Commemorating Black History Month with images of a few legends and pioneers.
(Name appears as you place the cursor on the image.)
Brock Peters
Celia Cruz
George Walker and Bert Williams
Dooley Wilson as Sam in CASABLANCA
Pearl Bailey
Nina Mae McKinney
Harold Nicholas
Peral Bailey
Ruby Dee
Rupert Crosse
Hazel Scott
Nichelle Nichols
Lillian Randolph
Chick Webb
Hattie McDaniel
Marian Anderson
Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte
Sidney Poitier
Ossie Davis
Diahann Carroll
Eartha Kitt
Butterfly McQueen
Juanita Moore
Billie Thomas
Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson
Cab Calloway
Ruby Dandridge
Spencer Williams
Paul Robeson
Bert Williams
Vivian Dandridge
Louise Beavers
Fayard Nicholas
Canada Lee
Amanda Randolph
Alvin Childress
Mabel Lee
Della Reese
William Greaves
Hattie McDaniel
Mahalia Jackson
Diahann Carroll as TV’s Julia
Pam Grier
Nat King Cole
Lincoln Perry
Josephine Baker
Gordon Parks
James Earl Jones
Etta Moten Barnett
Cicely Tyson
Dorothy Dandridge
Billy Eckstine
Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Matthew Beard
Jackie Robinson
Roxie Roker
Ethel Waters
Louis Armstrong
Moms Mabley
Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson
Richard Pryor
Louis Armstrong
Florence Mills
Clarence Muse
The Nicholas Brothers
William Walker
Richard Roundtree
Ella Fitzgerald
Hall Johnson
Oscar Micheaux
Eddie Anderson
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Scatman Crothers
Duke Ellington
What a grand gallery of talented performers. Many of favorites.
Just the thought rattles my cage. Terrific gallery of players. When time permits please consider additions of
James Edwards, Yaphet Kotto and Raymond St. Jacques to begin the second tier of which there will be many.
Beautiful!!!
Wow! This is breathtaking. I love it.