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