The first African-American designer to rise to prominent fame, Lowe made her mark by dressing debutantes and high-society women from the 1920s to the 1960s. Although Lowe did not get credit for ...

After opening the first Black-woman-owned design studio on Broadway in New ... attending the world’s first modeling school for African Americans in New York City, she graced the pages of Ebony ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A new design has been chosen to commemorate the first five African American students who desegregated East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the late 1950s.