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