ACTIVISTSDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. : Civil Rights Activist
Julius L. Chambers: NAACP Legal Defense
Lester Granger: National Urban League
Frederick Douglas: Anti-Slavery Activist
W.E.B. DuBois: Civil Rights Activists, Historian
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Civil Rights Activists
Thurgood Marshall : Supreme Court Justice
Paul Robeson: Activist, Singer, Scholar, Football Player
Dick Gregory: Activist
SCIENCE & MEDICINEDr. Lessall D. Leffall: President, American College of Surgeons
James Comer: Psychologist
Garrett Morgan: Inventor, Traffic Signal
Louis Sullivan: Secretary of Health and Education
ENTERTAINMENTDaryl Bell: Actor
Tony Brown: Journalist/Producer
Countee Cullen: Poet
Duke Ellington: Jazz Musician
Donny Hathaway: Musician
Eugene Jackson: National Black Network
Stuart Scott: ESPN Anchorman
Chuck Stone: Philadelphia Daily News
Keenan Ivory Wayans: Comedian, Producer |
EDUCATIONDr. Raymond W. Cannon: 1st Edition Sphinx Magazine
James Check: Howard University
Thomas W. Cole, Jr. : President of Clark-Atlanta University
William B. DeLauder : President Delaware State University
Cornell West: Author
Norm Francis: President of Xavier University
Dr. Ronald J. Temple: Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
John Hope Franklin: Historian
BUSINESS John H. Johnson: Entrepreneur
Thomas J. Burrell: CEO, Burrell Advertising
Delano Lewis: President, National Public Radio
W. Melvin Brown: CEO, American Development Corp.
Henry Parks: Founder, Parks Sausages
Joshua Smith: CEO Maxima Corporation
SPORTSJesse Owens: Olympic Gold Medalist
Mike Powell: Track Star
Eddie Robinson: Winningest Football Coach in NCAA History
Jackie Robinson: First Black Man in Major League Baseball
Reggie Williams: Cincinnati Bengals
Fritz Pollard: 1st Black Head Coach in the NFL
Todd Day: NBA Player
Art Shell: Former NFL Player and Coach
Carnell Lake : NFL Player
Gene Upshaw: President of the NFL Players Association |