Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television

James Earl Jones was born in 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA. At an early age he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred in many films over a 40-year period, beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Probably best known for his role as Darth Vader (for the voice only) (imdb)

Credits include: The Emperor's New Groove, Holes, Ernest Scared Stupid, Boomerang and Erik the Viking

Credits include: Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep, Grumpy Old Men, Dinosaur and The Client

Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)

Credits include: Fried Green Tomatoes, Last Flag Flying, Alex Cross, Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Because of Winn-Dixie

Credits include: Jack, Ghost Dad, Fat Albert and The Meteor Man

Credits include: Fame, Everybody Hates Chris, Next Day Air, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling and A Different World

Credits include: Panther, One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern, The One and Only Dick Gregory, When Comedy Went to School and Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Credits include: Roots, Good Hair, Madea's Family Reunion, Down in the Delta and Under African Skies

Credits include: Screwed, Dinosaurs, Love at First Bite, The Jeffersons and Up, Up, and Away!

Credits include: The Guyver, Water, Good Times, Let's Do It Again and Rabbit Test

Credits include: Hammer, What's Happening!!, What's Happening Now!, Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television and 1973