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