Earl Mills was Dorothy Dandridge's manager and friend during her successful professional life. He celebrated victories with her and suffered with her when things were tough. Their relationship often bordered on the romantic according to Earl. Geri Branton, Dorothy's best friend disagrees with that. Earl wrote this biography as a labor of love. Earl's love shines through for Dorothy in this biography. Birth Name: Dorothy Jean Dandridge DOB: November 9, 1922 Birth Place: Cleveland, Ohio "In the black ghetto there is a saying that black is disliked by two races; the white and the black." - Earl Mills. So true, especially today. Dorothy was born with what turned out to be two curses - she was light and she was beautiful. Those two curses gave her both triumph and tragedy. Earl Mills with Geri Branton In this book Earl describes himself as Dorothy's manager, close friend and lover for many
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