Inductee Category: <span>Lifetime Achievement</span>
Dr. Edith A. Calhoun
Talladega College
Patricia Russell-McCloud, Esq.
Patricia Russell-McCloud, a Kentucky State University graduate, is an orator, author, and former FCC attorney. She has been a national keynote speaker on leadership…
Deborah Scott Thomas
Alabama State University
Honorable Revius O. Ortique Jr.
Revius Ortique Jr., a Dillard University alumnus, was the first African American justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. A New Orleans lawyer and civic…
Judge Merl F. Code
Judge Merl F. Code is a North Carolina A&T State University alumnus, attorney, and trailblazing jurist in Greenville, South Carolina. He has been the…
Norma Ely-Jones
Florida Memorial University
Rev. Dr. Herman “Skip” Mason
Rev. Dr. Herman “Skip” Mason, Jr., a Morris Brown College graduate (1984), is senior pastor of Historic West Mitchell CME Church in Atlanta. He…
Ada Anderson
Ada Collins Anderson, a Huston-Tillotson University alumna, was an Austin civic leader who pressed for school desegregation and cultural institutions, including work that helped…
James W. Bowden
James W. Bowden, Sr., raised in Great Falls, South Carolina, was among the first African American students at Great Falls High School under freedom-of-choice…
Dr. Gladys Hope Franklin White
(Deceased) Hampton University