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40 Facts About The Tragic Life of Dorothy Dandridge

Trista June 10, 2019 17 min

32. She Became The First Black Woman Featured On the Cover of Life Magazine

Dandridge’s Carmen Jones cover of Life magazine. Pinterest.

Carmen Jones was a critical and financial success, making back over ten times its budget at the box office – something unheard of for Black-led films at the time. The success of the film led to Dandridge being featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1954. She became the first Black woman to achieve this accomplishment.

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32. She Became The First Black Woman Featured On the Cover of Life Magazine

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