Beverly Johnson
Johnson in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Beverly Ann Johnson
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 13, 1952
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American, possibly Blackfoot Native American
*mother – Louisiana Creole [African, French, possibly other]
Beverly Johnson is an American model, actress, singer, and businessperson. She is the first African-American model to be on the cover of Vogue magazine in the U.S. She has appeared in films including Ashanti, Def Jam’s How to Be a Player, and Crossroads (2002).
Beverly is the daughter of Gloria (Ledoux) and Henry Johnson, Jr. Her mother is pictured here. She has a daughter with her former husband, businessperson and music producer Danny Sims.
In the book New York Times The Times of the Seventies: The Culture, Politics, and Personalities that Shaped the Decade, 2013, edited by Clyde Haberman, it is written:
Beverly has interesting blood lines: Her father, a machine operator, is part Blackfoot Indian, and her mother, a surgical technician, is a Louisiana Creole.
Sources: http://www.bbc.com
http://www.vogue.it
Obituary of Beverly’s mother – http://www.legacy.com
“possibly” yet has no northwestern roots
Blackfoot seems unlikely. Her father’s paternal grandparents were from New Jersey, and his maternal grandparents from Virginia, both far from the Blackfoot Nation in Alberta and Montana.
*African American, possibly Blackfoot Native American (father)
*Louisiana Creole (African, French, possibly other) (mother)
Her parents were Gloria K. Ledoux and Henry L. Johnson, Jr.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/buffalonews/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=180798747#sthash.L9mw49FU.dpuf