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HBCU Living Legends Hall of Fame Honorees
BARBER-SCOTIA COLLEGE
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME
BENNETT COLLEGE
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME
THE HONORABLE
JOYCELYN JOHNSON
Former City Councilman
Winston-Salem, NC
GLADYS ROBINSON
State Representative NC 
SUSIE POWELL
Author, Screenwriter 
COACH JOHANNA WRIGHT
Educator & National Girls Basketball Coach (Retired)
ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME
ANNIE MOBLEY
State Representative NC 
DR. VIVIAN BURKE
Winston-Salem City Council
(Mayor Pro-Tem)

MR. MICHAEL GALE
NBA Player (Retired) 
COACH
ROBERT "BOBBY" VAUGHAN
Athletics Director ECSU 
 (Retired)
THE HONORABLE
SHELLY  WILLINGHAM
NC House of Rep.
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME
NICHOLAS PERKINS
CEO Perkins Management
JOHNSON C. SMITH STATE UNIVERSITY
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME
MR. RODERICK ALLISON
Director
Federal Air Marshall Service
MR. WILLIE GRAY
Entrepreneur
& Philanthropist
MR. DARRELL ARMSTRONG
Asst. Coach Dallas Mavericks
NBA Player (Retired)
DR. CHARLES KENNEDY
Retired Pediatrician,
Philanthropist
EVELYN TERRY
State Representtative NC
LARRY HALL
NC Secretary of 
Veteran Affairs
MALCOLM GRAHAM
Former NC State Senator
THE HONORABLE
EVA CLAYTON
U.S. House of Representatives (Retired)

COACH STEVE JOYNER
Director of Athletics &
Head Men's Basketball Coach, JCSU

MR. FRED (CURLY) NEAL
Harlem Globetrotters
Basketball Player (Retired)

LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME

BISHOP GEORGE BATTLE JR.
Presiding Prelate
AME Zion Church

DR. JAMES FERREE
United Methodist  Minister
(Retired)

NIGEL ALSTON
Business Leader


BRIGADIER GENERAL
VELMA RICHARDSON
U.S. Army (Retired)

NCA&T STATE UNIVERSITY
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME
MARCUS  BRANDON
Former NC Stae Rep.


BEVERLY EARLE
State Representative NC
DEBRA HOGAN
Chemist City of Lexington, NC (Retired)


SANDRA HUGHES
News Anchor (Retired)

 ROBERT CLARK III
NC State Senator


ALMA ADAMS
US Representative NC

LARRY BELL
State Representative NC


NC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME
SHAW UNIVERSITY
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME
ST. AUGUSTINE'S UNIVERSITY
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME
WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
HBCU LIVING LEGENDS HALL OF FAME
DR. KATIE CANNON
Womanist Theologian
Union Presbyterian  Seminary
(Deceased)
COACH JAMES STINSON
Head Basketball Coach
Livingstone College

MS. JOYCE TRUITT
Cytotechnologist
Solitas Lab Partners

DR. BRIAN HEMPHILL
President Radford University


THE HONORABLE
MALINDA MILES
Mayor Mount Rainer, MD


DR. SYLVIA FLACK
WSSU College Admin. (Retired)

EARL "THE PEARL" MONROE
NBA Player (Retired)

TIMMY NEWSOME
NFL Player (Retired)

SEN. EARLINE PARMON
District 32 Forsyth County (Deceased)

CHIEF BARRY ROUNTREE
Winston-Salem Police Dept. (Retired)

REP. LARRY WOMBLE
NC House of Rep. 
(Retired)

DR. WILLIAM BARBER
Former Pastor and 
President of the NAACP
THE HONORABLE
GLEN ADAMS
Lawyer & Commissioner
Cumberland County, NC
REP.
 NATHAN BASKERVILLE
NC House of Rep. 



PATRICK DOUTHIT
AKA 9th WONDER 
Record Producer/
Recording Artist
COACH BILL HAYES
Hall of Fame Inductee of NCCU, WSSU, CIAA 



REP. MARVIN LUCAS
District 42 
Cumberland County 



REP. MICKEY MICHAUX
NC General Assembly



DR. JAMES WILLIAMS
Former Fisk University 
President


CORA COLE-MCFADDEN
Former Mayor Pro Tempore
Durham, NC
JUDGE LEON STANBACK
    Durham County D.A 
MR. JAMES 
"BONECRUSHER SMITH
Professional Boxxer, 
(Retired)

MS. SHIRLEY HINTON
Corporate Executive 
(Retired) 
MR. JULIUS CROMWELL
Community Advocate  
PASTOR 
SHIRLEY CAESAR
Gospel Music
Artist/Songwriter 
REP. ROSA GILL
District 33 
NC House of REP.  
COACH GEORGE WILLIAMS
Athletic Director,
SAU & U.S. Olympic Coach

Dr. Eula Saxon-Dean
Local AKA Pres., Pres., National Council of University Women
DR. TARA PHELPS-JONES 
Inspector General with the 
Department of the Army
MR. JOE POWELL
Prince Hall Shrinedom - Imperial Deputy Emeritus
of the Desert of North Carolina 
DR. LINDA BEATRICE BROWN
Author and Educator
DR. HAZEL BROWN JOHNSON
First African American Female Graduate of 
UNC Dental School
DR. DEIRDRE COOPER OWNES
Educator, Author and Public Speaker
HONORABLE  BETTIE PARKER
First Woman to Serve as Mayor of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
REV. DR. NATHAN SCOVENS
Senior Pastor, Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
DR. JIMMY JENKINS
President, Livingstone College Salisbury, North Carolina
MR. HIRAM, JONES, JR.
Educator, Coach and Tennis Player
HONORABLE MITCH COLVIN
Mayor, Fayetteville, North Carolina
MR. LARRY MCDONALD
Educator, Coach and Senior Pastor, Greater Allen Chapel AME Church, Roxboro, NC
MS. CHERIS HODGES
Author
DR. NICKI WASHINGTON
Educator and Author
MR. TIM CATLETT
Owner of Major Print management, Warehousing, Janitorial Supplies and Fulfillment Business
MR. BEN COATES
Former NFL Star and CIAA Football Coach
DR. VERGEL L. LATTIMORE III 
President and Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Counseling, Hood Theological Seminary, Salisbury, North Carolina
ROMUS M. JEFFERIES
Former NFL Player, Owner/Operator Hardees Food System
MR. HERB GRAY
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Leader in the Charlotte community
MR. DEXTER FEASTER
Former NFL Star, Educator and Coach
HONORABLE DAVIDA MARTIN
Former Forsyth County Attorney
 DR. ELWOOD ROBINSON
Winston-Salem State University Chancellor
RODERICK G. ALLISON
Attorney, Comedian and Trumpeteer
MR. KEVIN HOLLOWAY
Marketing Executive in the Agricultural Industry
HONORABLE MILDRED COUNCIL
Public Elected Official Pitt County, North Carolina
ELDER TEMBILA COVINGTON
President- Ministers' Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity
DR. LEON JOHNSON
Psycho -Therapist
MS. ANGELIQUE MONET
American Multi-Media Talent and Former Miss Black South Carolina
HONORABLE HERALD BAKER
Sherriff of Wake County, NC
MR. TRAVIS CHERRY
Music Producer
CAPTAIN WILLIAM PENN
Winston-Salem Police Department and Community Leader
MR. DONALD EVANS
Former NFL Star and Construction Executive
HON. DERWIN MONTGOMERY
N.C. State Representative and Senior Pastor - First Calvary Baptist Church Winston-Salem
Living Legends 
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DR. ALBERT L. DAVIS, SR.
President, NC Association of USA Track and Field
DR. PAULETTE R. DILLARD
President of Shaw University
JACUELINE WASHINGTON
President, NC Association of USA Track and Field
THE HONORABLE YVONNE JOHNSON
Former Mayor of Greensboro, NC
DR. FRANKIE PENN POWELL
Education Consultant
CALISTA PHAIR
Talent Fairy Godmother Calista Phair, LLC
Dr. STEPHANIE DANCE-BARNES
Dean, The College of Science and Health, DePaul University
DR. STEVEN L. GILCHRIST
Leading Physician at Novant Health Steelcroft Primary Care
THE HONORABLE ALBERT C. ROBINSON, JR
Former City Council Member, Education Administrator, Pastor, Consecrated Bishop
DIANTHIA FORD-KEE
Director of Athletics Mississippi Valley State University
JAMES GODWIN
Entrepreneur and Retired Police Officer
COACH ANDRE SPRINGS
Men's Golf Coach Livingstone College
FELICIA GRAY
Release Train Engineer, Bank of America and Philanthropist
THE HONORABLE GARRY L. MCFADDEN
Sheriff Mecklenburg County
NEPHERTERRA BEST
Co-founder of Pride Public Relations
HONORABLE VILMA LEAKE
Mecklenburg Country Commissioner
MARJORIE KINARD
Speaker, Community Activist, Fundraiser
JOSEPH "JO-JO" WHITE
Former Professional Football Player, Coach and Athletic Director Brunswick County Schools
JOHN HAIRSTON
Retired Owner-Operations McDonald's Restaurants
DR. HAROLD L. MARTIN
Chancellor NC A&T State University
TINA TAYLOR
Chief Operations Officer Core3 Innovations
LAURETTA HASTY
Retired Educator and Educational Consultant 
REGGIE "SUPER GNAT" SMITH
Former NFL player
DR. OPHELIA GARMON-BROWN
Physician, Minister, Volunteer
DR. JOHN MENDEZ
Retired Pastor and Community Activist
BISHOP TODD FULTON
Pastor, Mt. Moriah Outreach Center
SHELIA P. MOSES
Author
ROBERT X. GOLPHIN
Actor, Writer, Director, Filmmaker
DR. MARIA A. LUMPKIN
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Fort Valley State University
RENATA SPINKS
Cyber Technology Officer US Marine Forces Cyberspace Command
TOLLY CARR
Executive HBCU Gameday and Videographer
MARIA HOWELL
Actor, Singer, Voiceover Artist
THE HONORABLE FRED TERRY
Pastor, Retired City Council Member