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