PRINCE HALL MASON
Robert Sengstacke Abbott Founder/publisher Chicago Defender
Richard Allen Founder/first bishop of the AME Church
William "Count" Basie Orchestra leader/composer
James Herbert "Eubie" Blake Composer/pianist
Julian Bond Civil rights activist
Thomas Bradley Mayor of Los Angeles, Callifornia
Willie Brown Mayor of San Francisco
Nathaniel "Nat King" Cole Singer
W. E. B. DuBois Educator/author/historian
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington Orchestra leader/composer
Medger Wiley Evers Civil rights leader
James Forten Abolitionist/manufacturer
Timothy Thomas Fortune Journalist
Richard D. Gidron President, Dick Gidron Cadillac
Alex Haley Author
William C. Handy Composer
Augustus F. Hawkins U. S. congressman California
Lionel Hampton Orchestra leader/composer
Matthew Henson Explorer
Benjamin L. Hooks Former Executive Director NAACP
Jessie Jackson Presidential Candidate/Rainbow Coalition
Maynard Jackson Former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Daniel "Chappie" James General U. S. Air Force
John H. Johnson Publisher Ebony and Jet magazines
Don King Boxing promoter
Nelson Mandela President South Africa
Thurgood Marshall Associate Justice, U. S. Supreme Court
Benjamin Mays Educator/former president Atlanta University
Willie Mays Baseball player
Ralph H. Metcalfe Olympic champion
Scottie Pipen Basketball player
Richard Pryor Comedian
A. Phillip Randolph Founder, Int. Brotherhood Sleeping Car Porters
Charles B. Rangel U. S. Congressman New York
Sugar Ray Robinson Mid/light/heavy boxing champion
Carl B. Stokes First black elecated mayor, Cleveland, Ohio
Louis Stokes U. S. Congressman Ohio
Booker T. Washington Educator/founder Tuskegee Institute
Egbert Austin "Bert" Williams Actor/comedian
Harry A. Williamson Author/masonic historian
Andrew Young Former mayor of Atlanta