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