Inductee Category: <span>Lifetime Achievement</span>
Edward Stanley Temple
Ed Temple, a Tennessee State University alumnus and coach, built the Tigerbelles into the premier women’s track program in the country. His athletes, including…
Samuel Jones
North Carolina Central University
Billye Aaron
Billye Suber Williams Aaron, a Texas College alumna, is an educator, journalist, and civic leader. She is married to Hank Aaron and has worked…
Hon. Parren Mitchell
Parren Mitchell, a Morgan State University graduate, was Maryland’s first African American member of Congress in the twentieth century. He chaired the Small Business…
Dr. Hilliard L. Lackey, III
Jackson State University
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Lerone Bennett Jr., a Morehouse graduate, was executive editor of Ebony and the author of Before the Mayflower. His essays and books taught a…
Dr. Samuel Myers
Samuel L. Myers Sr., a Morgan State University graduate, served as president of Bowie State University and later as president of the National Association…
Willie E. Jeffries
Willie Jeffries, a South Carolina State University alumnus and coach, was the first African American head football coach in Division I-A when Wichita State…
Fred Gray
Fred Gray, an Alabama State alumnus, was the young lawyer for Rosa Parks, the Montgomery bus boycott, and later the Tuskegee syphilis-study survivors. He…
Montford Irvin
Monte Irvin, a Lincoln University of Pennsylvania alumnus, starred in the Negro leagues and then with the New York Giants. A Baseball Hall of…