Janet Adderley
Actress & Acting Coach

Aki Aleong
Actor & Record Executive

James Avery
Actor

William “Bob” Bailey
Entertainer & Civil Rights Activist

Etta Moten Barnett
Singer & Actress

John Beasley
Theatre Chief Executive & Actor

Harry Belafonte
Actor, Singer & Humanitarian

Roscoe Lee Browne
Actor

Reuben Cannon
Producer and Casting Director

Shari L. Carpenter
Filmmaker

Diahann Carroll
Singer & Actress

Debra Martin Chase
Movie Producer

Kevin Clash
Puppeteer

Julie Dash
Filmmaker

Ossie Davis
Writer, Director, Actor & Producer

Ruby Dee
Stage & Film Actress

Bill Duke
Filmmaker & Actor

Katherine Dunham
Dance Company Founder & Choreographer

Elaine Ellis
Dancer

George William Faison
Dancer & Choreographer

Kim Fields
Actress & Television and Stage Director

Antwone Quenton Fisher
Screenwriter & Author

Sheila Frazier
Actress & Television Producer

Marla Gibbs
Actress

Ron Glass
Actor

Louis Gossett, Jr.
Actor

Robert Guillaume
Actor

Irma P. Hall
Actress

Jackée Harry
Actress

Maurice Hines
Choreographer, Entertainer & Stage Director

Robert Hooks
Actor

Reginald Hudlin
Filmmaker

Eloise Demaris Hughes
Dancer

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette
Actress

Louis Johnson
Director & Choreographer

Charles Floyd Johnson
Television Producer

Quincy Jones
Musician, Producer & Composer

Martha Jordan
Entertainer

T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh
Actress

Avon Kirkland
Filmmaker

Eartha Kitt
Actress & Singer

Stan Lathan
Television Producer

Jeni LeGon
Tap Dancer & Entertainer

Harry J. Lennix
Actor

Janet MacLachlan
Actress

Douglas Alan Mann
Actor & Director

Armelia McQueen
Actress & Singer

Melba Moore
Singer & Stage Actress

Lou Myers
Actor & Theatrical Director

Stanley Nelson
Filmmaker

Denise Nicholas
Actress & Writer

Fayard Nicholas
Dancer

Bill Overton
Actor & Football Player

Judy Pace
Film & Stage Actress

Freda Payne
Singer & Actress

Scherrie Payne
Singer & Songwriter

Charles Randolph-Wright
Producer, Director, Writer & Choreographer

Fay Ray
Dancer

Carl Ray
Comedian & Entertainer

Della Reese
Singer, Actress & Minister

Martha Reeves
Singer

Daphne Reid
Actress

Michael Schultz
Director

Oz Scott
Director & Producer

S. Pearl Sharp
Actress, Playwright & Singer

Prince Spencer
Dancer

Albert Stiles
Entertainer, Dancer & Singer

Julian Swain
Dancer & Choreographer

Lorraine Toussaint
Actress

Melvin Van Peebles
Filmmaker, Actor & Playwright

Adam Wade
Singer, Actor & Director

George Wallace, Jr.
Comedian

Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Actor, Director & Musician

Russell Williams, II
Entertainment Consultant

Hattie Winston
Actress