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Claire Ford, 1977 Miss Black America, during a USO show, 1978. The Miss Black America beauty contest is a competition for young African-American women. The pageant has garnered the support of artists, activists and performers including Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and Oprah Winfrey.
Claire Ford, an eighteen-year-old student at Memphis State University, was crowned Miss Black America for 1977 in Santa Monica, California. Mary Denise Bentley, Miss Indiana, was the first runner-up. Ford, who entered the pageant as Miss Tennessee, won $10,000 in prize money, an acting role in the television miniseries "Roots: The Next ...
Dec 9, 2019 · GHS-TV reporter Kendall LeSure and videographers Issac Pierce and Alexander Drown delve into the history of Miss Black America and its impact. This report featured the story of Claire Ford of Memphis, who was crowned Miss Black America in 1977. Addeddate. 2020-08-20 23:26:03.
Apr 29, 2021 · Description. Claire Ford, Miss Black America 1977, with Barbara Jo Walker Hummel, Miss America 1947, Memphis, Tennessee, 1977. Ford was a Memphis State University sophomore when she won the title and Hummel was an alumna.
Aug 17, 2018 · Miss Black America contestant Saundra Stovall (née Williams), who was 19 at the time, briefly encountered the protesters, but she remained focused. ... but, in 1977, he sold NBC on airing the ...
Memphis State University student Claire Ford, Miss Black America 1977, escorted by Alvin Wright, is honored by the Black Student Association of MSU on "Claire Ford Day", September 28, 1977. The program of the event is included.
