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