Hall of Fame Inductees
The National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation continues its mission to be a catalyst to serve as a catalyst and partner for ensuring the stability, strength and excellence of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Our aim is to advance the reality that HBCUs are valuable treasures and critical resources that help transform the seeds of potentiality into the fruits of possibility.- Arts & Entertainment
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2020
LaVerne Washington
Langston University
2020
Mara Hall
Jackson State University
2019
Anita Ward-Richardson
Rust College
2019
Dr. Sandra Daye Hughes
North Carolina A&T State University
2018
Dowell Taylor
Jackson State University
2017
Jonathan Slocomb
Oakwood University
2015
Will Downing
Virginia Union University
2014
Will Packer
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
2013
Bernadine R. Oliphint
Texas Southern University
2012
Floyd Gordon (Arts)
Claflin University
2012
T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh
(Entertainment)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
2011
Pearl Cleage
Spelman College
2010
Cecil J. Williams
Claflin University
2009
Ernest Eugene Barnes, Jr.
(Posthumously)
North Carolina Central University
2008
Denise Dowse
Norfolk State University
2006
Lynn Whitfield
Howard University
2006
Irma Dolores Player Hall
Texas Colleg
2005
Emmanuel Lewis
Clark Atlanta University
2003
Leo Twiggs
Claflin University
2003
Dr. Bobby Jones
Tennessee State University
2002
Nancy Wilson
Central State University
2001
Joe Torry
Lincoln University of Missouri
2000
Kenny Leon
Clark Atlanta University
1999
Robert “Bob” Thompson
West Virginia State University
1999
Debbie Allen
Howard University
1998
Dr. Della B.T. Hardman
West Virginia State College
1998
JoMarie Payton-Clark
Albany State University
1997
Dr. Rosalyn A. Walker
Hampton University
1996
Oprah Winfrey
Tennessee State University
1995
Dr. Tommie Stewart (Arts)
Jackson State University
1994
Roscoe Lee Browne
(Entertainment)
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
1993
Robert DoQui
Langston University
1992
Olivia Ward
Bowie State University
1991
Tim Reid (Entertainment)
Norfolk State University
1991
Dr. William Taylor (Arts)
Virginia State University
1990
John T. Biggers
Hampton University
1989
Jack “The Rapper” Gibson
Lincoln University of Missouri
1988
Phylicia Rashad
Howard University
1987
Lionel Richie
Tuskegee University
1986
Leontyne Price
Central State University
2022
Stevie Baggs, Jr.
Bethune-Cookman University
2021
Mr. Gregory L. Lloyd, Sr.
Fort Valley State University
2020
Dr. Walter Reed
Jackson State University
2019
C. Vivian Stringer
Cheyney University
2018
Jerry Rice
Mississippi Valley State University
2017
H. Anthony “Tony” Wyllie
Texas Southern University
2016
Alvin Attles, Jr.
North Carolina A&T State University
2015
The Jones Brothers
Albany State University
2014
Dr. Catana Starks
Tennessee State University
2013
Robert Mathis
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
2011
Coach Lonnie Bartley
Fort Valley State University
2010
Jethro T. Pugh
Elizabeth City State University
2009
Edith McGuire-Duvall
Tennessee State University
2008
Earl “The Pearl” Monroe
Winston-Salem University
2007
April Holmes
Norfolk State University
2006
Elvin Lamont Bethea
North Carolina A & T University
2005
Wyomia Tyus
Tennessee State University
2004
Doug Williams
Grambling State University
2003
Hiawatha Knight
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
2001
Marques Haynes
Langston University
1999
Steve Wilson
Howard University
1998
L.J. “Stan” Lomax
Fort Valley State University
1997
William J. Robinson
West Virginia State University
1996
Alice Coachman Davis
Albany State University
1996
Edwin Moses
Morehouse College
1995
Ralph Boston
Tennessee State University
1994
Dr. James Frank
Lincoln University of Missouri
1993
Willie Davenport
Southern University
1992
Dr. Leroy Walker
Benedict College
1991
Harry Carson
South Carolina State University
1990
John Stallworth
Alabama A & M University
1989
Louis Brock
Southern University
1988
Walter Payton
Jackson State University
1987
Willis Reed
Grambling State University
1986
Eddie Robinson
Grambling State University
2022
Dr. Rashad Richey
Clark Atlanta University
2022
Cathleen Richardson
Clark Atlanta University
2021
Dr. Tyrone A. Burroughs
Benedict College
2020
Mr. Louis Henry, Jr.
Southern University
2020
Mr. Leroy Edwards
North Carolina A&T State University
2019
Dr. Valerie R. Daniels-Carter
Lincoln University of Missouri
2018
Dr. Henry Coaxum, Jr.
(Industry) Talladega College
2018
Craig Welburn
(Business) Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
2017
Mitchell A. Martin, CPA, MBA
North Carolina A&T State University
2016
Dr. Kase Lawal
Texas Southern University
2015
Janice Howroyd
North Carolina A&T State University
2013
Dr. Harry L. Coaxum
Talladega College
2013
Andrea Harris
Bennett College
2012
John J. Funny
(Business) South Carolina State University
2012
Kevin W. Williams
(Industry)
Tennessee State University
2011
Johnnie B. Booker
Hampton University
2010
Lonnie Johnson
(Industry)
Tuskegee University
2010
Willie A. Deese
(Business) North Carolina A&T State University
2009
Logan H. Westbrooks
(Industry) Lincoln University of Missouri
2009
Dr. Theophilus Boyd, III
(Business) Tennessee State University
2008
C.D. (Charles David) Moody
(Business) Morehouse College
2008
Dmitri Stockton
(Industry) North Carolina A&T State University
2007
Donna James
North Carolina A&T State University
2007
Ernest Hodge
Norfolk State University
2006
Gerald B. Smith
Texas Southern University
2006
Alexis M. Herman
Xavier University
2005
Tom Joyner
Tuskegee University
2004
Jeffrey E. Thompson
University of the District of Columbia
2004
Charles B. Gary
Claflin University
2003
James F. Garrett
North Carolina A&T State University
2002
Gregory Baranco
Southern University
2000
Dr. Thomas Boston
West Virginia State College
1999
Donald Sowell
Alcorn State University
1998
Dr. Samuels Metters
Prairie View A & M University
1997
Roy Terry & Rudolph Terry
Morehouse College
1996
Gerald Williams
Lane College
1995
Joe Dudley
North Carolina A&T State University
1994
William Cox
Alabama State University
1993
Willie E. Gary
Shaw University
1992
Daniel Kennon, Jr.
Talladega College
1992
E. J. “Jay” Williams
St. Paul’s College
1991
Jesse Hill, Jr.
Lincoln University of Missouri
1990
Harlow Fullwood, Jr.
Virginia Union University
1989
Joshua I. Smith
Central State University
1988
Carl Ware
Clark Atlanta University
1987
Earl G. Graves
Morgan State University
1986
Herman J. Russell
Tuskegee University
2022
Colonel Gregory L. Clark
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
2021
Mr. Alden J. McDonald, Jr.
Dillard University
2020
Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd
Alabama State University
2019
Curley M. Dossman, Jr.
Morehouse College
2018
Roderick Broadway
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
2017
Hamilton Bohannon
Clark Atlanta University
2015
Michael Smith
Winston-Salem State University
2014
Reverend C. T. Vivian
Western Illinois University
2020
Bynard Rustin
Cheyney State University
2019
Dr. Charles E. Steele, Jr.
Mississippi Valley State University
2017
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
Howard University
2016
Rev. Dr. William Barber II
North Carolina Central University
2015
The Honorable David Dinkins
Howard University
2013
The A&T Four: Major General Joseph McNeil, Dr. Franklin McCain, Dr. Jibreel Khazan, Dr. David Richmond
(Posthumously) North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
2012
Ralph David Abernathy, Sr.
(Posthumously) Alabama State University
2011
Dr. Larry F. Hunter
Tennessee State University
2011
Dr. El Senzengakulu Zulu
Tennessee State University
2011
Dr. Catherine Burks-Brooks
Tennessee State University
2011
Dr. Allen Cason
Tennessee State University
2011
Lucretia Collins
Tennessee State University
2011
Patricia Jenkins-Armstrong
Tennessee State University
2011
Dr. Pauline Knight-Ofosu
Tennessee State University
2011
Dr. William Harbour
Tennessee State University
2011
Dr. Ernest R. Patton
Tennessee State University
2011
Joy Reagon Leonard
Tennessee State University
2011
Carolyn Reed-Bush
Tennessee State University
2011
Dr. Etta Simpson-Ray
Tennessee State University
2011
Dr. Mary J. Smith
Tennessee State University
2011
Dr. Francis Wilson Canty
Tennessee State University
2011
Dr. Frederick Leonard
Tennessee State University
2021
Mr. Gerald K. Harris, Sr.
Dillard University
2021
Melanie L. Campbell
Clark Atlanta University
2020
Dr. B. DaNine J. Fleming
Claflin University
2019
Rev. Dr. Michael Delano Page
Shaw University
2018
Dr. Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson
Benedict College
2017
Judge Penny Brown Reynolds
Interdenominational Theological Center
2015
Elisabeth Omilami
Hampton University
2014
Hardy K. Dorsey, Sr.
Lincoln University (MO)
2012
Harry E. Johnson, Sr.
Texas Southern University
2011
Ruth B. Crawford
Paine College
2010
Dr. Jasper Salmond
Benedict College
2009
Joyce M. Rochè
Dillard University
2007
Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker
Virginia Union University
2006
Royall M. Mack, Sr.
North Carolina A&T State University
2005
Dr. Fredrick D. Reese, Jr.
Alabama State University
2004
Clemmie B. Hatchett
Claflin University
2003
Hon. Myron Lowry
LeMoyne-Owen College
2002
George H. Andrews
Alabama State University
2001
Dr. Reatha King
Clark Atlanta University
2000
George Dillard
Langston University
1999
Dr. Joseph Lowery
Knoxville College
1998
Ollie W. Gates
Lincoln University of Missouri
1997
Lyda Hannan
Fort Valley State University
1996
Theodore Blunt
Winston-Salem State University
1995
Rev. Dr. Cecil Murray
Florida A&M University
1994
Charles Barlow
Morris Brown College
1993
Rev. Leon Sullivan
West Virginia State College
1992
Xernona Clayton
Tennessee State University
1991
Thelma Parks
Langston University
1990
Frances Delee Taylor
Claflin College
1989
Rev. Dr. Joseph Jackson
Jackson State University
1988
Geraldine Henderson
Fayetteville State University
1987
Ashley H. Cooke, Jr.
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
1986
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Posthumously) Morehouse College
2022
Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis
West Virginia State University
2021
Dr. Adena Williams Loston
Alcorn State University
2020
Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover
Tennessee State University
2019
Dr. Elwood L. Robinson
Winston-Salem State University
2018
Dr. Lawrence Davis, Jr.
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
2017
Dr. Gary A. McGaha
Mississippi Valley State University
2016
Dr. David Beckley
Rust College
2015
Dr. Robert Franklin
Morehouse College
2014
Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr.
North Carolina A&T State University
2013
Thelma B. Thompson, Ph.D.
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
2012
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III
Hampton University
2011
Dr. Henry Tisdale
Claflin University
2009
Dr. Earl Richardson
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
2007
Dr. Benjamin Payton
South Carolina State University
2006
Dr. Larry L. Earvin
Clark Atlanta University
2005
Dr. Oswald P. Bronson
Bethune - Cookman College
2004
Dr. Johnetta B. Cole
Fisk University
2003
Dr. Shirley Knox-Benton
Huston -Tillotson College
2002
Dr. Wilma Roscoe
Livingstone College
2001
Dr. Roderick Paige
Jackson State University
2000
Dr. Henry Ponder
Langston University
1999
Dr. Shirley Turnage
Elizabeth City State University
1998
Dr. William W. Sutton
Mississippi Valley State University
1997
Dr. Dorothy C. Yancy
Johnson C. Smith University
1996
Dr. Sebetha Jenkins
Jackson State University
1995
Dr. Arthur Bacon
Talladega College
1994
Dr. Robert Albright
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
1993
Dr. William Harvey
Talladega College
1992
Dr. Frederick Humphries
Florida A&M University
1992
Dr. Norman C. Frances
Xavier University
1991
Dr. Earl W. Rand
Jarvis Christian College
1990
Dr. Clinita Arnsby Ford
Lincoln University of Missouri
1990
Dr. Maceo Nance, Jr.
Langston University
1989
Dr. Joseph B. Johnson
Grambling State University
1988
Dr. Henry Cheaney
Kentucky State University
1987
Dr. Mary Hatwood Futrell
Virginia State University
1986
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays
Morehouse College
2022
Rev. Dr. Charles L. Johnson, (Posthumously)
Claflin University
2021
Rev. Dr. Kevin R. Murriel
Jackson State University
2020
Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant
Morehouse College
2019
Rev. Dr. E. Dewey Smith Jr.
Morehouse College
2018
Rev. Audrey Bronson
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
2017
Reverend Lillie Jones
(Posthumously)
Bennett College
2016
Bishop Dr. George Brooks
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
2015
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr.
Morehouse College
2014
Bishop Dale C. Bronner
Morehouse College
2013
Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson
Virginia Union University
2012
Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes, III
Bishop College
2011
Rev. Dr. Charles B. Jackson, Sr.
Benedict College
2010
Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III
Morehouse College
2009
Rev. Dr. Cameron M. Alexander
Morehouse College
2008
Rev. Dr. Charles B. Jackson, Sr.
Benedict College
2007
Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley
Tennessee State University
2006
Rev. Dr. William Flippin, Sr.
Fisk University
2005
Bishop T. D Jakes
West Virginia State University
2004
Rev. Dr. Floyd Flake
Wilberforce University
2003
Bishop Eddie L. Long
North Carolina Central University
2022
Gena Hudgins Ashe
Spelman College
2021
Mrs. Dorothy (Rabb) Brown Cook
Southern University
2021
Retired Major General John F. Phillips
Jarvis Christian College
2020
Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, PH. D.
North Carolina A&T State University
2020
Justice Robert Benham
Tuskegee University
2019
Attorney William H. Johnson, Sr.
Claflin University
2018
Retired Rear Admiral Annie B. Andrews
(Government)
Savannah State University
2017
Justice Henry E. Frye
(Law)
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
2017
The Honorable Joseph W. Hatchett
(Government)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
2016
Honorable George Butterfield
North Carolina Central University
2015
Honorable Tommie Colbert, Sr.
Kentucky State University
2015
Brigadier General Clara Adams-Ender
North Carolina A&T State University
2014
Honorable Edna Branch Jackson
Savannah State University
2013
Pamela J. Bethel, J.D.
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
2012
Honorable W. Troy Massey
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
2011
Honorable Brenda Hill Cole
Clark Atlanta University
2011
Honorable Henry M. Michaux, Jr.
North Carolina Central University
2010
Honorable Curtis L. Collier
Tennessee State University
2010
General Russell L. Honoré
Southern University & A&M College
2009
Honorable Bennie G. Thompson
Tougaloo College
2008
Julius L. Chambers, Esq.
North Carolina Central University
2008
General Lloyd (Fig) Newton, Ret.
Tennessee State University
2007
Honorable Johnny Ford
Knoxville College
2006
Honorable Shirley Franklin
Howard University
2006
Honorable Matthew E. Perry, Jr.
South Carolina State University
2005
Honorable James E. Clyburn
South Carolina State University
2005
Honorable Joyce London Alexander
Howard University
2004
Reuben V. Anderson
Tougaloo College
2003
Honorable Willie Earl Lockette
Fort Valley State University
2002
Honorable Clarence Cooper
Clark Atlanta University
2001
Jacquelyn Barrett
Clark Atlanta University
2000
Honorable Jesse White
Alabama State University
2000
Honorable Michael Thurmond
Paine College
1999
Honorable John F. Knight, Jr.
Alabama State University
1998
Colonel Ora J. Williams
Alcorn State University
1997
Honorable Eva Clayton
Johnson C. Smith University
1996
Donald Hollowell
Lane College
1995
Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr.
Jackson State University
1995
Honorable Kweisi Mfume
Morgan State University
1994
Honorable L. Douglas Wilder
Virginia Union University
1993
Honorable Andrew Young
Howard University
1992
Honorable John Lewis
Fisk University
1991
Honorable William Jefferson
Southern University
1990
Honorable Calvin Smyre
Fort Valley State University
1989
Honorable Barbara Jordan
Texas Southern University
1988
Honorable Earnest Finney, Jr.
Claflin University
1987
Honorable Maynard Jackson
Morehouse College
1986
Honorable Thurgood Marshall
Howard University
2022
I.S. Leevy Johnson
Benedict College
2021
Mrs. Lauretta Hasty Holloway
North Carolina Central University
2021
Dr. Lorene K. Robinson
Delaware State University
2021
Dr. Anne R. Gayles-Felton
Fort Valley State University
2020
Dr. Jimmie Colson Jackson
Savannah State University
2020
Mr. Leonard Springs
Voorhees College
2019
Michael P. Johnson Sr.
North Carolina Central University
2019
Dr. Lucille A. Green
Jackson State University
2018
Leonidas Epps, Jr.
(Posthumously)
Clark Atlanta University
2017
Dr. Edith A. Calhoun
Talladega College
2017
Patricia Russell-McCloud, Esq.
Kentucky State University
2017
Deborah Scott Thomas
Alabama State University
2016
Honorable Revius O. Ortique Jr.
(Posthumously)
Dillard University
2016
Norma Ely-Jones
Florida Memorial University
2015
Ada Anderson
Huston-Tillotson University
2014
Dr. Gladys Hope Franklin White
(Deceased)
Hampton University
2014
Dr. Ruth Simmions
Dillard University
2013
Dr. Aaron Shirley
Tougaloo College
2013
Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes
Southern University A&M College
2013
Harriett Green Jenkins
Fisk University
2012
Dr. Arthur E. Thomas
Central State University
2012
Dr. Velma Speight-Buford
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
2010
Julian Bond
Morehouse College
2010
Dr. N. Joyce Payne
Clark Atlanta University
2010
Dr. Samuel Jolley, Jr.
Fort Valley State University
2009
Samuel Jones
North Carolina Central University
2008
Dr. Hilliard L. Lackey, III
Jackson State University
2008
Willie E. Jeffries
South Carolina State University
2008
Eunice Walker Johnson
Talladega College
2007
Benjamin S. Ruffin
North Carolina Central University
2007
Dr. Elridge W. McMillan
Clark Atlanta University
2007
Percy E. Sutton
Tuskegee University
2006
Anthony Viaer
Huston-Tillotson College
2006
Dr. John Hope Franklin
Fisk University
2006
John W. Mack
Clark Atlanta University
2005
Rev. Jesse Jackson
North Carolina A&T State University
2005
Dr. Sybil C. Mobley
Bishop College
2005
Hon. Lawrence Wilder
Virginia Union University
2004
Dr. Nathan Hare
Langston University
2004
Thomas N. Todd
Southern University A&M College
2004
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
Alabama State University
2003
Billye Aaron
Texas College
2003
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Morehouse College
2003
Fred Gray
Alabama State University
2002
Opal Smith
Prairie View A&M University
2002
Azie Taylor Morton
Huston-Tillotson College
2002
Ozell Sutton
Philander Smith College
2001
William “Buddy” Blakey
Knoxville College
2000
Dr. Clifford Baker
Alabama State University
1999
John Morton
Lane College
1999
Earl Lloyd
West Virginia State University
1998
Dr. Samuel Dubois Cook
Morehouse College
1998
Elder Lee A. Paschal
Oakwood College
1997
Lt. General Julius W. Becton, Jr.
Prairie View A&M University
1997
Hon. Damon J. Keith
West Virginia State University
1996
Donald C. Wade
Southern University
1996
Edward Stanley Temple
Tennessee State University
1996
Hon. Parren Mitchell
Morgan State University
1995
Dr. Samuel Myers
Morgan State University
1995
Montford Irvin
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
1995
Thomas W. Dortch, Jr.
Fort Valley State University
1994
Dr. Walter Washington
Tougaloo College
1993
Dr. John A. Peoples, Jr.
Jackson State University
1993
Dr. William A. McMillan, Sr.
Johnson C. Smith University
1992
Dr. Mable Parker McLean
Barber Scotia College
2022
Dr. Myrna Alexander Nickens
Tougaloo College
2021
Dr. Alvin V. Blount, Jr.
North Carolina A&T University
2019
Dr. Jacqueline M. Walters
Alcorn State University
2018
Dr. James Densler
Savannah State University
2017
Valerie Montgomery Rice
Morehouse School of Medicine
2016
Dr. Valerie Callender
Bennett College
2016
Dr. James Bennett
Clark Atlanta University
2015
Dr. Regina Benjamin
Xavier University & Morehouse School of Medicine
2014
Dr. Haywood L. Brown
North Carolina A&T State University
2013
Dr. Edith Peterson Mitchell
Tennessee State University
2012
Dr. Ophelia E. Garmon-Brown
North Carolina Central University
2010
Dr. John E. Maupin, Jr.
Meharry Medical College
2009
Dr. Georgia M. Dunston
Norfolk State University
2008
Dr. Edward A. Rankin
Lincoln University
2007
Dr. Alvin H. Crawford
Tennessee State University
2006
Dr. Dwight D. Perry, Jr.
North Carolina Central University
2005
Dr. Charlie Bridges
Alcorn State University
2004
Dr. Levi Watkins
Tennessee State University
2003
Dr. Jesse Belmont Barber
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
2002
Dr. Yvonne Thompson Maddox
Virginia Union University
2001
Dr. Diane Adams
Howard University
2000
Dr. David Satcher
Morehouse College
1998
Dr. James R. Gavin, III
Livingstone College
1997
Dr. George H. Rawls
Florida A&M University
1995
Dr. Edward Cooper
Lincoln University
1994
Dr. Dorothy Bennett
Bennett College
1993
Dr. Joycelyn Elders
Philander Smith College
1992
Dr. Bettye Davis-Lewis
Prairie View A&M University
1991
Dr. Frank S. Royal
Virginia Union University
1990
Dr. Ezra C. Davidson, Jr.
Meharry Medical College
1989
Dr. Louis Sullivan
Morehouse College
1988
Dr. LaSalle Lefall, Jr.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
1987
Dr. Edith Irby Jones
Knoxville College
1986
Dr. George Debnam
Shaw University
2022
Dr. Shelia K. Nash Stevenson
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
2021
Dr. Valerie L. Thomas
Morgan State University
2019
Dr. Gladys B. West
Virginia State University
2017
Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch, Ph.D.
Tougaloo College
2015
Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi
Tougaloo College
2014
Dr. Cora B. Marrett
Virginia Union University
2013
Dr. Norman B. Anderson
North Carolina Central University
2012
Jesse Eugene Russell
Tennessee State University
2010
Dr. Goldie S. Byrd
North Carolina A&T State University
2007
Dr. Roosevelt Calbert
Jackson State University
2003
Dr. Keith Norris
Howard University
2001
Dr. Luther S. Williams
Miles College
2000
Katherine Coleman Johnson
West Virginia State University
1999
Dr. James Letton
Kentucky State University
1998
Robert Benjamin Lee, III
Norfolk State University
1997
Dr. Joseph B. Morris
Howard University
1996
Dr. James Harris
Huston-Tillotson College
1995
Colonel Willie L. Frazier
Claflin University
1994
Dr. Lilia Abron
LeMoyne-Owen College
1993
Dr. Jennie Patrick
Tuskegee University
1992
Dr. Walter Roberts
Mississippi Valley State University
1991
Dr. Hattie Carwell
Bennett College
1990
Dr. Beny J. Primm
West Virginia State University
1989
Dr. Samuel P. Massie
Fisk University
1987
Dr. Ronald E. McNair
North Carolina A&T State University
1986
Dr. Julian Earls
Norfolk State University
2020
Ellis L. Marsalis, Jr.
Dillard University