15 Incredible Vintage Photos of Black Majorettes

As, I mentioned in my previous article on black dance squads, black marching band culture is simply unmatched. It’s unique in style, sound and essence. While perusing the net, I recently came across these fantastic vintage images of black majorettes on the Black Girls R Everything Tumblr and instantly was blown away.

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This is the band for Alexander School on 5/12/ 1955. They were reordered 5/28/1963 for Judy Tyler. No names are noted. Scanned using 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 black and white Kodak Safety negative (Level 2 : slight edge curl.)
This is the band for Alexander School on 5/12/ 1955. They were reordered 5/28/1963 for Judy Tyler. No names are noted. Scanned using 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 black and white Kodak Safety negative (Level 2 : slight edge curl.)
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Tennessee State majorettes 1954 Source
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Vera Mulkey, 1952 Anderson High School Austin, Texas Source
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Black Girl Magic is nothing new. We’ve been doing this!

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  2. Love this….my mom was the first black majorette in her town!!! She graduated in 1967…loves to tell me her “feature twirler” stories.

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  3. wow these women are sooo stunning, #BLACKGIRLMAGIC! on a side not, i have a suggestion ,could you please do an article about elegant wedding/ princess updos on type 4 hair? i’ve come across a few on youtube. I’ll share the links here.


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