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Old Black Hollywood - Thelma Elizabeth Porter Parros was the first African American woman to win a beauty pageant. She won the title of Miss Subway in NYC in 1948. Thelma paved
In 1948, Thelma Porter became the first African-American Miss Subways. - The Bowery Boys: New York City History
Radio Diaries Meet Miss Subways - Radio Diaries
Thelma Porter Obituary - Toronto, ON
PORTER, Thelma Ruth - Obituary - North Bay - North Bay News
Thelma Porter, Miss Subways New York City, 1948 | Women, Black women, Black history