The Hollywood Museum’s Black History Month Exhibit “This Joint is Jumpin”.

 The Hollywood Museum’s Black History Month Exhibit
                              “This Joint is Jumpin”

                  A Celebration of Black Entertainers
                         From Film, TV, and Song.

(WestHollywoodToday.blogspot, February 9 2024) Photos by Karen Ostlund.

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Donelle Dadigan (Founder/President of The Hollywood Museum) joined many celebrities, as they honored Black History Month with a new exhibit  “This Joint is Jumpin” February 8th 2024. - It’s a celebration of black entertainers from film, television and song.

                                                                                

The Pointers Sisters costumes.

More than 35 black entertainers are represented in this year’s exhibition with their costumes, memorabilia and jewelry.

                                                                                 

Jewelry WESTWORLD Thandie Newton.

                                                                                        
                                                                                    

Todd Bridges, Gary Coleman "Diff"rent Strokes".

Here is just a few of the many stars featured in the exhibit:
Eddie Murphy, Queen Latifah, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson, 50 Cent, Tiffany Haddish, RuPaul, Billy Porter, Denzel Washington, Greg Morris, Forest Whitaker, Sherman Hemsley, Viola Davis, Don Cheadle, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Petri Hawkins Byrd, Nell Carter, Wayne Brady, Jimmie “JJ” Walker, Jackee` Harry, and costumes  from Female singers including: Pearl Bailey, Lena Horne, Natalie Cole, Eartha Kitt, Whitney Houston, The Pointer Sisters and Ella Fitzgerald.
                                                                          

Jackee Harry and James Reynolds 'Days of Our Lives”.

 The history goes way back, when black educators and black united students at Kent State University first proposed Black History Month in February 1969. The first celebration of Black History Month took place at Kent State a year later, from January 2 to February 28, 1970.
                                                                             

Eartha Kitt dress "The Good Old Days”.

Six years later, Black History Month was being celebrated all across the country in educational institutions, centers of black culture, and community centers, both great and small, when President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month in 1976, during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial.
He urged Americans to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area throughout our history". www.thehollywoodmuseum.com

                                                                        

Cassandra Creech, Donelle Dadigan and Phil Morris.