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Tracey “Africa” Norman

December 15, 2017 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Tracey “Africa” Norman was born on December 15, 1952. She is a model who became the first African American transgender woman to appear on a box of Clairol hair coloring in the 1970s, and, along with Geena Rocero, the first openly transgender model to grace the cover of “Harper’s Bazaar.” Norman was named one of “Out” magazine’s Out 100 in 2016. Norman was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a father who worked as a barber, bus driver, and at […]

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