For nearly 50 years, Fred Parker was known as the "Seventh Ward"or "Chocolate Santa" in New Orleans. His holiday spirit lives on in the many photographs that span generations. He was a pioneering legend and a Santa that many will never forget.
For nearly 50 years, Fred Parker was known as the "Seventh Ward"or "Chocolate Santa" in New Orleans. His holiday spirit lives on in the many photographs that span generations. He was a pioneering legend and a Santa that many will never forget.
For many years, Langston Patterson has been the main attraction at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles. Langston was the only Black shopping mall Santa Claus in the Los Angeles area.
1942-2020
Released 2019
1935-2018
Black Santa History
The Secret History of Black Santas
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38231159
The Origins of Black Santa
https://tulanehullabaloo.com/45088/intersections/origins-of-black-santa-claus/
Black Santa in Music
Santa Claus is a Black Man by Akim & Teddy Vann Released in 1973 My Santa by RKHTY and Marky- Released in 2017
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