Ethel Waters standing next to an NBR radio mic. She is a black woman with her hair tied back.
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#OnThisDay, 14 Jun 1939, Ethel Waters stars in The Ethel Waters Show on NBC, becoming the first black person to have their own show on US TV.
Photo is from her radio show.
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