THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS February 3, 2022 - February 9, 2022 • 29 and beauty.” Aiello writes that paper (now defunct) to highlight ry must understand that Gran- engine to an existing car, already he and those who worked with and ridicule those who didn’t dassa models were the turbo moving but just not as fast. him wanted to restore pride in conform to the notion and chalContinued from page 12 natural Blackness as an antidote lenged opposing voices to the HUD Office of Field Policy and to media teachings that physical narrative. Management Assistant Deputy and showcasing their natural features associated with BlackSometimes the campaign of Secretary Michele Perez. “She beauty. These women captured ness were to be hated. “Slowly promoting Black is Beautiful led Continued from page 4 grew up in public housing, our fascination with a new par- but surely, we will restore dig- to big conflicts with prominent giving her an empathetic and adigm for modeling and beauty, nity to the words Kinky, wooly, personalities on a national stage. Regional administrators deep understanding of the exwhich in turn catapulted the nappy and most of all the word In fact Jonathan Eig documents oversee HUD operations in periences and the needs of the Black is Beautiful Movement. BLACK.” this in his 2017 book called New York City and field of- Department’s most vulneraIn the book “The Artistic AcMost doubt that AJASS could “Ali, A Life.” Eig showcases how fices in Buffalo, Albany, and ble customers. I am genuinely tivism of Elombe Brath,” histo- have had the success and appeal Brath challenged and belittled Newark, New Jersey. HUD thrilled that she has again anrian Thomas Aiello documents of their universal messages a young Cassius Clay (Muhamplays a major role in sup- swered the call to serve.” the need for different fashion without the incorporation of mad Ali) in the editorial pages porting homeownership by shows citing a story via Amster- the Grandassa Models into the of the Chicago Defender for his underwriting mortgages for Ariama C. Long is a Report dam News in the early 1960s. He theme and fabric of what they strategy of disparaging jokes lower- and moderate-income for America corps member and cites Brath’s writing in promo- were doing. and mocking of Black fighters’ families through its mortgage writes about culture and politional materials for the fashion However before the Gran- physiognomy. At the time the insurance programs. tics in New York City for The shows. “We feel that our race dassa Models could be staged Defender was the most popular “Regional Administra- Amsterdam News. Your donahas reached a new low point, for success, battles were being newspaper for people of African tor Ampry-Samuel comes to tion to match our RFA grant in racial integrity, and its high- waged in the media laying the descent. In short the message HUD with a long and admira- helps keep her writing stories est point in ridicule,” he ex- groundwork for the promotion was dynamic and far-reaching. ble record of service fighting like this one; please consider plained, “so we have designed of Black beauty. Brath used his AJASS used a multi-faceted ap- on behalf of communities in making a tax-deductible gift of a show, which we believe re- pen and his two satirical comic proach to promote the Black is support of housing and com- any amount today by visiting: flects favorably upon our pride strips at the Citizen Call news- Beautiful movement. Histo- munity development,” said https://tinyurl.com/fcszwj8w
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