Posted inBlack People Deaths (Obituaries) Fashion and Apparel Models (Professional) New Jersey Race and Ethnicity Segregation and Desegregation Williams, Helen
Helen Williams, a Top Model in a Segregated Era, Is Dead at 87
She was one of the most photographed Black models of the 1950s and ’60s, seen mainly in magazines, like Ebony and Jet, aimed at the Black middle class.