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