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