Grant Reynolds: Played a major role in President Truman’s 1948 decision to desegregate the United States Armed Forces.
James Nabrit: Former Dean of the Howard University Law School and former president of Howard University. A leader in the training of the early civil rights lawyers.
Wiley Branton: Attorney for the “Little Rock Nine” and former Dean of the Howard University School of Law.
Roy Wilkins: Long-time Executive Director of the NAACP.
Benjamin Hooks: Succeeded Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of the NAACP. Hooks retired in 1992.
Vernon Jordan: Noted attorney and former Executive Director of the National Urban League.
Jesse Jackson: Former Director of Operation P.U.S.H.; Founder, National Rainbow Coalition.
Fred Gray: Attorney for Rosa Parks and the Montgomery, AL Improvement Association.