Think you know all there is to know about the African-American experience? These surprising facts about black women just might surprise you.
A Black Woman Designed The Playboy Bunny Outfit
Zelda Wynn Valdes was designer-to-the-stars in the ’40s and ’50s known for her form-fitting designs for stars like Dorothy Dandridge, Josephine Baker, Ella Fitzgerald and Mae West. Hugh Hefner hired her to design costumes for his Playboy bunnies and history was born.