Contest Entry - Dorothy Dandridge for Rice A Roni

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I think she has the same expression that Sugar Ray had when holding that cocoa, as in, "I'll pose with this crap and try to look happy,  just don't kill me! Love the dress, though!



Ebony, November 1962

Comments

[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

She's pretty gorgeous, isn't she? I love the dress and that colour on her.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! And I think it's important to note that the ad makes it clear she is serving food at her own dinner party, not as a maid at a white folk's party like most ads with African American women of that time would show.

[vp19.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing this ad was for a black-oriented publication such as Ebony. In 1962, general-interest magazines probably wouldn't have featured a black person in an ad that would reach many white southern homes.

[vp19.livejournal.com]

Oopsie...just saw that this ad was indeed for Ebony. (My other comment still applies, though.)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Yep, Ebony. I love the vintage Ebony ads because although many of them are the same ones you would find in any other publication of the time, there are also many like this one that feature African Americans living the good life and being glamourous. What you DON'T typically see are ads with Aunt Jemima making pancakes for the colonel.