Inductee Category: <span>Arts & Entertainment</span>
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price, a Central State University alumna, was the first African American soprano to sustain an international opera career at the highest level. She…
Bernadine R. Oliphint
Texas Southern University
Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen is a Howard University alumna, dancer, choreographer, actress, and director. She became widely known as Lydia Grant on Fame, then produced and…
Floyd Gordon (Arts)
Claflin University
Dr. Della B.T. Hardman
West Virginia State College
T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh
T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh, a Florida A&M University alumna, is an actress and comedian known for In Living Color and That’s So Raven. She has…
JoMarie Payton-Clark
JoMarie Payton, an Albany State University alumna, starred as Harriette Winslow on Family Matters. She has also worked in music and as a voice…
Shirley Kinsey
Shirley Kinsey is a Florida A&M University graduate and, with her husband Bernard, one of the country’s best-known collectors of African American art, documents,…
Bernard Kinsey
Bernard Kinsey is a Florida A&M University alumnus, former Xerox executive, and philanthropist. With Shirley Kinsey he built the Kinsey Collection, one of the…
Ed Bradley
Ed Bradley (1941–2006) graduated from Cheyney State College in 1964 with a degree in education and became one of America’s defining broadcast journalists. He…