General Chairs, Co-Chairs & Honorary Chairs

for African American History Month 1949-2007

2007 Harvey L. Huddleston, Vice President, Xerox Corporation

2006 Sandra J. Evers-Manly, President, Northrop Grumman Foundation

2005 Sandra J. Evers-Manly, President, Northrop Grumman Foundation

2004 Carl A. Ballton, President, Union Bank of California Foundation

2003 Leo Hill, Sr., Director of Diversity & Equal Opportunity Programs,

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

2002 Kenneth W. Bentley, Vice President Community Affairs, Nestlé, USA

2001 Berlinda Fontenot-Jamerson, Director of Corporate Diversity, Sempra Energy

Harvey L. Huddleston, Vice President/General Manager, Xerox Connection

Robert A. Russ, Manager, Community Relations, Shell Oil Company

2000 Sandra J. Evers-Manly, Director, Diversity, EEO & Contributions,

Northrop Grumman Corporation

1999 Cynthia Ethusian Exum.

1998 Debbie Allen, Honorary Chairperson

1997 Lura Daniels-Ball & Dennis W. Hunn, Los Angeles Times

1996 Lura Daniels-Ball & Dennis W. Hunn, Los Angeles Times

1995 Donald R. Ware, M.D., MPH & Judge Candace D. Cooper

1994 Mordena M. Moore & Donald R. Ware, M.D, MPH

1993 Theo Tinson, Sr. & Dr. Genevieve Shepherd

1992 Libby Clark & Theo Tinson, Sr.

1991 Dr. Mary Lois Tinson & Judge James Nathaniel Reese, Retired

1990 Dolores S. Nehemiah & Lawrence H. Moore, Ph.D.

1989 Samuel Shacks, Ph.D., M.D. & Dolores S. Nehemiah

1988 Joe Dyer, Betty Carmichael & Geneva Cox

1987 Atty. Ronald J. Higgins, Chair - Toni Humber & Thelma Duncan, Co-Chairs +

OASC Co-Chair, Inez Stephens

1986 Dr. Marguerite P. Moore, Chair - John T. Stevens & William Brooks, Co-Chairs

1985 Nathaniel Jackson & Carrie L. Perry

1984 Nathaniel Jackson, Chair – Atty Johnnie Cochran, Jr.* & Mr. Mark Ridley-Thomas,

Co-Chairs

1983 Mrs. Mary Henry & Mrs. James Cleaver + OASC Co-Chair, Dr. Charles Lang

1982 Mrs. Hattie Pearl Profit*, Chair – Rev. Arthur Thomas, Ph.D. & Mr. Rex

Williams, Co-Chairs + OASC Co-Chair, Mrs. Velma Overstreet

1981 Mr. Theodore Watkins, Chair – Mrs. Audrey Quarles + OASC

Co-Chair, Mrs. Kay Smith

1980 Dr. Mary McCoo*, Chair – Councilman Robert Farrell & Mrs. Eula Mattox*,

Co-Chairs

1979 Mr. Al Breene, Chair – Mrs. Marguerite Jackson Archie +

OASC Co-Chair, Mrs. Lula Harvey*

1978 Mrs. Ferrol B. Starks, Chair – Mr. Carlton Blanton + OASC Co-Chair,

Mrs. Georgia Miller

1977 Judge Billy G. Mills & Mrs. Cleo Caldwell

1976 Dr. Josie G. Bain*, Chair – Councilman David Cunningham & Mr. Ivan

Houston + OASC Co-Chair, Mrs. Mary L. Sanders*

1975 Judge Sherman W. Smith & Mr. Chester Washington*, Joint Chairpersons

& Mrs. Edna C. Brown, Co-Chair

1974 Mrs. Maudie Cummings* & Dr. Owen L. Knox

1973 Dr. William J. Williams & Dr. Evelyn Boyd Granville

1972 Mrs. Frankie Johnson & Mr. Joseph B. Mayfield*

1971 Atty. Arnet L. Hartsfield, Jr. & Mrs. Nora S. Freeman

1970 Mrs. Edna Moten & Dr. Jesse C. Beasley

1969 Mr. William Bailey & Mrs. Annie Calomee*

1968 Mrs. Ruth Washington* & Mrs. Jessie M Beavers*, Joint Chairpersons &

Judge William Ross

1967 Mr. Charles L. Fielding & Mrs. Nancy Avery

1966 Mrs. Marnesba T. Tackett* & Mrs. Jesse Overstreet

1965 Mr. Frank G. Allen & Mrs. Madeline Dane*

1964 Atty. Audrey Boswell Jones* & Mr. Jesse L. Robinson

1963 Rev. E.V. Hill* & Mrs. Bessie Webb Barnum

1962 Mrs. Lillian Fentress* & Mr. Henri O’Bryant, Jr.

1961 Dr. Roy L. Andrews & Mrs. Zenobia Carey

1960 Mrs. Hazel C. Chambers* & Mr. Llewellyn Mazique*

1959 Mr. Gilbert Lindsay* & Mrs. Gaynelle Miles

1958 Atty. Martha Jefferson & Mr. Isaac McClelland

1957 Mr. A. J. Kelly Williams* & Mrs. Artesia Jordan*

1956 Mrs. Velma Henderson & Dr. Leroy R. Weekes*

1955 Mr. R. R. Wright III & Mrs. Pauline Slater*

1954 Mrs. Hazel Whitaker Moore & Mr. Victor Nickerson

1953 Mrs. E. Rakestraw* & Dr. Thomas R. Payton*

1952 Rev. Baxter Duke* & Mrs. Reatha Beck

1951 Mrs. Ella K. Mays* & Miss Laura Slayton

1950 Mrs. Evangeline Woodfolk* & Rev. Baxter Duke*

1949 Mrs. Vassie D. Wright* & Mrs. Anna B. Fields*

* Deceased