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