Inductee Category: <span>Business and Industry</span>
Alexis M. Herman
Alexis Herman, a Xavier University of Louisiana graduate, was the first African American U.S. secretary of labor. She earlier directed the Women’s Bureau and…
Jesse Hill, Jr.
Jesse Hill Jr., a Lincoln University of Missouri graduate, led Atlanta Life Insurance and helped organize Atlanta’s modern civil-rights and business leadership. He was…
Tom Joyner
Tom Joyner, a Tuskegee University alumnus, hosted a nationally syndicated morning radio show and used it to raise scholarship money for HBCU students. The…
Harlow Fullwood, Jr.
Virginia Union University
Jeffrey E. Thompson
University of the District of Columbia
Joshua I. Smith
Joshua I. Smith, a Central State University graduate, founded the Maxima Corporation, an early Black-owned information-technology firm. He advised federal commissions on minority business.
Dr. Harry L. Coaxum
Talladega College
Charles B. Gary
Claflin University
Carl Ware
Carl Ware, a Clark Atlanta University graduate, became one of the highest-ranking Black executives at The Coca-Cola Company and later led its Africa group.…
Andrea Harris
Andrea Harris, a Bennett College alumna, founded the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development. She spent decades on Black business access to capital…