| Name |
Year of Induction |
| Milton Kimpson
- Community Leader |
2008 |
| Jaime Harrison
- Political Leader |
2008 |
| George Glymph
- Basketball Coach |
2008 |
| Adrenée Glover Freeman
- Attorney |
2008 |
| Sarah Mae Flemming
- Civil Rights Leader |
2008 |
| William and Beverly Clyburn
- Community Leaders |
2008 |
| Harry Carson
- Professional Football Play... |
2008 |
| Paul Benjamin
- Actor |
2008 |
| Josephine Helen Wood
- Educator |
2008 |
| Ann Pringle Washington
- Business Leader |
2008 |
| Rev. Nelson B. Rivers, III
- Community Leader |
2008 |
| Nathaniel Abraham, Sr.
- Community Leader |
2008 |
| Henry N. Tisdale, Ph.D.
- President of Claflin Unive... |
2007 |
| Bobby B. Stafford, Esq.
- Lawyer and Activist |
2007 |
| Alex Snipe, Jr.
- Pioneering owner and opera... |
2007 |
| Senator John Wesley Matthews, Jr.
- State Senator |
2007 |
| Chuck Jackson
- Grammy Nominated Singer |
2007 |
| Patricia Sowell Harris
- Global Chief Diversity Off... |
2007 |
| Lydia Sharon Garrett
- A gifted actor, comedian, ... |
2007 |
| George A. Elmore
- Civil rights pioneer |
2007 |
| Lee Thompson Young
- Actor |
2007 |
| Cecil J. Williams
- Photographer who chronicle... |
2007 |
| Louis L. Waring, Jr.
- Councilman for District 7 ... |
2007 |
| Charles and Valerie Aiken
- Family dedicated to commun... |
2007 |
| Dr. Maceo Nance
- Former President S.C. Stat... |
2006 |
| Beryl Dakers
- Documentarian, Journalist |
2006 |
| Willie Dereef
- Master Boatbuilder |
2006 |
| Jarvis Brothers
- Jubilee Gospel singers |
2006 |
| Ruth Ann Butler
- Founder and Executive Dire... |
2006 |
| Pearl Fryar
- Topiary Artist |
2006 |
| Marlena Smalls
- Actress and Gospel singer |
2006 |
| Representative Joe E. Brown
- Full-time state lawmaker; ... |
2006 |
| Frank Washington
- former Columbia NAACP pres... |
2006 |
| Curtis Inabinett
- Charleston County Councilm... |
2006 |
| Etu Evans
- Shoe Designer |
2006 |
| Augusta Baker
- Librarian |
2006 |
| Willie Jeffries
- Football Coach |
2005 |
| Willie L. Johnson
- Police Chief |
2005 |
| Isom Bartrone Lowman, Jr.
- Entrepreneur |
2005 |
| Diane E. Sumpter
- Entrepreneur and Businessw... |
2005 |
| Abraham J. Turner
- Brigadier General |
2005 |
| James Roland Clark, M.D.
- Medical Doctor and Sickle ... |
2005 |
| Paul Brawley and Wendy C. Brawley
- Small Business Owners |
2005 |
| Gloria Schumpert James
- Entrepreneur and Businessw... |
2005 |
| Bennie Lee Cunningham, Jr.
- Athlete |
2005 |
| Armstrong Williams
- Entrepreneur and Journalis... |
2005 |
| Horace Ott
- Musician |
2005 |
| Louis George Gregory
- Baha’i Faith Leader |
2005 |
| Mark Myers • Sandra Myers
- Promoters of African-Ameri... |
2004 |
| Janie L. Mines
- Military, Business and You... |
2004 |
| Martin Douglass Cooper
- International Fashion Desi... |
2004 |
| Alice Wyche Hurley
- Renaissance Woman |
2004 |
| Willis H. Crosby
- Black Radio Legend |
2004 |
| Johnnie McFadden, Ph.D.
- First African-American Ful... |
2004 |
| Ethel Martin Bolden
- Groundbreaking Librarian |
2004 |
| Luther J. Battiste, III, Esquire
- Attorney, Business Leader ... |
2004 |
| Isaac W. Williams
- Civil Rights Soldier |
2004 |
| Colonel Walter L. Watson, Jr.
- Decorated Air Force Ace |
2004 |
| Thales Thomas “Skipp” Pearson
- Jazz Legend |
2004 |
| Anna DeCosta Banks
- Nursing Pioneer |
2004 |
| Johnny Michael Sanders
- Presenter about the Challe... |
2003 |
| Hemphill P. Pride, D.D.S.
- Dentist |
2003 |
| Brenda Pressley
- Entertainer |
2003 |
| Senator Kay Patterson
- Senator |
2003 |
| Ozie Jackson, Sr.
- Business Owner |
2003 |
| Colonel Claude J. Eichelberger |
2003 |
| Dr. Margaret Abner Dixon, Ed. D.
- Educator, Volunteer |
2003 |
| The Reverend Joseph A. Darby, Jr.
- Reverend |
2003 |
| The Honorable Lucille Simmons Whipper
- Activist |
2003 |
| Marva Smalls
- Network Executive |
2003 |
| The Reverend Julius L. Scipio
- Reverend |
2003 |
| Jasper Cureton
- Judge |
2003 |
| Drink Small
- Blues Musician |
2002 |
| Cassandra Maxwell
- First African-American wom... |
2002 |
| Johnnie Ruth Jenkins
- Community Activist |
2002 |
| Janice Huff
- Meteorologist for News Cha... |
2002 |
| Maranda Phillips Holmes
- Advocate for the poor |
2002 |
| Althea Gibson
- Athlete |
2002 |
| Dr. Noble P. Cooper
- Dentist |
2002 |
| Reverend William M. Bowman, Sr.
- Reverend and activist |
2002 |
| Justice Jonathan Jasper Wright
- South Carolina Supreme Cou... |
2002 |
| Dr. Clemmie E. Webber
- 1993 National Mother of th... |
2002 |
| Spann Watson
- Fighter Pilot Instructor |
2002 |
| Kitty Black-Perkins
- Chief Designer of Fashions... |
2002 |
| Bill Pinkney
- Musician |
2001 |
| Patty Jaye Garrett Patterson
- Police Chief |
2001 |
| James T. "J.T." McLawhorn, Jr.
- President and Chief Execut... |
2001 |
| Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
- Female Baseball Legend |
2001 |
| The Honorable Robert N. Jenkins, Sr.
- Circuit Family Court Judge |
2001 |
| Anna May Manigault-Hurley
- Female Funeral Home Direct... |
2001 |
| Thomas (Tom) Feelings
- Visual artist and illustra... |
2001 |
| The Honorable Merl F. Code
- Municipal Court Judge |
2001 |
| Tommy Scott Young
- Storyteller, poet, playwri... |
2001 |
| Brigadier General Velma L. Richardson
- Female Brigadier General i... |
2001 |
| Bishop Sanco King Rembert
- The first African American... |
2001 |
| James F. Brown, D.D.S
- Dental surgeon |
2001 |
| James E. "Patch" Talley
- Mayor of Spartanburg, Sout... |
2000 |
| Bishop Frederick Calhoun James
- Bishop |
2000 |
| Catherine McKee McCottry, M.D.
- Medical Doctor |
2000 |
| A. Tony Fisher
- Director of Public Safety,... |
2000 |
| Bernice Stokes Robinson
- Educator |
2000 |
| Jacqueline Rhinehart
- VP of Marketing, Black Mus... |
2000 |
| C. (Curtis) Tyrone Gilmore, Sr.
- Superintendent of Spartanb... |
2000 |
| Maxine Smith Martin
- President/CEO, Trident Urb... |
2000 |
| Jesse Washington, Jr.
- Community Leader |
2000 |
| Dr. Kelly Miller
- Author and Educator |
2000 |
| Lillian Brock Flemming
- Mayor Pro Tempore, Greenvi... |
2000 |
| General Lloyd "Fig" Newton
- Commander of Air Education... |
2000 |
| Geraldyne I. Pierce Zimmerman
- Educator/Community Leader |
1999 |
| James A. Blake, Sr.
- Educator |
1999 |
| Shirley Tyus
- Pilot |
1999 |
| E. (Edmund) Perry Palmer
- Businessman/Philanthropist |
1999 |
| The Honorable Willie T. Smith, Jr.
- Attorney/Judge |
1999 |
| Frieda Mitchell
- Administrator |
1999 |
| Allen Louis Code, Sr.
- Educator |
1999 |
| John Roy Harper II
- Attorney |
1999 |
| Paul L. Ross
- Army Lt. Colonel |
1999 |
| Arthur J. H. Clement, Jr.
- Business Leader |
1999 |
| Eddie McGirt
- Athlete/Coach |
1999 |
| Jean Sanders Hopkins
- Nurse |
1999 |
| Raphael C. Lee
- Surgeon |
1998 |
| Sylvia Woods
- Entrepreneur |
1998 |
| Gilroye A. Griffin, Jr
- Businessman |
1998 |
| Peggy Dillard-Toone
- Model |
1998 |
| William "T" Thompson
- Pilot and Attorney |
1998 |
| Beatrice Rice Thompson
- Educator |
1998 |
| John Artemus
- Labor Organizer |
1998 |
| Juanita Willmon-Goggins
- Legislator |
1998 |
| Prezell Russell Robinson
- Administrator & Educator |
1998 |
| Dwight E. Woods
- Musician & Theatrical Dire... |
1998 |
| Lee Haney
- Body Builder |
1998 |
| Emory Shaw Campbell
- Community Leader |
1998 |
| William "Bill" Terrell
- Broadcaster |
1997 |
| J. Arthur Jones
- Mathematician |
1997 |
| Nina Mae McKinney
- Actress |
1997 |
| Isaac Samuel "I.S." Leevy Johnson
- Attorney |
1997 |
| Charity Edna Adams Earley
- Army Lieutenant Colonel |
1997 |
| Jonathan Green
- Artist |
1997 |
| Taft M. Watson
- Basketball Coach |
1997 |
| Fouche'na Everlyne "Che" Sheppard
- Storyteller |
1997 |
| Margaree Seawright Crosby
- Educator |
1997 |
| Joshua W. Martin III
- Jurist, Corporate Executiv... |
1997 |
| Larry Doby
- Baseball Star |
1997 |
| Israel Brooks, Jr.
- Law Enforcement Officer |
1997 |
| Matilda Arabelle Evans, M.D.
- Surgeon |
1996 |
| Jonas Thomas Kennedy
- Farmer and Philanthropist |
1996 |
| Reuben M. Greenberg
- Police Chief |
1996 |
| Hattie Logan Duckett
- Social Worker |
1996 |
| Earl Matthew Middleton
- Business Entrepreneur |
1996 |
| Willie Larry Randolph, Jr.
- Baseball Player |
1996 |
| Vivian Glover
- Journalist |
1996 |
| Walker Emanuel Solomon, Sr.
- Educator |
1996 |
| Larry Francis Lebby
- Artist |
1996 |
| Marjorie Amos-Frazier
- Community Leader |
1996 |
| Richard Kerns
- Athletics Coach |
1996 |
| Richard Samuel Roberts
- Photographer |
1996 |
| Ernest A. Finney, Jr.
- Judge |
1995 |
| Edwin Roberts Russell
- Scientist |
1995 |
| Dr. Lawrence W. Long
- Physician & Surgeon |
1995 |
| Major General Irene Trowell-Harris
- Nurse |
1995 |
| Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine
- Civil Rights Leader |
1995 |
| Alberta Tucker Grimes
- Educator |
1995 |
| Bishop Joseph Benjamin Bethea
- Minister |
1995 |
| Dr. Thaddeus J. Bell
- Physician |
1995 |
| Kimberly Clarice Aiken
- Human Rights Advocate and ... |
1995 |
| James E. Clyburn
- Congressman |
1995 |
| Arthur Rose, Sr.
- Painter & Sculptor |
1995 |
| Mary Jackson
- Artist/Sweetgrass Basket M... |
1995 |
| Major General Matthew A. Zimmerman, Jr.
- Chief of Chaplains - U.S. ... |
1994 |
| Donnie Shell
- Professional Football Play... |
1994 |
| Linda Dingle Gadson
- Social Worker |
1994 |
| Ernest Henderson, Sr.
- Flight Instructor and Educ... |
1994 |
| Everett L. Dargan, M.D.
- Thoracic and Cardiovascula... |
1994 |
| Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
- Writer and Broadcaster |
1994 |
| Charles P. Austin, Sr.
- Associate City Manager and... |
1994 |
| The Honorable Harvey B. Gantt
- Architect & Politician |
1994 |
| James E. Bostic, Jr., Ph. D.
- Businessman |
1994 |
| Leo F. Twiggs, E. D.
- Arist and Educator |
1994 |
| Sarah Reese
- Soprano |
1994 |
| Dori Sanders
- Farmer and Writer |
1994 |
| Dr. Sara Dunlap Jackson
- Federal Archivist |
1993 |
| Listervelt Middleton
- Journalist |
1993 |
| Eartha Kitt
- Actress and Singer |
1993 |
| Art Shell
- NFL Head Coach |
1993 |
| Janie Glymph Goree
- Educator and Mayor |
1993 |
| Wilfred Junius Walker
- Educator and Radio Persona... |
1993 |
| Lugenia Key Hammond
- Community Leader |
1993 |
| Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr.
- Restoration Consultant and... |
1993 |
| Lila Mae Brock
- Community Leader |
1993 |
| Harold R. Boulware, Sr.
- Judge |
1993 |
| Dr. Thomas Elliot Kerns
- Superintendent of Greenvil... |
1993 |
| Edward Sawyer Cooper, M.D.
- Cardiologist & Professor |
1993 |
| Dr. Charles G. Gomillion
- Professor |
1992 |
| Dr. Henrie Monteith Tredwell
- Educator |
1992 |
| Robert Smalls
- Politician |
1992 |
| Bernice Robinson
- Educator |
1992 |
| J. T. Pace
- Lay Minister |
1992 |
| Charlayne Hunter-Gault
- Journalist |
1992 |
| William H. Johnson
- Artist |
1992 |
| Dr. Naomi Garrett
- Educator |
1992 |
| Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell
- Business Executive |
1992 |
| Philip Simmons
- Blacksmith |
1992 |
| Myrtle Hall Smith
- Singer |
1992 |
| Smokin' Joe Frazier
- Professional Boxer Athlete |
1992 |
| Marion Wright Edelman
- Advocate for disadvantaged... |
1991 |
| Dr. Stephen J. Wright
- Educator |
1991 |
| Mary McLeod Bethune
- Educator |
1991 |
| Ruby Middleton Forsythe
- Educator |
1991 |
| Dr. Ernest Everett Just
- Biologist |
1991 |
| James T. McCain
- Educator |
1991 |
| Jane Edna Hunter
- Activist |
1991 |
| Dr. John Stevenson
- Educator |
1991 |
| Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates
- Dancer |
1991 |
| The Honorable Harold A. Stevens
- Judge |
1991 |
| Annie Greene Nelson
- Writer |
1991 |
| Edwin A. Harleston
- Artist |
1991 |
| Ron McNair
- Research Scientist and Ast... |
1990 |
| Benjamin E. Mays
- Educator |
1990 |
| Jesse Jackson
- Minister |
1990 |
| Modjeska Simkins
- Human Rights Activist |
1990 |
| Alex English
- Basketball Player and Acto... |
1990 |
| Septima Poinsette Clark
- Civil Rights Leader |
1990 |
| W. Melvin Brown
- Businessman |
1990 |
| Dizzy Gillespie
- Musician |
1990 |
| Matthew Perry
- Judge |
1990 |
| I. DeQuincey Newman
- Civil Rights Activist and ... |
1990 |
| Charles Bolden
- Astronaut |
1990 |
