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