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Fredi Washington: The woman who refused to pass for white
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2023
- Fredericka Washington is a glamours Queen who refused to pass as white.
Scenes are from:
- Black and Tan
- The Emperor Jones
- Cab Calloway’s Hi-De-Ho
- The Imitation of Life
- Ouanga
Link to music:
• Will Osborne & His Orc...
#1940s #hollywoodstars #frederickawashington #documentary #blackhistory #theimitationoflife
"You Don't have to be white to be good" a true credit to humanity RIP FREDDIE 🙏🏾
A lesson in dignity, integrity, emotional maturity, and adult responsibility. More about Ethics than Ethnics. The quality of the content of one's character that counts.
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Shame how society looks more at the way a person looks than in their character. Society is very shallow.
@@mrs.847 It results from conditioning.
@@komiczar I guess all people are brainwashed then because most women even wanna look young because they think society is youth oriented!
Much respect to Fredericka for standing her ground and not passing. She lost a lot of potential income by staying true to self.
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But she had white parent so she’s not not black. She’s only part black
@@msrenee7023 For that time period, she was considered black. Being part black was a death sentence for many of our people during that time period.
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@@msrenee7023 There's always idiots like you. So, 7023, if she was sitting next to Rosa Parks on the bus that historic day, would she have been told to move to the back or "You can stay, ma'am, one of your parents is White." 🙄🙄🙄
Her life was a masterclass in integrity.
We need more people like Fredi who stand up for their race when it's easier to pass. Rest in Power Queen.
Their were MANY LIGHTER SKINNED AFRICAN AMERICAN LIKE HER SMDH AND LIGHTER SKINNED AFRICAN AMERICANS DEAL WITH THE SAME HATRED AND TREATMENT IT AINT A COMPETITION SMDH THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SLAVERY RUNS DEEP…. WHO YOU THINK INFILTRATED THE KKK AND MARRIED INTO THOSE WHITE FAMILIES TO OPEN DOORS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS, DUH THE LIGHTER SKINNED AFRICAN AMERICANS, LIGHTER SKINNED AFRICAN AMERICANS WERENT JUST LIVING THEIR BEST LIVES SMDH THEY WERE GETTING LYNCHED, BEATEN, RAPED AND MISTREATED TOO💯💯💯💯💯💯
There are many more proud black people who refused to pass. For example, Walter White of NAACP fame was able to infiltrate the KKK.
What a remarkable person. Taking the high road is never easy. She was a great example of determination 👏🏽
Much to be said about going to your own "control room," and take control of your control room, to maintain control.
Imitation of Life is a beautiful movie. I recommend both versions. Shout out to my dad for introducing me to so many historically valuable films.
I never saw this version. I watched the one with, I believe, Sandra Dee, and Mahalia Jackson, singing that one… Definitely a tearjerker😢
@@TracyAllenVideos yup, that ending scene where she throws herself on top of the coffin is powerful and iconic
@@TracyAllenVideos watch it it’s just as good it was the maid who made pancakes and that’s how they made money so it’s a different storyline
One of the FEW reboots that was as great as the original.
With that said...NO MORE REBOOTS!!! LEAVE THE CLASSICS ALONE!!!
The second version pissed me off
My dad was the same color, and never said he was white. He was a very proud " Jamaican " Black man......And the more honor I have for him.
Same with my mom a very proud "Jamaican" Black woman, can't say the same for some of her siblings who choose to pass.
He's mixed though, or biracial. He clearly would not be just black. He had to have had white ancestry. I'm also Jamaican and I acknowledge that I have both Black and White ancestry. I don't understand this business of denying either side. I am Jamaican first and foremost, but I am mixed.
@@wendigo1919 oh please, denying what?! Smh
@@charlajefferson9220you can’t read? She literally wrote what she meant. People don’t understand that the during the Atlantic Slave Trade, Africans weren’t the only ones targeted… they travelled to the West Indies as well, settled and enslaved in Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, etc. meaning MANY from those countries are MIXED RACE… no one “100% black” can be white passing…
Much respect to this beautiful Queen!!! My grandpa could had passed for white and like her his pride ran too deep to deny who he was A BLACK MAN. RIP to both my grandpa and Ms. Washington 🕊️🤍🎈
Same with my father, even my birth certificate say he's white! But, my world is black and proud! I remember feeling sorry for him with his color blindness....
My great great could have passed as but did not. She was always told by the white bus drivers to sit at the front of buses with her own kind and she would reply that she was sitting with them. Some family members said she has to carry papers to prove her ethnicity. The men in the family were given a difficult time when seen with her. Also learned she was the family's spy.
... she was my Great Great Aunt🤗
@@arlesterbrownlee3391 you should be so proud. She represented your family very well.
@@arlesterbrownlee3391 wow, thanks for sharing your story.
Wow.. She was such a great actress who was truly underrated! I didn't know that she was an civil rights activist.
Yes she did a lot of great things.
I’ve never been in such a position in life so I just don’t feel it’s right to pass judgment on those who passed. However, I’m deeply impressed by this woman’s decision.
well maybe you haven't come from or know Black families with many different skintones in one family, some can pass and some cannot. Suppose you had a sister that couldn't pass, but you could, it makes no sense to disown your family just to be with with white people who oppress your own family. They would treat you like trash if you told them the family you came from.
I totally agree.
@@shandahughes2886 Passing in the old days was a matter of survival for us.
In Roots the master said, don't worry to the overseer,
"WHEREEVER HE GOES HE'LL ALWAYS BE BLACK; we'll catch him."
Edgar Hoover, infiltrated the whole US government by touting himself as White. The closest he would have got as a Black man would have been with a mop; to sweep the floors.
But as always he treated anyone Black like Hitler! Damn shame,,,,
She played that role in 'Imitation Of Life' so brilliantly considering she refused to pass in real life! Give thanks Ms Freddie!
I remember watching her in "Imitation of Life." I teach my students about people like her who proudly stood up and defended their love of being Black.
i saw the remake. i want to see hers now. she was a real passiable black person!
I love how she embraced her blackness. Some of this day who aren't nearly as light as she was, tries to denounce their blackness. She should be held in the highest regard. She should be spoken about more often. Never heard of this QUEEN. Thank you for shring.
I don't like when people use modern views to see how bad things were back then . How could they embrace blackness when those in charge of "American beauty" didn't want them. In the Caribbean there are many stories of American companies only choosing the lightest of complexion to represent their ads. Lighter skin women were forced to deny their blackness to get better opportunities or else it would feel like they've wasted their chance.
My Grandmother passed for white in NY and NJ for years as a million dollar real estate agent, then when she got older let her white friends and business associates know she was Black and of course they were not too happy because if they knew she was not white she would have never been given the opportunity to be that successful
Stuff opportunities. I rather suffer with my own race than to sit with a bunch of white supremacist denouncing the existence of the black race.
The same story with my great aunt. She made a promise to her white husband that she wouldn’t tell anyone that her mother was black until after he passed away . He feared that he would loss his law firm
Why tell at all if they have been lying 🤥 for decades?
That’s just sad! 😔
Your grandmother is PROOF that there IS a such thing as WHITE privilege in this world.
It's WONDERFUL to see Ms. "Fredi" Washington remembered in such a beautiful way.🥰💕
What a wonderful revelation! I am 78 years old! I taught Black Studies in 1971. I wish I had known about her. I am glad that I have learned about her now. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for this video on Fredericka Washington. Back then we took such pride of the achievements Ms. Washington and others like her. Unfortunately there's a whole generation that is totally unaware of how people used to strive and accomplish greatness decade after decade. It's almost as if the history of people who did such important things for themselves and others has been erased by the cultural mindset that came afterwards.
Very true and unfortunate. There are those that grew up in the 70's and 80's that are still very grateful.
Not sure of which generation you're speaking of but I was aware if Fredy which is the reason I immediately clicked on this video. I've been guilty of criticizing other generations too. However, knowledge has to be passed down from generation to generation.You can't blame someone for lack of knowledge if you never taught it. It's up to the older generations to keep the flame lit.
It was an informative fact filled Bio. However, "DON'T GET IT TWISTED", we are NOT one people under God. Collectively, as a SET, we are PEOPLE differing from that larger set of creation (encompassing everything), which have SUBSETS; people are one of these subsets. Under this primary set are subsets attributed to people, that can be referenced by differing races. When you fill out a JOB APPLICATION they (the Powers that be) make it ABUNDANTLY CLEAR that all people are NOT THE SAME. No disrespect, but wipe the cold out your eyes and remove that shroud that's blocking your vision "to see" reality.
Furthermore, in grammar regardless of language these following words are synonymous and interchangeable in writing and conversation: people, race, nation. Please try them in a sentence to gain and develop a better sense of self identity so you don't convolute or dilute your identity awareness. Because, generationally black people have been psychologically trained and reprogrammed mentally to accept this ONE RACE THEORY, and its exactly that a theory; it does not exist. In the Holy Bible (KJV only) it is made ABUNDANTLY CLEAR by THE ALMIGHTY GOD, JESUS CHRIST, that HE established and created PEOPLE of many races or MANY RACES of people or MANY NATIONS of people or PEOPLE of many nations, (Gen. 10:5, Deut. 32:8).
Yes it’s devastating that there’s an entire generation who is completely ignorant of these things, and how their parents/grandparents fell for the lie that educating them about TRUE history is not important. It should have remained a priority in black households
What a beautiful woman! It took allot for her to not deny her race…..she basically sacrificed a career, but she didn’t sell herself out! Kudos Fredi! RIP
She stayed true herself and her race and that's respectable everyday of the week. RIP TO A TRUE LEGEND.
What an inspiration!! My mother is a beautiful Black Queen and I was told I should be "passing for white" and it hurt me to my core! The fact that this was practiced hurts. I know some felt like they had to for their protection and safety but it doesn't take away the pain from doing so. No one should have to deny ANY part of themselves for the sake of approval, elevated social status or to avoid harassment, torture, etc.
Yes especially with the kkk around
I am granddaughter of a white passing man. He hated it....but had to survive to take care of his family at the time.
Girl please blacks had it so bad especially back then I don’t blame the ones who did .. I don’t blame them one bit .. kudos to the ones that didn’t and coyld but I can see why one would
🤩I remember her outstanding acting in the original "Imitation of Life"
I love this movie & I always cry with her at the end "MAMA😭😭"
God's will be done
Thanks for sharing such a beautiful life
I don't think someone who could pass as white, would ever admit they were black. Hmm.why would they ??
She was black and proud. Love it❤
She also had European in her blood. Nothing wrong with being part white.
It's a damn shame that those same film people who told her to pass didn't create more roles for her. I love her work.
Wow, that was really a treat!!! She was beautiful. RIP Miss Fredi!!!
Freddie was a gorgeous woman & very talented actress! I loved her as Peola 😌♥️♥️
Mrs. Washington reminds me of all the strong black women we have and their present shouldn't ever be forgotten .
Yes, she was a beautiful woman, who kept her dignity. She would’ve had more money and fame if she would’ve passed, but she had her principles in the right place. And she lived a long good life, and it wasn’t filled with lots of tragedy. RIP👍🏽😔
She had so much courage and confidence. Thank you!
I loved 😍 Freddie!!! She was a true soldier out here in these Hollywood streets.
This Black Queen was a great actress and a proud woman.She didn't let Hollywood corrupt her.
She sure didn't.👍
This Queen set a great example of what a Black woman/man who stands for what's right.When we have some of our people today sell their souls to the enemy.
@@kennethwilliams6415 Who is your enemy today? Comparing today with the situation before 1960s is totally nonsense! Today , you’re enemies are race hustlers and charlatans in your communities who want to keep troubles going Bc they want to play the hero .
@@st3019 ,Racism is so-called my community's fault???When did yt racism ended??You know yt people said the same thing you are saying.
@@kennethwilliams6415 “Yt” racism never ended and is never gonna end . And guess what ! Neither is gonna end “ blk” racism! Actually “ blk” racism is on the rise now! Nor is gonna end other groups racism !
Racism never dies completely, rather is white or nonwhites being racist or prejudice. Institutional racism ended in late 1960s . But racism and prejudice is never gonna go away . You sound very racist too btw. Racism and prejudice are rooted in tribalism and are as old as humanity.
If you keep looking only about “ enemy and enemy “ , guess what! Even if whites disappear tomorrow completely as a race , you still gonna have and even more racism and enemies to fight!
And btw , Fredericka Washington was not black . She was biracial
What a beautiful person she was inside and out! Her looks remind me of my great grandparents, they both could pass.
You are educating the masses about an era that many are not aware of. I got hip to Fredi Washington in 1998 after buying a VHS tape from Walgreen's about Black's in Race Films. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for posting. So little information is written about Ms Washington but she became one of the earliest Black actresses to obtain an improtant role in a major film in 1934. Opposite Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers in an Imitation of Life. Both Fredi and Lena Horne refused to pass for White at a time when Jim Crow was the order of the day. Each of these women could have had flourishing careers if they had.
Like actress Merle Oberon. Ms Oberon was a racially mixed actress who concealed her Indian ancestry and passed as a British actress. She went on to star in a number of major films produced mostly in England and even in Hollywood. Such as Wuthering Heights, The Lodger and The Scarlett Pimpernel. Ms oberon even passed her Indian mother as her maid when she visited her home in England! She later revealed her true Anglo-Indian heritage after the Jim Crow Laws were abolished.
Dona Drake also passed at the height of Jim Crow in Hollywood. She became a contract player and married costume designer William Travilla. I would love to see a bio on her as well. And Carol Channing who found out later as she aged that she too possessed African-American ancestry.
I would love to see one of MS. Carol Channing as well!!,
@@barbthompson2715 carol channing ? did she have black heritage ?
@@inkydionne9534 black father I believe
So funny my friend who is a gay man and I always where like hmmm "Carol Channing...seems black...."
Just looked up Donna Drake... she is very beautiful and her features put me in mind of Rhianna. According to Wikipedia she passed for "Mexican" rather than "European"/WASP and was often cast as "ethnic white."
This reminds me of when my cousin and I were about 6 years old, and we'd went down to DC and met our Aunt Barbara for the first time. She caught us talking to each other while periodically looking at her in wonderment. Eventually she said something, and was like [laughing] "Y'all over there wondering if I'm a white woman, aren't you? Well... I'm Black, just like y'all." 😅😂🤣😭 We were stunned.
RIP Aunt Barbara. She was a real one ✊🏾
If she done a dna test her ancestry would be mostly European because remember America has the one drop rule so all these people claiming to be white passing are most likely a bunch of quadroons kulattos and octoroons who breeded with each other generation after generation while identifying as black due to the one drop rule!! And it’s the same with this women
It's too bad she didn't get the recognition that she deserves. Much respect and love to her.
I love it…. A black women with black pride,,, I’m here for it 🥰🥰🖤👩🏾🦱👩🏾🦱👩🏾🦱
Whomever put this together, I appreciate you. "CELEBRATE YOUR GREATNESS." It's important to remember those who fought to improve our daily existence. By doing documentaries, like this, you successfully use your platform, to combat the negative propaganda machine, that has, to this very day, tried to portray, Black Americans, in a negative light. Such as, relegating Black actors to menial roles. Thank You, for highlighting warriors, like, Mrs. Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington, who was determined to change the narrative. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
She’s mixed not black
@@msrenee7023 Nah...., I'm sure she identified as Black. She didn't fall for the, DIVIDE & CONQUER, strategy. She understood the importance of, UNITY. She didn't let her, SKIN TONE, separate her, HEART & MIND, from other Black Americans.
@@sparkofgenius3372 But she looks like a whole white woman. She looks just as white as Natalie Woods.
@@msrenee7023 I'm guessing, you never heard of the 1 DROP RULE? I encourage you to study the Hardcore Racist, Black Codes, that ruled America, for Centuries. There's a reason she CHOSE NOT TO "PASS," as White.
@@sparkofgenius3372 The one drop is a lie! Those grown clear palm colored men didn’t want their offspring from the rape of underaged enslaved girls to effect their financial or their property after they died. In other words, they didn’t want their biracial children from rape to get any of their worldly possessions after they died and leave their wife with little to nothing.
What an amazing woman it takes someone of immense integrity to not sell themself out in Hollywood. Many actors would have taken the roles.
Fredi Washington has and will always be an Icon in my book!
She indeed was strikingly beautiful and a real talent on screen. Her performance in the original “ Imitation of Life “ was truly incredible,you reall could look at her in that movie and tell she deeply connected with the character!! A real gem before her time….
A lot of respect for this lady is what I feel. Not only was she truthful and honest but very brave. May God bless her soul. 🙏🏻❤️
I have the greatest respect and much love for this actress. Fredericka Washington was very true to her real self. Thank you for this download.
She had the bad hair though
The true black women is a precious creature of beauty. This includes her hair.
She was amazing and paved the way for many other black dancers, actors and actress. I'm very glad that she was proud of her true identity of her black heritage. I also love that she was influential in participating in the civil rights movement. She was an amazing activists. I hope one day a movie executive produces of biography film of her life story. She's a true legend of her area and the present.
Thanks for sharing these documentary clips of her life and career. 💜
A real pioneer and civil rights trooper!
Thank you so much for shining a spor light on all these wonderful black people. I am from the UK, and so have no knowledge of these fine actors. You are doing a sterling job. Bless you.
Integrity seems so rare today. So wonderful to see a woman courageous, confident and honest!
I absolutely love Fredi Washington. She was so beautiful. I remember watching Imitation of Life, as a kid with my mom. She got me to love Old Hollywood.
I really admire her for standing up for her race and having pride, in a time when even that, was dangerous.
RIP Beautiful Ms. Fredi Washington
May Fredericka Washington Rest In Peace. She was a great person!
White or not she is one BEAUTIFUL 😍 SISTER
Yes she is!
She is Black
You missed the point! 🤣
@@kennethwilliams6415 she’s biracial. black and white.
I loved her honestly and integrity, it made her even much more the beautiful..💯👍
Such a beautiful lady. Honestly, I couldn't imagine the discrimination that our ancestors endured. RIP 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🙏🙏🙏
I'm glad that she stood up for her Black heritage, and rights. Nowadays, when a person can "pass," they usually prefer to do so.
A true Star 🌟, a warrior of conviction!!!
Paula Patton could play her in a biopic
I swear I wish Jennifer Beals would have been in Passing. She would really fit. A LOT of us COULD pass for white if we tried and we wanted, but it's awesome that so many of us don't do it.
@@jays-move8803 It's nothing to Bragg about
@@jays-move8803 Jennifer Beals DID pass.
@@JAWrightonline She lives as black. She did not pass. WRONG.
@@marsha7748 Brag??? Where do you see that? Oh, in your head? Yeah...
Thanks for sharing this information! The only reason I watched "lmitation of Life" was because of Ms. Washington's amazing performance. While the film itself is extremely problematic. l thoroughly enjoyed Ms. Washington's portrayal of Peola. It is a shame that she didn't make more films. However, l applaud her for standing up for herself and not selling out!👏🏾
Fascinating story of this pioneer, Fredi Washington. Would love for some of our female black film makers: Issa Rae, Ava Du Vernay, Lena Waithe , Gina Prince Bythewood to do Fredi's story. These women have created, directed and produced many great films/series. Black girl creativity/genius is truly magical!
Amazing! Absolutely beautiful and talented actress 😁👍 It's a shame alot of great actresses weren't given their spotlight. Thank you for sharing.🙏🕊🙏
Wow! Thank you so much for this story. So many wonderful AA women back then that we didn't know about. Keep giving us knowledge.
I did not know this story...I'm very proud of her, and she should be extremely proud of herself!!
Thank you for putting together this historical masterpiece about a beautiful talented black woman. Ms. Washington is a wonderful role model for integrity and righteousness not to mention black pride and the message of unity. No division or “special” treatment based on the color of skin.
Another great woman that I had never heard of. I never saw the version of Imation of Life that she was in. Thank you for the videos.
Your welcome. Thank you for watching!
Thank you for sharing.
I loved "Imitation of Life" the original as I call it.
I never knew most of wat she went through though
Just imagine wat she could have been and contributed to the field of performance acting if allowed to reach her full potential.
Thanks again!
Imagine what they all could have achieved. Sad.
Proud to share a birthday with this wonderful woman 🙌🏾 I love how she stuck to her guns about her representation and didn’t just focus on bettering her own career. She paved the way for others in such a graceful way. This was a great tribute to her legacy. Thank you!
This was a very well made documentary. I truly enjoyed watching it. Her story actually remind me of my maternal grandmother, who also could have passed but chose not to. Thank you for the history 🙏
Thank you for making a video on her I honestly felt like she never got the credit she deserved!
Wow she was so dope and was so ahead of her time. I love that she stayed true to her roots and never tried to shy away from it. Amazing woman.. Thank you for sharing her story.
I wholeheartedly appreciate you making this! Freddy is among my favorites from the time. Her parents were very much like my parents in which they both had mixed race lineage. Her story is similar to that of Lena Horne. Both of them had their skin darkened for certain roles, and both were adamant about their efforts to guaranteeing racial equality. God bless these ladies!
Well... most black Americans have mix race heritage it's just that some have more than others. and Fredi's family had above average, but black Americans have 15 to 30% European DNA on average,
@@bobbyschannel349 The average is actually 15% - 22%. But yes, I do agree. I’ll say that honestly, you become practically mixed race when you start creeping above 1/4th or something else especially when we can start seeing it in your phenotypical expression. I’m another Fredi myself, but I view myself as mixed along with a handful of people. But I’ll respect how others choose to identify as.
why would you call yourself a Mulatto? Just curious
@@BronzeSista Good morning! To many of us, it just simply means you’re black and white (or AfroPean) meanings and words change. They can become something positive after some time. You know even calling someone black wasn’t great because it was once used to dehumanize the people of the African continent, and to serve imperialist agendas. That being said, I’m still fine if you call yourself mulatto, black, creole, etc. ruclips.net/video/jXJ1K-UM-B4/видео.html
@@JorJorCrelatto I disagree with you. And let me tell you why..
you have to understand that black Americans are an ethnic group
That's one of the reasons why Freddy Washington's family is able to identify ethnically as black.
A Wesley Snipes belongs to the same ethnic group as someone like a Vanessa Williams exedra..
When you have people like Don cheto 18% European but looks 100% West Central African. Or Samuel l Jackson. a picture of his fourth great-grandfather who is a white man, and he looks fully West African. Phenotypes is obsolete, you can't really go by that. I can tell by how you talk you are not very connected to the Black American society.
Because you definitely do not know us very well, but that's okay.
Lots of black people don't know who they are or what are..
If that was the case you'll literally disqualify half of the Black American ethnic group as a mixed-race mulatto community, as opposed to black...
We come in many different manifestations and many different types of percentages we are of mixed heritage and have admixtures even though we don't accept or identify with that.
that's just simply who we are.
We are not pureblood West Central Africans.
That's not what my grandmothers are that's for sure.
We in the Black American
community have many different types of mixtures some more than others.
Even within our families.. we have different percentages..
And I disagree with you when you say 1/4 black makes you more mixed. As opposed to being part as opposed to the average percentage of Europeans black Americans have in them.
Well, when I go on RUclips and look at all these black Americans with 22% European. And then when I've seen this Nigerian woman did her DNA results it's 100% black..
That's significant.
It also tells you that black Americans have a different DNA..
By Listening to you though...
I can tell by looking at your comment. That You may have very recent European bloodline in you.,
you are directly related to white people.
Because you talk that way. You may have a mother a grandmother or many family members on both sides of your families who are white... By definition makes you mulatto. But you are not a Freddy Washington.
And I don't believe you have her kind of family. Because she comes from a black American family..
But that's okay.
If you identify yourself as mixed. That's fine. But many black people in this country, do not.
And the reason why,
Again,
we identify with ethnicity. The average black American have the DNA of one white grandparent. Many people in this community have the same bloodline as Fredi Washington.
I have members in my family that passed as White too. A Great aunt who move from Louisiana, to Oklahoma, and then finally to New York in the 1930s she married a white man.. by the way..
I'm dark skin on this side of the family..
no one's going to tell me that my family members are mixed-race group of people that are part of another ethnic group.
I am not going to be different from my grandmother...
If black Americans like yourself.
Or mulatto...
(Because I do believe that you have recent White relatives...)
If you Want to identify as something different because you feel different or whatever the case may be. So be it!.
Mrs.Freddie was so wonderful for such a sad role in "Imitation of Life". She demonstrated the complexities of a woman in her position and was exceedingly progressive for her time. God bless her!
Wonderful sister! You did an excellent job. I have always been in love with Fredi Washington because all she stood for!
Well sure you would love her...LOL!
Thank You for shining the light on such a talented groundbreaking actor who did not take the easy way out. Ms Washington's sacrifices must be remembered
Remembered as someone with a serious mental issue.
Thank you so much for doing this video she was so good in Imitation of Life I actually thought she was white playing as a black women playing passing for white lol ...I have a new found respect for her now
What an extraordinary and beautiful lady! This presentation was very well done!
What a remarkable woman. I’m very glad RUclips recommended this to me, I’ve subscribed!
Thank you!
She truly was a beautiful advocate for the advancement of black people. I never knew she was actually a black woman who played in the movie "Imatation of Life" its one of my favorites. I cry every time I see it which has been a long time now. She deserves some kind of honor for the sacrifices she made in her life.
Thank you for taking the time to do this! I learned so much!
I knew about the Imitation of Life (1959 film version) through my mom's childhood, but I didn't know about the 1930s original that Fredi was in, so thank you for that!
She was beautiful, real, and talented! Reminds me of my mom, who was also very light complexion (possibly biracial). She dealt with colorism and racism.
Thank you for shining the spotlight on this gem from our Black History!! RIP Ms. Freddie.
Thanks for posting this video. What an amazing story!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾there are many of us who are light, some damn near white who would not change our Blackness for anything…so happy this SIS💫🌟stayed true
Beautiful and talented lady. Thank you standing up for your race. Rip Fredi Washington
I've always found her fascinating story when I read the book brown sugar about Beautiful tenacious pioneering sisters when I was 10 years old and that's when I became familiar with her, that I actually did a performance and performed at a beauty pageant and 1 best talent the audience was crying thanks to her her sister married the first black congressman her lovely sister Isabella they were both fascinating phenomenal women 💯❗🕵️ thanks for the upload of appreciation I appreciate you doing it 💯❗👍
I remember her in Imitation of Life. She was brilliant.
A strong woman who knew that it is better to stand up as who you are, not be what others think you should be. Very glad to see she was true to herself on and off the screen.
Much love for Fredricka Washington, gorgeous and honest on who she was. RIP 🕊🙏🏽❤️ She did not receive the recognition for her talent.
You go girl, we need so many more like you. You were brave beyond reason. Thanks for being so honest and not making money your God.
Thank you for posting a bio on Freddie Washington. Her sister Isabelle married Adam Clayton Powell. She was such an inspiration to me. I'm the same complexion and ALOT of acquainted folk always ask why I shouldn't pass
Thank you for sharing this story! She was true to herself!
This needs to be made in to a film. Absolutely a brilliant lady a example of how to overcome adversity.
Imitation of Life... It's my favorite movie since the first time I saw it when I was 11 and watched it with my grandmother, who was dying of cancer. I own both versions and even the latter one I recorded on VHS. Thank you so much for shedding light on her story 💛
Thanks so much for this video. Although I was aware of the wonderful black actress, Fredericka Washington, I was unaware of her legacy as a strong advocate for black civil rights, liberties and pride. Her humanity, self respect and intellect were not sacrificed for professional gain. Thanks for sharing and RIP Ms. Washington ❤️
Thank you for posting this. I'm so glad to have learned about such a remarkable woman! Inspiring and so ahead of her time!
Mucho Respect Ms. Fredi - It's the strength of Black people like her that paved the way for the rest of us! 💯💯
This is great reporting and is the first step for more recognition of Ms Freddie's life.
She got her point across, she didn't need a lot of fame. She accomplished her goal. Kudos!
A black Goddess. Our black Goddesses come in very different tones. All Divine. I am very proud of you dear sisters.
What a wonderful presentation!!! Thank you for revealing this beautiful actress’s life and history! I’d seen her in film but knew nothing about her. From this I learned facts I’d never heard and surmised differently! Thank you for introducing me to the immutable and now unforgettable Fredri Washington❤
Wow.. first let me start by saying thank you for making this video. Secondly, I recently watched the original imitation of life because that movie was a favorite within my family and while I was watching this movie, I thought that the actress was white I did not know she was a biracial or black woman.
I was born in 1956 in Canada and there weren't many black people around at all. When I was young and saw Lena Horne on TV, I remember saying, " she's just like me" and for the rest of my life, I looked for people just like me; I did not know about Fredericka until last year so thank you for this in depth look at someone just like me.
Your channel is amazing and original. My eyes are opened to a whole new world. Thank you for sharing the stories of these amazing women. As much as I love Imitation of Life, I never realized the version I love isn't the original. I'm looking forward to watching the beautiful Fredericka Washington in the original. Thank you again. Great work!
This was an AWESOME history lesson sis! Thank you! Ms. Freddie is dancing with the angels!!!
What a lovely remarkable lady. I had heard of Freddie previously, but I didn't know she had lived until the early 1990s! May she rest in peace. 😍😍👏👏🙏🙏😢😢