Hall of Fame Inductees
The 1996 Political & Religious Hall of Fame Inductees:
- Willie L. Brown, Jr., Mayor of San Francisco
- Honorable Tom Bradley
- “Sweet” Alice Harrisme
- Honorable Lillian Mobely
- Honorable Mary Henry
Special Recognition
Howard Davis, CEO Universal Care
The 1997 Political & Religious Hall of Fame Inductees:
- Congressman Mervyn Dymally (Ret.)
- Congressman Augustus Hawkins (Ret.)
- Congresswoman Maxine Waters
- Congressman Julian Dixon
The 1998 Political & Religious Hall of Fame Inductees:
- Congressman Ronald V. Dellums (Ret.)
- Los Angeles Supervisor Yvonne Braithwaite-Burke
- Senator Diane Watson (Ret.)
- Senator Teresa Hughes
The 1999 Political & Religious Hall of Fame Inductees:
- Bishop E. Lynn Brown
- Rev. Cecil “Chip” Murray
- Rev. Cecil Williams
- Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald
- Former Assemblywoman Gwen Moore
Special Recognition
James Groninger, Regional Manager, Texaco Corporation
The 2000 Political & Religious Hall of Fame Inductees
- Anthony Batts, Deputy Chief, Long Beach Police Department
- Bishop Clarence Carr, AME Zion
- Theodore Chandler, Vice President, Fannie Mae
- Janett Humphries, President, SEIU Local 99
- Congresswoman Barbara Lee, 9th Congressional District
- Bernard Parks, Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Dept.
- Doris Ward, County Assessor, San Francisco
- Richard Word, Chief of Police, Oakland Police Department
The 2001 Political & Religious Hall of Fame Inductees:
- State Senator Edward Vincent, California State Senator, 25th District
- Reverend E.V. Hill, The Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
- Vernon Watkins, Jr., Executive Assistant to William Lucy the International Secretary-Treasurer for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- Sidney Miller, Publisher of BRE magazine
The 2002 Political & Religious Hall of Fame Inductees:
- Jerry Brown, Mayor of Oakland, CA
- LeRoy King - Int'l Longshore and Warehouse Union
- Roy Willis, Operations Director Lennar Communities
- Colleen Haggerty, Communications Director, Fannie Mae
- Herbert Hudson, CEO Roscoe's House of Chicken N' Waffles
- Carolyn Tyler Guidry, Presiding Elder Fifth Episcopal District A.M.E Churches
The 2003 Political & Religious Hall of Fame Inductees:
- The Honorable Herb Wesson
- Danny Bakewell Sr.
- Bishop Charles E. Blake
- Ted Chandler, Vice President Fannie Mae
- Special Recognition Lawrence Martin, Int’l VP Transport Workers Union of America AFL-CIO
The 2004 Political & Religious Hall of Fame Inductees:
- Danny Glover, Actor and Community Activist
- Bishop Noel Jones, City of Refuge
- Kamala Harris, San Francisco District Attorney
- Miguel Contreras, Executive Secretary-treasurer L.A. County Federation of Labor,AFL-CIO
- Delphine Pruitt, Fannie Mae
- Greg Mcwilliams, Newhall Land and Farming Company
The 2005 Political & Religious Hall of Fame Inductees:
- Robert L. Billingslea, Corporate Director of Urban Affairs Disney Worldwide Services, Inc.
- Barbara Kerr, President CTA
- Mary Ann Martin Andreas, Morongo Band of Mission Indians
- Arial">Bill Elkins, Jr., V.P. Spiegel Foundation
- Tyrone Freeman, President Service Employees Local 434B
- Bishop Henry Williamson, Sr. CME Church
- Eddie Griffin, Actor/Activist

