June 2013

Vintage Dads from the EBONY Collection [PHOTOS]

Throughout Black history, EBONY has captured essential celebrity fatherhood moments with Muhammad Ali, Gordon Parks, Quincy Jones, Sidney Poitier and many more!

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Boxing great Muhammad Ali is photographed taking time away from the ring to delight in cuddling and playing with daughter, baby Hana. (Orizer Muhammad/EBONY Collection)</p>

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Muhammad Ali spends some quality time with his daughter Maryum in 1974. (Leroy Patton/Ebony Collection)</p>

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Boxing champ Muhammad Ali affectionately holds his twin daughters, Jamillah and Rasheda, prior to a TV interview with Howard Cosell in 1974.  (Isaac  Sutton/Ebony Collection)</p>

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Harry Belafonte is photographed jump-roping with his daughter Adrienne in the front yard of his apartment. (G. Marshall Wilson/ EBONY Collection)</p>

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Harry Belafonte with daughter Adrienne Belafonte. (Bertrand Miles/ EBONY Collection)</p>

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Harry Belafonte photographed sharing a father-daughter moment in Belafonte's New York office. (Moneta Sleet, Jr./ EBONY Collection)</p>

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Record producer Quincy Jones takes time out of his busy schedule to spend some time with his daughter Rashida at his California home. (Isaac Sutton/EBONY Collection)</p>

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Acclaimed photographer-filmmaker Gordon Parks and his daughter, Leslie Parks, are all smiles as they arrive for the premiere of Spike Lee's <em>Jungle Fever</em> at the National Theatre in New York City. (Fred Watkins/EBONY Collection)</p>

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Sidney Poitier is pictured spending some quality time with his family inside their home. (G. Marshall Wilson/ EBONY Collection)</p>

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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and son Skipper enjoy father-son time on the dock. (G. Marshall Wilson/ EBONY Collection)</p>

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Baseball giant Jackie Robinson is pictured spending some one-on-one time with his three children and wife in their home. (G. Marshall Wilson/ EBONY Collection)</p>

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Singer Natalie Cole is photographed at a young age at home with her family, father Nat King Cole, mother Maria Cole and sister Carol Cole, in this undated photo. (Howard Morehead/Ebony Collection)</p>

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Michael Jackson and his brothers Randy, Marlon, Jackie and Tito receive instructions from their father Joe Jackson in this 1976 photo. This image appeared in the February 1, 1979 <em>JET</em>. (Isaac Sutton/Ebony Collection)</p>

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Thurgood and Cecelie Marshall welcome their first son Thurgood Jr. into the world. (G. Marshall Wilson/Ebony Collection 1956)</p>

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Walter Payton listens as his son Jarrett tells him about "the big one that got away" in the lake. (Vandell Cobb/Ebony Collection)</p>

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Nick Ashford, of husband and wife songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson, enjoys chasing his daughter Nicole as she rides her tricycle in 1979. (Moneta Sleet, Jr./Ebony Collection)</p>

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