Fashion editor Freddye Scarborough Henderson

Freddye Scarborough Henderson (1917–2007) was an American business woman and travel agent known for pioneering travel agencies geared towards African-Americans. Henderson was born in Franklinton, Louisiana, on February 18, 1917 and died on January 19, 2007. She earned a B.S. in home economics from Southern University in 1937 and in 1950, she was the first African American to earn a degree in fashion merchandising from New York University.

She married Jacob R. Henderson in 1941. From 1944 to 1950 Henderson owned a dress store in Atlanta. In 1950, Henderson became a fashion editor for the Associated Negro Press chain, and had a fashion column which was syndicated in many American black newspapers.

In 1955, Henderson and her husband created the Henderson Travel Service located in Atlanta. It was the first African American travel agency in the Southeast.

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