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