The Sacred Archives
The Registry
Official induction plates by class. Open a plate to read the full memoir.
Prof Erinma Bell MBE DL JP
JP: Justice of the Peace
Class of 2026
Dr. Gladys West
Mathematician
Class of 2025
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Dr. Mark Dean
Computer Engineer
Annie Easley
Rocket Scientist & Computer Scientist
Shirley Chisholm
Politics · Public Service · Women’s Rights
1924 – 2005
Bayard Rustin
Civil Rights · Strategic Organising · Nonviolent Action
1912 – 1987
Ella Josephine Baker
Civil Rights · Community Organising · Leadership
1903 – 1986
Fannie Lou Hamer
Civil Rights · Voting Rights · Grassroots Leadership
1917 – 1977
John Lewis
Civil Rights · Public Service · Democracy
1940 – 2020
Medgar Wiley Evers
Civil Rights · Voter Registration · Community Leadership
1925 – 1963
Septima Poinsette Clark
Education · Civil Rights · Adult Literacy
1898 – 1987
Dorothy Irene Height
Civil Rights · Women’s Rights · Leadership
1912 – 2010
A. Philip Randolph
Labour · Civil Rights · Organising
1889 – 1979
Benjamin Banneker
Mathematics · Astronomy · Science · Publishing
1731 – 1806
Norbert Rillieux
Chemical Engineering · Industrial Technology
1806 – 1894
Otis Boykin
Electrical Engineering · Electronics · Medical Technology
1920 – 1982
Phillis Wheatley
Literature · Intellectual History
c. 1753 – 1784
Ignatius Sancho
Literature · Music · Abolitionism · Black British History
c. 1729 – 1780
C. L. R. James
History · Literature · Politics · Cricket
1901 – 1989
Charlotte Manye Maxeke
Education · Women’s Rights · Politics · Social Reform
1874 – 1939
Steve Biko
Philosophy · Political Thought · Liberation
1946 – 1977
Wole Soyinka
Literature · Theatre · Intellectual Leadership · Human Rights
Born 1934 – Present
Kwame Nkrumah
Pan-Africanism · Politics · Independence
1909 – 1972
Patrice Lumumba
African Independence · Political Leadership
1925 – 1961
Cheikh Anta Diop
History · Physics · Anthropology · African Civilisation
1923 – 1986
Chief Albert Luthuli
African Leadership · Human Rights · Nonviolent Resistance
c. 1898 – 1967
Jomo Kenyatta
Independence · Political Leadership · African Studies
c. 1897 – 1978