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