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