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