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