ARTISTS
Henry Fiore
Howard Russell
Mary Lois Verilla (the woman who paints Pittsburgh)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Al Aarons -- performed with Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones and Frank Sinatra
Hal Brown 'HB' -- WAMO deejay
Gerald 'Jerry' Byrd -- performed with Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff
Leslie Carrington-Parr
Danny Vonn
Sally Cosgrove & Bill Thompson -- dancers
Frank Cunimondo -- composer/keyboard
Keith & Karl Edmonds -- Mime ministries, evangelist outreach
John Ford -- historian
Erroll Garner -- jazz musician
Linton Garner -- performed with Billy Eckstine and Erroll Garner, his brother
Nelson Harrison, Ph.D., composer -- performed with Count Basie
Ahmad Jamal -- jazz musician
Claude Jay -- gospel recording artist
James 'Sunny' Kelsey -- WAMO
"The Larells" -- all-male band, recorded "Everybody Knew"
Loran Mann -- WPXI-TV reporter/minister
Don E. McNeil
Grover Mitchell -- conductor with Count Basie orchestra
Art Nance -- performed with Count Basie
Birdie Nichols -- "Glorious Rebirth"
Bill Nunn Sr. & Bill Nunn Jr. -- editors Pittsburgh Courier
Peggy Pierce-Freeman
Pat Prattis-Jennings -- principal keyboardist of the Pittsburgh Symphony
Paul Ross -- Pittsburgh Symphony violinist
Wyatt Ruther -- performed with Count Basie, Erroll Garner and Lena Horne
Naomi Simms -- first black supermodel, an Oprah Legend
Bev Smith -- national TV and radio talk-show host
Lynnwood Sloan -- National Endowment for the Arts
Dakota Staton -- jazz musician, performed on "Late, Late Show"
Billy Strayhorn -- composed the "A Train" worked with Duke Ellington
James Tripp-Haith -- TV producer with "Moesha" and "Eve"
Adam Wade -- singer, actor and first black to host a game show
Mary Lou Williams -- piano prodigy; composed masses for the Pope, worked with Duke Ellington
AUTHORS
John Brewer -- "African Americans in Pittsburgh"
Albert "Kippy" French -- "Billy Boy"
Dennis Schatzman -- "The Simpson Trial in Black and White"
BUSINESSMEN
John Brewer -- the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum Trolley Station & Oral History Center
Jack Burley -- executive with Heinz Co.
Tom Burley -- international business developer -- Westinghouse Electric Co.
Riley Davis Sr. -- Star Optical
Cornelius Dorsey Sr. -- Dorsey's Records
Gladys Edmonds -- Edmonds Travel Consultants
Norman Farrish -- Norman & Co., international import
Robert Goode -- senior vice president, Mellon Bank
Eugene Harrison -- The Harrison Group
Robert Lavelle -- Dwelling House
Lemuel "Rip" Nixon -- Nixon & Associates
Alfred Whatley -- CEO Thalhimers Dept. store chain.
Oliver Byrd -- Chair of the August Wilson Center for African American Culture.
Esther Bush -- head of the Urban League of Pittsburgh
Doris Carson-Williams -- president of the African American Chamber of Commerce in Pittsburgh
CIVIL RIGHTS
Euzell "Bubby" Hairston
Wilbur Nelson
Bill Nunn Sr.
Wyatt Williams -- coordinator with the Pittsburgh contingent of the 1963 March on Washington
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Malik Bankston -- head of Kingsley Association
Carolyn Bright-Smith -- vice president "Generation Hope"
Joan Bruce-Griffin -- executive with Washington County Redevelopment Authority
Leslie Carrington-Parr -- actress/mayor's council for persons with disabilities
Floyd Cephas
Marcus Harvey -- founder of Strength Inc.
Curtis Hefflin
Jennifer Henderson-Germany -- Youthbuild
Marshall Howard
Kenneth Jennings Jr. -- first African American management intern for the Social Security administration
Joe Lewis Jr. -- head of Homewood YMCA
Lawrence Mason -- regional council, Boy Scouts of America
Horace Miles -- head of SCORE
Wilbur Nelson -- head of Homewood-Brushton Community Improvement Associations
Walter Reid
Doris Sloan-Roberts -- director of human services, Chesapeake, Va.
Joanne Sloan-Glover -- assistant director Allegheny County Department of Public Assistance
Celeste Taylor
John Tibbs
Tommy Tucker
EDUCATORS
Rick Adams -- dean Community College of Allegheny County
James Boyd -- U.S. Army education specialist
Harry Budd -- dean Slippery Rock University
Robert Burley
Lance Carter
Joann Cobb-Burley -- executive officer at Penn State
Charlene H. Cole-Newkirk -- dean at Prince Frederick Community College of Southern Maryland
Elaine Casey-Davis
Jim Ellis -- developed inner-city swim team in Philadelphia; subject of the movie "Pride"
Yvonne Holt-Edwards
Helen Faison -- Pittsburgh's first female, African American high school principal and the first female, African American school superintendent in the Pittsburgh Public school system
Dr. Leon Haley
George Harris
Elmer Haymon Jr. -- dean, student development at Community College of Allegheny County
Carole Coles-Henry
Gloria Hill -- assistant provost Carnegie Mellon University
Joan James
Victor Jonnotti -- teacher of the year
Jake Milliones -- president of Pittsburgh board of Education
Dr. Dwight Mosley
Rachel Poole -- first African American associate professor -- Department of Mental Health at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Ernestine Reed
Dr. Edward Rhodes -- vice chancellor, Indiana University
Ronald Thornhill -- principal at CAPA
Gertrude Wade -- the first female, African American principal in the Pittsburgh Public schools
George Webb
Leo Woods
Erroll B. Davis Jr. -- chancellor, University of System of Georgia.
Capt. Wilbur C. Douglass III -- Chaplin of the U.S. Navy Coast Guard
HEALTH CARE
Dr. Allison Smith-Barnett
Dr. Earl Childs
Dr. Robert "Moose" Edwards
Joan Bruce-Griffin
Dr. John Hairston
Dr. Charles Hefflin
Art Nance -- director St. Joseph Hospital
Margaret Washington -- president, Washington Associates
Russell Washington
MILITARY MEN
Capt. Sherrill Brown
Lt. Col. George Charlton Jr. -- a Buffalo Soldier
Charlton Cherry
Marshall Fields -- Tuskegee Airmen
Major James Hilton Greene
Thomas Gunn -- Tuskegee Airmen
Brigadiere Gen. Robert W. Smith III.
POLITICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Reginald Bridges -- attorney
Earl Buford Jr. -- Pittsburgh chief of police
Ophelia "Cookie" Coleman -- co-founder & vice president P.A.C.T.
Lt. Col. Hawthorne Conley
Tony Deluca -- Pennsylvania state representative
Alfonso Gibson -- chief of detectives, Washington, D.C.
Linda Perkins
Channing Phillips -- first black to be nominated by Democrats to run for U.S. President
Wendell Phillips -- House of Representatives, Maryland
Joe Rhodes -- Pennsylvania state legislator
Joe Preston -- Pennyslvania state legislator
Hon. Edward Tibbs
Richard Utley -- commissioner, Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs, Pennslyvania
Deborah Walker
Hon. Warren Watson -- one of the first black judges in Allegheny County
Leslie Wiley -- director, office of International Visitors, U.S. Department of State
Lamonte Wilson -- first black fire captian/head of 911
RELIGION
Bishop Dwayne Darkins -- Greater Faith Tabernacle
Richard Goode -- pastor and developer, Atlanta.
Rev. Gerald Lloyd -- Fountain of Life
Rev. Loran Mann --- Pentecostal Temple COGIC
SPORTS
Clarence Bruce -- played with Homestead Grays
Chuck Cooper -- Boston Celtics, first black drafted in NBA
Clarence Doak -- track and field world-class athlete
Ed Fleming -- professional with Cincinnati Royals; swim coach at Westinghouse
Wes Garnet -- professional football player with San Diego Chargers
Eugene Harrison -- player with Pittsburgh Steelers
John Henderson -- player with Pittsburgh Steelers
Kenneth Hudson -- first black full-time referee for the NBA
Tony Liscio -- player with Dallas Cowboys
Melvin Myricks -- played with Kansas City Chiefs
Orin Richburg -- Olympic track coach
Maurice Stokes -- played with Cincinnati Royals
Joseph "Showboat" Ware -- all letter man
HONORARY INDUCTEE
Carl McVicker Sr. -- Westinghouse music instructor, teacher to all of the musicians in the Hall of Fame
