Civic Leaders

• W.E.B. DuBois, Philosopher
• Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader
• Dick Gregory, Civic Activist
• Paul Robeson, Civil Rights Leader, Actor, Singer
• Lester Granger, Executive Director – National Urban League
• Whitney M. Young Jr., Executive Director – National Urban League
• Charles Hamilton Houston, NAACP Legal Counsel
• Jow Duff, NAACP Attorney
• Hugh B. Price, National Urban League Executive Director
• Marc Morial, Mayor of New Orleans; President of National Urban League

Government

• Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Andrew Young, U.S. Representative (GA), Mayor of Atlanta
• Harold Ford, U.S. Representative (TN)
• Maynard Jackson, Mayor – Atlanta, GA
• Charles Rangel, U.S. Representative (NY)
• David Dinkins, Mayor – New York City
• Marion Barry, Mayor – Washington, DC
• Willie Brown, Assembly Speaker (CA)
• Dennis Archer, Mayor – Detroit, MI
• Lee Brown, Mayor – Houston, TX
• Edward W. Brooke, U.S. Senator (MA)
• Adam Clayton Powell Jr., U.S. Representative (NY)
• William Dawson, U.S. Representative (IL)
• William Coleman, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
• William H. Gray III, U.S. Representative (PA), UNCF President & CEO
• Julian Dixon, U.S. Representative (CA)
• Ronald Dellums, U.S. Representative (CA)
• Damon J. Keith, U.S. Court of Appeals – Sixth Circuit
• Terrence Todman, Ambassador to Denmark
• Charles Mahoney, United Nations Delegate
• Channing H. Tobias, United Nations Delegate
• Hubert Humphrey, U.S. Vice President
• Clarence Pendleton, U.S. Civil Rights Commission
• Ralph Metcalfe, U.S. Representative (IL)
• Samuel Pierce, U.S. Secretary of HUD
• Harry Edwards, U.S. Court of Appeals
• O. Rudolph Aggrey, U.S. Ambassador to Romania
• U.W. Clemon, U.S. District Federal Judge
• James A. Joseph, U.S. Ambassador – South Africa
• Henry Marsh, Mayor – Richmond, VA
• Lawrence Crawford, Mayor – Suffolk, VA
• Walter Washington, Mayor – Washington, DC
• Ernest Morial, Mayor – New Orleans, LA
• Richard Arrington, Mayor – Birmingham, AL
• Lionel Wilson, Mayor – Oakland, CA
• Roland Burris, Comptroller – State of Illinois
• Dr. Arthur Jefferson, Superintendent – Detroit Public Schools
• Thomas V. Barnes, Mayor – Gary, IN
• Emanuel Cleaver, Mayor – Kansas City, MO
• Norman Rice, Mayor – Seattle, WA
• Eugene Sawyer, Mayor – Chicago, IL

Business Leaders

• L.D. Milton, President – Citizens Bank
• N.B. Herndon, President – Atlanta Life Insurance Co.
• Thomas P. Harris, President – Chicago Metropolitan Insurance Co.
• Henry G. Parks, President – Parks Sausage Co.
• Joshua Smith, President – Maxima Corporation
• Wayman Smith, Executive – Anheuser-Busch
• Thomas J. Burrell, Founder – Burrell Advertising
• W. Melvin Brown, American Developing Corporation
• Eugene Jackson, CEO – World African Network

Education & Scholarship

• Cornel West, Educator, Philosopher, Author
• Charles Harris, Educator & Historian
• Garrett A. Morgan, Inventor
• John Hope Franklin, Historian
• Mal Goode, Journalist
• John H. Johnson, Publisher
• Countee Cullen, Poet
• Benjamin Quarles, Historian
• Calvin Barnett, President – Coppin State College
• E. Franklin Frazier, Sociologist
• William Strother, Professor – Princeton University
• Frederick Patterson, Founder – United Negro College Fund
• James Cheek, President – Howard University
• Earl Richardson, President – Morgan State University
• Luna I. Mishoe, President – Delaware State College

The Military

• Fred A. Gordon, Brigadier General – AUS / West Point
• Benjamin Hacker, Rear Admiral – U.S. Navy
• Samuel Gravely, Admiral – U.S. Navy
• James McCall, Major General – AUS
• Winston Scott, NASA Astronaut
• Edward Honor, Major General – AUS
• Roscoe Cartwright, General – AUS
• Charles A. Hines, Major General (Ret.), U.S. Army

Media & Entertainment

• Duke Ellington, Music Legend
• Stuart Scott, TV Sports Analyst
• Roland Martin, Journalist & TV Host
• Keenen-Ivory Wayans, Actor & Writer
• Lionel Richie, Singer & Songwriter
• Gerald Albright, Jazz Musician
• Donny Hathaway, Singer & Musician
• Lionel Hampton, Music Legend
• Antonio Hart, Jazz Musician
• Darryl Bell, Actor
• Tony Brown, Journalist & TV Producer
• Jerry Butler, Singer
• Keith Garrett, Network TV Executive Producer

Religious Leaders

• John Hurst Adams, Bishop & Founder – National Black Churches
• Harold Davis, President – American Baptist Churches
• T.J. Jemison, President – National Baptist Convention
• E. Edward Jones, President – National Baptist Convention of America
• Dr. Joe Samuel Ratliff, Pastor – Brentwood Baptist Church (Houston, TX)

Medical & Science Leaders

• Levi Watkins, Medical Scientist
• James Corner, Psychologist
• Lasalle Lefalle, President – American Cancer Society
• Louis Sullivan, President – Morehouse School of Medicine

Sports Figures

• Walt Bellamy, NBA
• Junior Bridgeman, NBA
• Quinn Buckner, NBA
• Lenny Wilkins, NBA
• Walt Frazier, NBA
• Bobby Phills, NBA
• Wes Unseld, NBA
• Wayne Embry, General Manager – Cleveland Cavaliers
• Wes Chandler, NFL
• Greg Coleman, First Black NFL Punter
• Charles Haley, NFL
• Michael Jackson, NFL
• Carnell Lake, NFL
• Art Shell, NFL Hall of Fame
• Eric Wright, NFL
• Reggie Williams, NFL
• Joe Greene, NFL
• Eugene Upshaw, Executive Director – NFL Players Association
• Jesse Owens, Track & Field Legend
• Mike Powell, Long Jump World Record Holder
• Eddie Robinson, Head Coach – Grambling State University