Veronica Airey-Wilson
Deputy Mayor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ethel Skyles Alexander
Former IL State Representative/Senator

Marion Barry
Mayor, Washington, D.C.

Sanford Bishop, Jr.
U.S. Congressman, Georgia

Freeman Bosley, Jr.
Former St. Louis Mayor

Carol Moseley Braun
U.S. Senator, Illinois

Edward W. Brooke III
U.S. Senator, Massachusetts

Howard Brookins, Sr.
Former IL State Senator

Tyrone Brooks
Georgia State Representative

Blondell Reynolds Brown
Philadelphia City Councilwoman

Lee P. Brown
Former Mayor of Houston & Corporate Chief Executiv

Dorothy Brown
County Official

George L. Brown
Political Leader

Frank Dee Brown
Omaha City Councilman

Larry S. Bullock
Former IL State Representative

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Former U.S. Congresswoman, California

Roland Burris
Illinois Attorney General & Comptroller

Mary Christian
Viriginia State Delegate

Augusta A. Clark
City Council Member, Philadelphia

William L. Clay, Sr.
Former U.S. Congressman, Missouri

James F. Clayborne, Jr.
IL State Senator

Earlean Collins
Cook County Commissioner

Cardiss Collins
U.S. Congresswoman

John Conyers, Jr.
U.S. Congressman, Michigan

Linda Washington Cropp
District of Columbia Councilor

David S. Cunningham, Jr.
Politician & Consultant

Wayne Curry
County Executive & Attorney

Monique Davis
Illinois State Representative

Danny Davis
U.S. Congressman, Illinois

Ambassador Ruth Davis
U.S. Ambassador

Wilhelmina R. Delco
Politician & Educator

Ronald Dellums
U\.S\. Congressman\, California

David Dinkins
Mayor, New York City

Hon. Mervyn Dymally
California State Assemblyman

Al Edwards
Texas State Representative

Ralph B. Everett
Lawyer & Political Advisor

Raymond Ewell
Former IL State Representative

Chaka Fattah
U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania

Rev. Walter Fauntroy
Religious and Civil Rights Leader

Herbert U. Fielding
Retired State Senator, South Carolina

Mary Flowers
IL State Representative

James Ford
Mayor, Tallahassee, Florida

Robert Foster
Prof. Staffer, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee

Wilson Frost
Chicago City Councilman

Calvin Giles
IL State Representative

Calvin Goode
Former Phoenix, Arizona City Councilman

W. Wilson Goode
Mayor, Philadelphia

Larry Gossett
County Councilman & Political Activist

William Gray III
U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania

Floyd Griffin
Mayor, Milledgeville, Georgia

Vera Hall
City Councilwoman & State Party Chair

Richard Hatcher
Mayor & Lawyer

Augustus Hawkins
U.S. Congressman, California

Charles Hayes
U.S. Congressman, Illinois

Allegra “Happy” Haynes
City Council Member & Education Administrator

Rickey Hendon
IL State Senator

Alexis Herman
Political Leader

Patsy Jo Hilliard
Mayor

Melvin L. "Kip" Holden
Mayor, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Constance Howard
IL State Representative

Alphonso Jackson
U.S. Secretary of H.U.D.

Jesse Jackson, Jr.
U.S. Congressman, Illinois

William J. Jefferson
U.S. Congressman, Louisiana

Jack Johnson
Attorney & Government Official

Paul R. Jones
Art Collector & Civic Leader

Emil Jones, Jr.
Illinois Senate President

Howard Kenner
IL State Representative

Melvin H. King
Politician & Community Activist

Ron Kirk
Former Mayor of Dallas

Gerald Lamb
State Treasurer, Connecticut

Larry Langford
Political Leader & Mayor

Anna Langford
City Alderman & Civil Right Lawyer

John Lewis
U.S. Congressman, Georgia

Kimberly Lightford
IL State Senator

Clarence Love
City Commissioner, Bradenton, Florida

Myron Lowery
City Council Member, Mayor, Television Anchor

Jesse Madison
Former IL State Representative

Henry L. Marsh III
State Senator & Attorney

Helen Marie Marshall
Queens Borough President

Curtis McClinton, Sr.
Kansas State Senator

Iola McGowan
Former VP of Illinois Democratic Party

Carrie Meek
Former U.S. Congresswoman, Florida

Michael Mitchell
Politician & Businessman

Parren J. Mitchell
Former U.S. Congressman, Maryland

Clarence Mitchell III
Maryland State Senator

Minyon Moore
Political Strategist

Marc H. Morial
CEO\, The Urban League\, Former New Orleans Mayor

Charles G. Morrow, III
IL State Representative

Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Legislator & Nurse

Barack Obama
U.S. President

Alice Palmer
Former IL State Senator

Basil A. Paterson
Lawyer & Politician

Coy C. Payne
Former Mayor, Chandler, Arizona

Vel Phillips
Former Wisconsin Secretary of State

Zina Pierre
Political Adviser & Administrator

Anita J. Ponder
Politican

Sharon Pratt
Former Washington, D.C. Mayor

Janet Purnell
City Administrator, Akron, Ohio

Charles Rangel
U.S. Congressman, New York

Howard “Pete” Rawlings
Maryland State Delegate

Kenneth E. Reeves
Mayor, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sylvester Rhem
Former IL State Representative

Norman B. Rice
Former Seattle Mayor

Florence M. Rice
Consumer Activist

Judith Rice
Chicago City Treasurer

Joseph Rogers
Lieutenant Governor & Lawyer

Bobby Rush
U.S. Congressman, Illinois

Byron Rushing
Massachusetts State Representative

Gus Savage
U.S. Congressman, Illinois, & Journalist

Kurt L. Schmoke
Former Baltimore Mayor

Ambassador Joseph Segars
U.S. Ambassador

William Shaw
Former IL State Senator

Calvin Smyre
Georgia State Representative

Bobbie Steele
Cook County Commisioner

Monica Faith Stewart
Former IL State Representative

Louis Stokes
U.S. Congressman, Ohio

Todd Stroger
Political Leader

John Stroger
Political Leader

Gloria Travis Tanner
State Senator

Michael Thurmond
Georgia Labor Commissioner

Dorothy Tillman
City Alderman & Civil Rights Activist

Doris Topsy-Elvord
City Official

Arthur Turner
IL State Representative

Doris Ward
Former San Francisco County Assessor-Recorder

William E. Ward
political organizer\, history professor

Maxine Waters
U.S. Congresswoman, California

Diane Watson
U.S. Congresswoman & Former U.S. Ambassador

Melvin Watt
U.S. Congressman, North Carolina

Wellington Webb
Former Mayor of Denver

Wilma Webb
First Lady of Denver

Elbra Wedgeworth
City Council Member

Royce West
State Senator

Jesse White
IL Secretary of State

L. Douglas Wilder
Former Governor, Virginia

Dianne Wilkerson
Former Massachusetts State Senator

Paul Williams
Former IL State Representative

Clarence Williamson
Former IL State Representative

Crain Woods
Educator & City Councilman

Charles C. Yancey
City Councilman, Boston

Anthony Young
Former State Representative & Judge