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