Featured Handprints from Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Inductees, 1974-1993

At the heart of the By Their Own Hands: The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame exhibit is a striking wall of handprints from 42 Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. inductees, a tribute akin to receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Below, you'll find a numbered list and corresponding grid displaying the handprints in the order they appear on the wall. 

Biographies of the featured celebrities are also provided in alphabetical order:

A-Fa (1-12) | Fe-O (13-27) | P-Z (28-42)

Inductee list

1. Maya Angelou
2. Ruth Beckford
3. Eubie Blake
4. Tempestt Bledsoe
5. Elaine Bushnell
6. Vinnette Carroll
7. Benny Carter
8. Rosalind Cash
9. Ivan Dixon
10. Katherine Dunham
11. Lonne E. Elder, III
12. Lola Falana
13. Stepin Fetchit (Lincoln Perry)
14. Gloria Foster
15. Dizzy Gillespie
16. William Greaves
17. Geoffrey Holder
18. Robert Hooks
19. Lena Horne
20. Eugene Jackson
21. Eartha Kitt
22. Carmen de Lavallade
23. Helen Martin
24. Etta Moten
25. Denise Nicholas
26. Floyd Norman
27. Frederick O'Neal
28. Gordon Parks
29. Wolfe Perry
30. Richard Pryor
31. Lillian Randolph
32. Beah Richards
33. Esther Rolle
34. Michael Schultz
35. Hazel Scott
36. Madge Sinclair
37. Raymond St. Jacques
38. Woody Strode
39. Vincent Tubbs
40. Kath Walker
41. Billy Dee Williams
42. Paul Winfield