HONORS

We do not have a complete or even near complete list of the inductees -- because, astonishingly, their website does not even seem to maintain such a list. So it must remain a mystery who is in this Hall of Fame.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eddie Anderson	Actor	18-Sep-1905	28-Feb-1977	Rochester on The Jack Benny Show
Josephine Baker	Dancer	3-Jun-1906	12-Apr-1975	Sensual dancer turned WWII spy
Count Basie	Pianist	21-Aug-1904	26-Apr-1984	Big band pianist
Louise Beavers	Actor	8-Mar-1902	26-Oct-1962	She Done Him Wrong
Harry Belafonte	Singer/Songwriter	1-Mar-1927		Calypso singer
Eubie Blake	Jazz Musician	7-Feb-1883	12-Feb-1983	Ragtime jazz pianist
Roscoe Lee Browne	Actor	2-May-1925	11-Apr-2007	Character actor, 1960s to 2000s
Diahann Carroll	Singer	17-Jul-1935		Claudine
Benny Carter	Jazz Musician	8-Aug-1907	12-Jul-2003	Jazz and big bandleader
Rosalind Cash	Actor	31-Dec-1938	31-Oct-1995	The Omega Man
Nat King Cole	Singer	17-Mar-1917	15-Feb-1965	Unforgettable
Dorothy Dandridge	Actor	9-Nov-1922	8-Sep-1965	Carmen Jones
Ossie Davis	Actor	18-Dec-1917	4-Feb-2005	Do The Right Thing
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Singer	8-Dec-1925	16-May-1990	Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack
Ruby Dee	Actor	27-Oct-1924	12-Jun-2014	The Jackie Robinson Story
Ivan Dixon	Actor	6-Apr-1931	16-Mar-2008	Sgt. Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes
Katherine Dunham	Dancer	22-Jun-1910	21-May-2006	Dunham School of Dance
Duke Ellington	Jazz Musician	29-Apr-1899	24-May-1974	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Stepin Fetchit	Actor	30-May-1902	19-Nov-1985	Professional black stereotype
Ella Fitzgerald	Singer	25-Apr-1917	15-Jun-1996	The First Lady of Jazz
Danny Glover	Actor	22-Jul-1946		Lethal Weapon
Bernie Hamilton	Actor	12-Jun-1928	30-Dec-2008	Capt. Dobey on Starsky and Hutch
Lorraine Hansberry	Playwright	19-May-1930	12-Jan-1965	A Raisin in the Sun
Theresa Harris	Actor	31-Dec-1906	8-Oct-1985	Baby Face
Lena Horne	Singer	30-Jun-1917	9-May-2010	Stormy Weather
Rex Ingram	Film Director	15-Jan-1892	21-Jul-1950	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
James Earl Jones	Actor	17-Jan-1931		Voice of Darth Vader and CNN
Quincy Jones	Music Producer	14-Mar-1933		Musician, Composer, Producer
Eartha Kitt	Singer	17-Jan-1927	25-Dec-2008	Catwoman
Canada Lee	Actor	3-Mar-1907	9-May-1952	Cry, the Beloved Country
Hattie McDaniel	Actor	10-Jun-1893	26-Oct-1952	Mammy in Gone with the Wind
Butterfly McQueen	Actor	7-Jan-1911	22-Dec-1995	Gone with the Wind
Oscar Micheaux	Film/TV Producer	2-Jan-1884	25-Mar-1951	Within Our Gates
Juanita Moore	Actor	19-Oct-1922	31-Dec-2013	Imitation of Life
Fayard Nicholas	Dancer	20-Oct-1914	24-Jan-2006	Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers
Harold Nicholas	Dancer	27-Mar-1921	3-Jul-2000	Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers
Gordon Parks	Film Director	30-Nov-1912	7-Mar-2006	Shaft
Brock Peters	Actor	2-Jul-1927	23-Aug-2005	To Kill a Mockingbird
Sidney Poitier	Actor	20-Feb-1927		In The Heat Of The Night
Beah Richards	Actor	12-Jul-1920	14-Sep-2000	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Paul Robeson	Singer	9-Apr-1898	23-Jan-1976	20th Century renaissance man
Bill Robinson	Dancer	25-May-1878	25-Nov-1949	Bojangles
Cicely Tyson	Actor	19-Dec-1933		Sounder
Melvin Van Peebles	Film Director	21-Aug-1932		Watermelon Man
Ethel Waters	Singer	31-Oct-1896	1-Sep-1977	Sweet Mama Stringbean
Billy Dee Williams	Actor	6-Apr-1937		Lando Calrissian, Colt-45 malt liquor pitchman

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