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