The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard and Harold.

I recently came across an interesting clip from the movie Down Argentine Way, on The New Yorker's website. It briefly discusses the unrecognized talents of the Nicholas Brothers, who were performers during the golden age of musicals in the 50s. The clip is short, around three minutes, but offers interesting thoughts on the Fayard and Harold's 'lost' careers. Their talent was comparable to, if not surpassed, that of Gene Kelly or Bing Crosby, though because of their race the brothers were not given the opportunities that they deserved...
(by Isabelle Hay)

"The history of Hollywood is the history of the subjects and the people it showed—and those it didn’t. The Nicholas brothers would have been naturals for a wide range of movies that were made at the time. They should have done comedy, they should have done drama; instead, they got to dance. They did it brilliantly —better than anyone else before or since. "

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/movie-week-argentine-way?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=tumblr&mbid=social_tumblr