Inductee Category: <span>Education</span>

Dr. Charles J. Gibbs

Dr. Juliet King

Juliet King, a Benedict College graduate, spent five decades as a teacher, union steward, and school leader in Miami. She co-founded Coral Reef Montessori…

Dr. Joseph B. Johnson

Grambling State University

Dr. Henry Cheaney

Kentucky State University

Dr. Mary Hatwood Futrell

Mary Hatwood Futrell, a Virginia State University alumna, served as president of the National Education Association. She later served as dean of George Washington…

Dr. Benjamin E. Mays

Benjamin E. Mays presided over Morehouse College from 1940 to 1967 and mentored Martin Luther King Jr. His chapel talks argued that Black colleges…

Dr. David Beckley

David L. Beckley, a Rust College alumnus, served as president of Rust College and earlier of Wiley College. He spent most of his career…

Dr. William W. Sutton

Mississippi Valley State University

Dr. Robert Franklin

Robert M. Franklin Jr., a Morehouse College graduate, served as the tenth president of Morehouse and later as presidential distinguished professor at Emory. He…

Dr. Dorothy C. Yancy

Dorothy Cowser Yancy, a Johnson C. Smith University alumna, served as president of Johnson C. Smith and later of Shaw University. She is a…