Clarice Gipson, Jonesboro H.S. Majorette, 1945 Clarice Gipson, Jonesboro H.S. Majorette, 1945
This photo of a little Black majorette was taken at the National Elks Convention in New York City in 1945. The photographer was the renowned John W. Mosley (1907-1969), a foremost photojournalist of 20th Century Philadelphia. He documented the “vitality of the Black community and life in the...
Miller’s Blackhawks, 1973 The Civic Organizations That Helped Build Baton Twirling The connection between baton twirling and America’s civic organizations is one of the least discussed parts of twirling history, yet it may have been one of the most important. For much of the 20th century,...
