Desiree West

West began her adult film career in 1973 as one of the first African-American porn stars. She was said to have been a member of the Black Panther Party. She retired from the adult film business in 1980, although she appeared in films sporadically during the early 1980s. During her career, West generally was relegated to secondary roles. In 2004, she finally got top billing when a compilation of her scenes was released as Double-D Soul Sister: A Desiree West Collection. In the mid-1990s, the X-Rated Critics Organization honored West by inducting her into the XRCO Hall of Fame. She was the industrie's first black porn star