Commemorating Black History Month with images of a few legends and pioneers.
(Name appears as you place the cursor on the image.)
Canada Lee
Brock Peters
Eartha Kitt
Paul Robeson
Oscar Micheaux
Lillian Randolph
Cicely Tyson
Nina Mae McKinney
Ella Fitzgerald
Rupert Crosse
Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte
Billie Thomas
Louis Armstrong
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Hattie McDaniel
Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller
Vivian Dandridge
Nat King Cole
Gordon Parks
William Walker
Josephine Baker
Spencer Williams
William Greaves
Billy Eckstine
Cab Calloway
Ethel Waters
James Earl Jones
Roxie Roker
Mabel Lee
Hazel Scott
Nichelle Nichols
Ossie Davis
Florence Mills
Dorothy Dandridge
Duke Ellington
Mahalia Jackson
Diahann Carroll
Butterfly McQueen
Chick Webb
Pearl Bailey
Peral Bailey
Sidney Poitier
Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson
Richard Roundtree
Diahann Carroll as TV’s Julia
Lincoln Perry
Moms Mabley
Fayard Nicholas
Hall Johnson
Louis Armstrong
The Nicholas Brothers
Louise Beavers
Dooley Wilson as Sam in CASABLANCA
Matthew Beard
Della Reese
Marian Anderson
Hattie McDaniel
George Walker and Bert Williams
Juanita Moore
Etta Moten Barnett
Ruby Dandridge
Pam Grier
Celia Cruz
Eddie Anderson
Bert Williams
Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson
Harold Nicholas
Ruby Dee
Clarence Muse
Richard Pryor
Amanda Randolph
Jackie Robinson
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Alvin Childress
Scatman Crothers
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.