Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo
A tribute today to pathbreaking African-American actress Nina Mae McKinney (1912-1967). Originally from Lancaster, South Carolina, she moved to New York where her good looks, and singing and dancing ability got her stage work almost immediately. At only 16 she was in the chorus of Blackbirds of 1928, starring Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Adelaide Hall. […]