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