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