We celebrate our Black History by highlighting some of the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fames distinguished list of over 300 Hall of Famers who have been enshrined into the Hall of Fame since 1986: including such notables as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Walter Payton, Leontyne Price, Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall, Oprah Winfrey, Ambassador Andrew Young, Will Packard and Nancy Wilson.
The Hall of Fame is a 501 (c) 3 dedicated to the growth and development of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Past Inductees
The National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation continues its mission to be a catalyst to serve as a catalyst and partner for ensuring the stability, strength and excellence of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Our aim is to advance the reality that HBCUs are valuable treasures and critical resources that help transform the seeds of potentiality into the fruits of possibility.
- Emmanuel Lewis | 2005 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | Clark Atlanta University
- Phylicia Rashad | 1988 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | Howard University
- Reverend C. T. Vivian | 2014 | CHAIRMAN’S AWARD | Western Illinois University
- Lionel Richie | 1987 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | Tuskegee University
- Janice Howroyd | 2015 | BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY | North Carolina A&T State University
- Herman J. Russell | 1986 | BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY | Tuskegee University
- Curley M. Dossman, Jr. | 2019 | CHAIRMAN’S AWARD | Morehouse College
- Dr. Valerie R. Daniels-Carter | 2019 | BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY | Lincoln University of Missouri
- Edith McGuire-Duvall | 2009 | ATHLETICS | Tennessee State University
- Hamilton Bohannon | 2017 | CHAIRMAN’S AWARD | Clark Atlanta University
- Walter Payton | 1988 | ATHLETICS | Jackson State University
- Gregory Baranco | 2002 | BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY | Southern University
- Roderick Broadway | 2018 | CHAIRMAN’S AWARD | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- Dr. Catana Starks | 2014 | ATHLETICS | Tennessee State University
- Leontyne Price | 1986 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | Central State University
- Jerry Rice | 2018 | ATHLETICS | Mississippi Valley State University
- Valerie Montgomery Rice | 2017 | MEDICINE | Morehouse School of Medicine
- Dr. Mable Parker McLean | 2017 | LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT | Barber Scotia College
- Honorable Andrew Young | 1993 | GOVERNMENT AND LAW | Howard University
- Xernona Clayton | 1992 | COMMUNITY SERVICE | Tennessee State University
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