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