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