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Paul Adams Civil Rights Activist, High School Principal	Clara Adams-Ender Military Officer	Renee J. Amoore Healthcare Chief Executive, Healthcare Executive, Nurse	Larkin Arnold Talent Management Chief Executive, Entertainment Lawyer, Music Executive	Orlando Bagwell Filmmaker
Juanita Baranco Corporate Executive, State Assistant Attorney General	Harold Battiste Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer	Michael A. Battle College President, Theologian	Lerone Bennett Magazine Editor, Social Historian	Hon. Sanford Bishop U.S. Congressman
William Bonaparte Telecommunications Entrepreneur	Abena Joan P. Brown Stage Producer, Nonprofit Chief Executive	Larry Brown Auto Sales Entrepreneur	Jamie Foster Brown Magazine Publishing Chief Executive	Henry H. Brown Marketing Executive
Hon. Les Brown State Representative	Ed Bullins Playwright	Blanche Burton-Lyles Cultural Heritage Chief Executive, Pianist	Earl Calloway Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Fine Arts Editor	Bill Campbell Television Personality
Zerrie D. Campbell College President	Shari Carpenter Filmmaker	Diahann Carroll Film Actress, Singer	Iva Carruthers Sociologist	Anthony Ray Chase Management Consulting Entrepreneur, Broadcast Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Entrepreneur
Leah "Dookie" Chase Chef, Restaurateur	R. Gregory Christie Illustrator	Kenneth L. Coleman Technology Executive	Lois Conley Museum Chief Executive	Leon DeCosta Dash Journalism Professor, Newspaper Reporter
Nelson Davis Television Producer	Ossie Davis Film Director, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Film Actor	Willis Bing Davis Mixed Media Artist, Art Professor	Wayne Dawkins Author, Newspaper Editor	Ruby Dee Stage Actress, Film Actress
Merri Dee Social Activist, Television Personality	Carmen De Lavallade Choreographer, Actress, Dancer	Amina J. Dickerson Playwright, Foundation Executive	Hattie B. Dorsey Civil Rights Activist, Community Development Executive	Rod Doss Newspaper Editor, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive
Rita Frances Dove Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet	Patricia Stephens Due Civil Rights Activist	Bill Duke Actor, Film Director	Randy Duncan Choreographer, Dancer	Troy Duster Sociology Professor
Angeles Echols Education Chief Executive	Dr. Lloyd C. Elam College President, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry Professor	Eva Evans Association Chief Executive, School Superintendent	Richard Fairley Federal Education Executive	Renee Ferguson Television Reporter
Rev. Dr. Johnie H. Flakes Pastor	Lula Ford Education Executive, State Government Appointee, Elementary School Principal	George Cylie Fraser Business Networking Chief Executive	Paul Freeman Orchestra Conductor	Thelma Gibson City Commissioner, Nurse
Nikki Giovanni Poet	Larry Gladney Physicist	Micki Grant Actress, Lyricist, Songwriter	Joyce Moore Gray Education Consultant, Principal	Jeff Greenup Association Branch Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer
Lani Guinier Law Professor, Civil Rights Lawyer	Irma P. Hall Actress	Julia Reed Hare Psychologist	Nathan Hare Psychologist, African American Studies Professor	Arthur H. Harper Corporate Chief Executive
Jessica B. Harris Culinary Historian, English Professor	Robert L. Harris Energy Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer	Glenn Harris Television Sports Host	Cecil Hayes Interior Designer	Angelo Henderson Newspaper Columnist, Radio Host
Maycie Herrington Social Worker, Historian	Phyllis Hicks Nonprofit Administrator, Newspaper Marketing Director	Dennis Hightower Business Professor, Broadcast Executive	Azira Gonzalez Sanchez Hill Civil Rights Activist, Registered Nurse	Melvin "Kip" Holden Mayor
Isaac "Redd" Holt Jazz Musician	Hon. Leo Ellwood Holt Civil Rights Lawyer, State Circuit Court Judge	Hon. Denise Page Hood Federal District Court Judge	Theresa Fambro Hooks Newspaper Columnist	Cheryl Willis Hudson Fiction Writer, Book Publisher
Wade Hudson Fiction Writer, Book Publishing Executive	Najwa I Artistic Director, Dancer	Angela Jackson Playwright, Poet	Ella Jenkins Folk Singer	Harry Johns Accountant, Academic Administrator
Hon. Justin Johnson Judge	Josie Johnson Civil Rights Activist, Academic Administrator, Education Consultant	John J. Johnson Association Executive	Dr. Edith Jones Internal Medicine Physician	Fred Jones Event Management Chief Executive, Entertainment Promoter, Music Manager
Quincy Jones Entertainment Chief Executive, Music Composer and Arranger, Musician, Music Producer	Malik Yusef Jones Spoken Word Artist	Maulana Karenga Social Activist, Africana Studies Professor, Author	Hon. Damon J. Keith Federal District Court Judge	Luther "Badman" Keith Journalism Professor, Newspaper Editor, Blues Guitarist
T'Keyah Crystal Keymah Stage Actress, Television Actress	Woodie King Stage Director, Theater Director	Curtis King Nonprofit Chief Executive	Eartha Kitt Actress, Singer	Artis Lane Sculptor, Painter
Harry J. Lennix Stage Actor, Film Actor	Vernell Lillie Stage Director	Bob Love Basketball Player	Evelyn Gibson Lowery Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Executive	Leatrice Branch Madison Community Activist
Jewell Jackson McCabe Nonprofit Chief Executive	Sandye Jean McIntyre, II Foreign Languages Professor	Leatrice McKissack Architecture Chief Executive	Cheryl Mayberry McKissack Entrepreneur, Marketing Executive	Harriet Michelle Michel Foundation Executive
E. Ethelbert Miller Poet, Academic Administrator	Mary Mitchell Newspaper Columnist	James D. Montgomery Civil Rights Lawyer	Acel Moore Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist	Rev. Jerry A. Moore Association Chief Executive, City Council Member, Pastor
Effie Lee Morris Library Administrator	Thaddeus Mosley Sculptor	Rev. Otis Moss Civil Rights Activist, Pastor	Walter Dean Myers Fiction Writer	Earl Neal Trial Lawyer
Stanley Nelson Film Producer	Denise Nicholas Actress, Fiction Writer	Michele Norris Radio Host, Television News Correspondent	Lynn Nottage Playwright	Lutrelle "Lu" F. Palmer Community Activist, Newspaper Reporter
Les Payne Newspaper Reporter	Rickey Payton Nonprofit Chief Executive, Music Composer	Monica Kaufman Television Anchor	Huel D. Perkins Academic Administrator, Music Professor	June M. Perry Social Worker, Nonprofit Executive
Waverly Person Geophysicist, Seismologist	Margaret Peters High School Teacher, Historian	Hon. Freddie Pitcher Law Professor, State Appellate Court Judge, Lawyer	Marquita Pool-Eckert Television News Producer	Harry Porterfield Television Personality
Hon. Sharon Pratt Mayor	Opalanga D. Pugh Professional Storyteller	Linda Johnson Rice Publishing Chief Executive	Judy Richardson Civil Rights Activist, Film Producer	Gwendolyn DuBose Rogers Education Administrator
John Andrew Ross Music Composer and Arranger, Music Director	Thelma Lee Russell Education Entrepreneur	Wilfred D. Samuels Nonprofit Chief Executive, African American Studies Professor	Warner Saunders Television Reporter	Oz Scott Stage Director, Television Director, Television Producer
Alexis Scott Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive, Newspaper Columnist	Sarah-Ann Shaw Civil Rights Activist, Television Reporter	Rev. Dr. William L. Sheals City Government Official, Pastor	Hilary Shelton Civic Leader	Philip Simmons Blacksmith
Brenda Singletary Mixed Media Artist	Tavis Smiley Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host	Charles Smith Theater Director	Rev. Henry Soles Chaplain	Hon. Vaino Spencer State Superior Court Judge
Robert Louis Stevenson Film Hairstylist	Chuck Stone Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist	Donald Stull Architect, Architecture Chief Executive	Rev. Harry Tartt High School Teacher, Chaplain, Pastor	Hannah H. Thomas Civic Activist, Elementary School Teacher
Eddie Thomas Music Promoter	Jim Tilmon Airplane Pilot, Television Reporter	Askia Toure' Poet, Civil Rights Activist, African American Studies Professor, Printing Entrepreneur	Lorraine Toussaint Film Actress, Television Actress	Rev. Raleigh Trammell Civil Rights Activist, Pastor
Melvin Van Peebles Actor, Film Director, Fiction Writer, Playwright	Isiah M. Warner Chemistry Professor, Research Chemist	Warren Morton Washington Atmospheric Scientist	Hon. Lottie Watkins Community Activist, State Representative	Solomon Brown Watson Corporate General Counsel
Alyce Faye Wattleton Nonprofit Chief Executive, Healthcare Chief Executive	Hon. Wilma J. Webb State Representative	Shirley Jean Wilcher Civil Rights Lawyer	Lena Williams Newspaper Reporter	Russell Williams Film Producer
Nancy Wilson Singer	Genois Wilson Fire Safety Specialist	Robert Wright Technology Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, City Council Member	Dr. Clyde Yancy Medical Professor, Cardiologist, Hospital Chief Executive	Hon. Andrew Young Civil Rights Leader, Mayor, Cabinet Appointee, Pastor, U.S. Congressman
Sonjia W. Young Community Leader	Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Artistic Director, Dancer