Shouldn't Marilyn Monroe be called the white Joyce Bryant, since Joyce was around first... I digress Joyce Bryant (born October 14, 1928) is an African-American singer and actress who achieved fame in the late 1940's and early 1950's as a theater and nightclub performer. With her signature silver hair and tight mermaid dresses, she became an early African-American sex … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Burlesque and Vaudeville Performers