Helen Williams is the first African American model to cross over into mainstream media. A pioneer in the world of modeling, Helen...

Known to many as a restauranteur, author and celebrity chef, B. Smith (born Barbara Elaine Smith) actually got her start as a fashion...

As with many of the Black models in the 50's and 60's, Dorothea Church (Dorothea Towles during her early modeling days) broke barriers....