{"product_id":"sovereign-unbothered-dorothy-dandridge-heavyweight-crewneck-vintage-black-cmd-c","title":"Sovereign, Unbothered — Dorothy Dandridge — Heavyweight Crewneck — Vintage Black — CMD\u0026C","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct: Oversized boxy  CREWNECK SWEATSHIRT \u003cbr\u003eBrand: CMD\u0026amp;C (Command \u0026amp; Create)\u003cbr\u003eCollection: Sovereign, Unbothered\u003cbr\u003eSubject: Dorothy Dandridge\u003cbr\u003eColorway: Vintage Black\u003cbr\u003eMaterial: 460GSM organic cotton\u003cbr\u003eConstruction: Oversized boxy cut\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Portugal (WATC Studio blank)\u003cbr\u003ePrint method: Heat transfer\u003cbr\u003eEdition: Limited — one production run, no restocks\u003cbr\u003ePrice:  $110 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1954, Dorothy Dandridge became the first Black woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She did not win. She never won. Hollywood gave her the nomination and then gave her almost nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDorothy Jean Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1922. She performed from childhood, toured the country with her sister, and by her twenties was one of the most glamorous figures in American entertainment. Her performance in Carmen Jones earned her the Oscar nomination that should have changed everything. It didn't. The roles that followed were beneath her. The industry that praised her refused to cast her as anything but spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe died in 1965 at forty-two. The cause was listed as an accidental overdose. She had forty-two cents in her bank account.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalle Berry accepted her Academy Award in 2002 and said Dorothy Dandridge's name out loud from the stage. It was the first time a Black woman had won. Forty-eight years after the nomination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis print is the rebuttal. Green curls, red lips, gold cuff, halftone field, black geometry. The architecture of a woman who was always more than what she was given. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSovereign. Unbothered. 1922–1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— 460GSM organic cotton crewneck\u003cbr\u003e— Oversized boxy cut, true to CMD\u0026amp;C's silhouette\u003cbr\u003e— Heat transfer print on Portuguese WATC Studio blank\u003cbr\u003e— One production run. No restocks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CMD\u0026C","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49770560094436,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/3565\/8724\/files\/IMG_0064.jpg?v=1788380164","url":"https:\/\/cmdc.shop\/products\/sovereign-unbothered-dorothy-dandridge-heavyweight-crewneck-vintage-black-cmd-c","provider":"CMD\u0026C","version":"1.0","type":"link"}