22 Photos That Prove Black Girls Have Been Magic For A Long Time

BuzzFeed - We're not new to this. Diahann Carroll in 1955 All hail queen mother Diahann, who paved the way for every single black actress we love now when she became the first black woman to be the star of a network television show in Julia. Another black women wouldn't go on to do that again until 2012 when Kerry Washington got cast as Olivia Pope in Scandal. Hulton Archive / Getty Images Dorothy Dandridge in 1956 This goddess made history when she became the first black woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Carmen Jones. Coincidentally, the first black woman to actually win an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role ? Halle Berry ? would go on to play Dandridge in her biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Evening Standard / Getty Images Diana Ross in 1968 The original diva! The blueprint! We are not worthy of her greatness! You'd be hard pressed to find a music artist who wasn