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