Inductee Category: <span>Lifetime Achievement</span>
Dr. Elridge W. McMillan
Elridge McMillan, a Clark Atlanta University graduate, was the first African American chair of the Southern Regional Education Board and a longtime official of…
Ozell Sutton
Ozell Sutton, a Philander Smith College alumnus, was a civil-rights organizer, journalist, and later a Community Relations Service official at the U.S. Department of…
Dr. John A. Peoples, Jr.
Jackson State University
Percy E. Sutton
Percy Sutton, a Tuskegee-trained airman and lawyer, was Manhattan borough president and the longtime owner of the Apollo Theater. He built Inner City Broadcasting…
William “Buddy” Blakey
Knoxville College
Dr. William A. McMillan, Sr.
Johnson C. Smith University
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…