Lee Brown – 1st Black major of Houston

Beyonce & Destiny's Child – Neo-Soul artists

Barbara Jordan – great orator and US Congresswoman

Paul J. Matthews – founder of Buffalo Soldiers Museum

George "Mickey" Leland – US Congressman and humanist

Julia C. Hester – activist

John Biggers – extraordinary artist

Debbie Allen – Choreographer, Actor, Film Director

Jack Yates – ex-slave and founder of Antioch Baptist Church

Eldrewey Stearns – Civil Rights Movement leader

George Washington, Jr. – Civil Rights Movement Leader

Hamah King – Civil Rights Movement leader

George Hawkins - founded The Ensemble Theatre

Nanteza Kakembo - founded African Cultural Exchange

Kirbyjon Caldwell – founded Windsor Village UM Church

Mohammed Kamara - founded Ancestral Films

Sheryl Swoopes –WNBA all-star basketball player