I see her picture, i reblog.
I remember hearing news of her death on the radio during a roadtrip and crying silently until we reached our destination.
Given away by her mother she moved to New York, dropped out of high school, and was homeless until she was discovered for her singing and performed touring Europe.
Eartha Kitt is the original Muva.
She was an outspoken civil rights activist and just an utterly good person.
Eartha Kitt 1927-2008 was born in cotton fields in South Carolina as the result of a rape by a white plantation owner.