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