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