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