Inductee Category: <span>Lifetime Achievement</span>

Hon. Belvin Perry Jr.

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Marvin Brailsford and Mrs. June Brailsford

Lt. Gen. Marvin D. Brailsford, a distinguished military graduate of Prairie View A&M, retired in 1992 as deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army…

Anthony Viaer

Huston-Tillotson College

Dr. Clifford Baker

Alabama State University

Dr. Mable Parker McLean

Mable Parker McLean, a Barber-Scotia College alumna, served as president of Barber-Scotia and was one of the first women to lead that campus. She…

Dr. John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin, a Fisk University historian, wrote From Slavery to Freedom, the book that taught African American history to generations of students. He…

John Morton

Lane College

John W. Mack

John W. Mack, a Clark Atlanta University graduate, led the Los Angeles Urban League for three decades. He was a central figure in L.A.…

Earl Lloyd

Earl Lloyd, a West Virginia State University alumnus, was the first African American to play in an NBA game. He later coached and worked…

Rev. Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson, a North Carolina A&T graduate, organized with SCLC, founded Operation PUSH and the Rainbow Coalition, and ran for president in 1984 and…