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