Lena Horne and Ricardo Montalban

was she passing in this movie?

What do you mean by passing?

LOL.... Passing as white.
She was on stage performing before white audiences when blacks weren't allowed to watch her shows.

hmmm, not sure. I don't think she ever tried to pass as white ... at least not during these years. she would probably pass more like Hispanic-looking if anything.

interesting... thanks... Now you have given me something to read up on...

Lena Horne biography tells of a star shaped by rejection, racism
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/...

life ,Road to Hollywood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Horne

Remembering Lena Horne’s Contributions to Race Relations
http://racerelations.about.com/b/2010/05/1...

There you go my sister and brother more info on the great Lena Horne !

thanks D

Well said sis Irma!

Similar to when an audience member called Oprah a monkey ... on her own show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCiqozFWzl0

OH MY... as of three hours ago (posts continue on you tube) are still saying that she - as a matter of speaking "all nig.... are monkeys... I wish ssomeone would call me such a thing in my face...
frazzle the television show.... I'm catching a felony!!

yes very informative...

EDUCATE! EDUCATE! EDUCATE!....

ok... I have read about the Legendary Ms. Horne...

MANY apologizes for my assumption that she passed... It is written she REFUSED to play any parts that were demeaning of her proud racial identity...

Very good Reginald... thanks again.... Now how bout some Dorothy Dandridge!

@BIA...THIS INFOABOUT LH HAS BEEN RIGHT HEREON THIS VERY WWW...

FOR Y-E-A-R-S...

..AND WHY I AM SO PROUD OF STEVE AND DAVID FOR DRAWING OUR FULL ATTENTION TO OUR F-A-C-T-U-A-L BIAHISTOR Y TAHT EVEN THOSE CNNBIAHISTORY BEING SUCH A HIT HAS BEEN SO AFFECTVIE IN DISTORTINT/ HELPING US TO REJEC IT INTHE REAL WORLD. .

GREAT, TIMELESS BLOG REGGIE. (S-M-I-L-E)

@DOC,THANKS FOR THE(NUP)I FIND I MUST USE SO MUCH ...LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. (SMILE)

L-E-A-R-N YOUR BIA HISTORY IN THE POSITIVE-CONSTRUCTIVE WAY...BECAUSE EACH GENERATION HELPS TOCORRECT TIS MISTAKE BECAUSE TOO MANY OF US STILL BELIEVE WE WERE SLAVES ANDNOT PROPERTY...!!! HELL WE CAN'T EVEN LAY CLAIM TO HUMAN PROPERT BECAUSE OF WE CAME FROM AFRICA...YOU KNOW VOODOO LAND AND NOT MOTHER AFRICA...

BECAUSE PROPERTY NONHUMAN IS THE TRUE MEANING OF CHATEL SLAVES AND YES THE POPE TAHT CAUSED THIS TO BE LEGAL AND ONLY LEGAL IN AMERICA USED THE BIBLE TO DO IT...

DOES NT CHANGE THE DICTIONARY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE'S MEANING EITHER...ANYONEKNOW ABOUT THECHANGE IN TEH BIBLE TAHT WILL BE CARRIDE ON 1-20-13AND A VIOLATION OF ONE OF THE LAWS OG MOSES TO WORK ON SUNDAY)...AND HOW THIS BIBLE WILL BE HAVING IN IT THE CONDEMNATION OF C SLAVERY IN AMERICA!!!(N...U...P)...

AGAIN LEARN OUT BIAHISTORY FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW...SLAVES COULD READ AND WRITE AND THE EARTH IS REALLY NOT FLAT AT ALL...DISPITE THE REASONCOUNTLESS LOST THEIR LIVES FOR SAYING THE EARTH IS NOT FLAT HAS SLAVERY ANDNOT CHATEL SLAVER BEING TAUGHT TO US AND TAUGHT BY US...

MY VENTING HAS BEEN SPENT SO I NOW LEAVE YOU ALL IN PEACE..

LOV YA A-L-L. (SMILE)

"I"WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS BLOG TO HELP US TO( 'MAYBE")NERVE AGAIN EVENTHINGKTHAT THE LATE, GREATLENA HORN 'TRIED TO PASS"...

BECAUSE IT IS AN INSULT TO HER TAKING HER LIFE IN HER HANDS BY ALL THE TIME FOR DEMANING 'EQUALITY FOR US AS THE HIGHEST PAID ENTERTAINERS IN THE WORLD TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP AND EAT IN THE SAME EXCULSIVE PLACES WE PERFORM IN...

1. WHEN ASKED WHY SHE MARRIED A WHITE MAN...HER WORDS
WERE, "BECAUSE HE CAN TAKE ME PLACES AS A 'BLACK PERSON I CAN NOT GO"

2. LH WAS ONCE SUED FOR THROWING HER HOT SOUP IN A WOMAN'S FACE...SHE WAS SITTING , EATING WITH SOME WHITE WOMNE...ONE WOMAN BEGAN TO TALK DOWN IN HER (TO LH) WORST (FOR HER,HER BEST) WAY TO DO IT...THAT IS BEFORE LH ANNOUNED SHE IS BLACK BY WAY OF HOT SOUP IN FACE...

SHE WAS NOT ONLY BLACK BUT ONE OF THE BLACKS WHO DON'T ACCEPT,'HER KIND' WHO BELIEVE SHE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS BEING TO GOOD TO BE CONSIDERED BLACK...

AND, I WOULDLIKE TO ADD THIS THAT I SAW HAPPEN ON OPRAH ONCE...THIS WHITEWOMAN WHO WHEN OPRAH WAS ALLOWING MIKES TO BE PASSED TO THEGUEST IN THE AUDANCE...THI WHITE WOMAN GOT SO CARRIED AWAY WITH DEMEANING BLACKS MALES AND FEMALES UNTIL OPRAH HAD TO INTERUPT HER BY SAYIG,"LADY I AM B-L-A-C-K!!!"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(NUP/ SMILE)