Inductee Category: <span>Lifetime Achievement</span>
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…
Eunice Walker Johnson
Eunice W. Johnson, a Talladega College alumna, directed the Ebony Fashion Fair and helped shape Johnson Publishing’s magazines. The touring show raised scholarship money…
Opal Smith
Prairie View A&M University
Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.
Thomas W. Dortch Jr., a Fort Valley State University graduate, led the 100 Black Men of America and worked in Georgia politics and civic…
Benjamin S. Ruffin
Benjamin S. Ruffin, a North Carolina Central University graduate, was the first African American chair of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.…
Azie Taylor Morton
Azie Taylor Morton, a Huston-Tillotson University alumna, was the first and only African American treasurer of the United States. Her signature appeared on U.S.…
Dr. Walter Washington
Walter Washington, a Tougaloo College alumnus, served as president of Alcorn State University for more than thirty years. Under his watch the campus expanded…
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