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Kwame Brathwaite was born on 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, is an activist. Discover Kwame Brathwaite's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

Popular As Gilbert Ronald Brathwaite
Occupation Photojournalist, activist
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Born 1938, 1938
Birthday 1938
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Date of death April 01, 2023
Died Place New York City, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2017

In 2017, Brathwaite was honored at the 75th Aperture Gala.

1962

On January 28, 1962, with his brother Elombe Brath, Brathwaite staged the Naturally '62 pageant, the first of a series of pageants to feature only black models. The 1962 pageant has the title The Original African Coiffure and Fashion Extravaganza Designed to Restore Our Racial Pride & Standards. Held at the Harlem Purple Manor, a nightclub on East 125th Street, it helped to popularize the phrase "Black Is Beautiful" that was printed on the pageant's poster. The Naturally pageants ran for five years, with the last one held in 1966.

1960

In the 1960s, his work also appeared in New York Amsterdam News, The City Sun, and The Daily Challenge. He photographed concerts of Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, James Brown, and Muhammad Ali.

1956

With his older brother Elombe Brath, Brathwaite founded the African Jazz Art Society and Studios in 1956 and Grandassa Models in 1962.

1950

Kwame Brathwaite is a documentary photojournalist, born and brought up in New York City, to immigrant parents from Barbados, who chronicled the cultural, political, and social developments of Harlem, Africa, and the African diaspora. As a boy in the early 1950s he was enrolled School of Industrial Art (now the High School of Art and Design).

1938

Kwame Brathwaite (born 1938) is an American photojournalist and activist known for popularizing the phrase "Black is Beautiful" and documenting life and culture in Harlem and Africa.