Board of Governors
President: Bill Broiles
Vice President: Robert Mayes
Secretary: Patricia Grizzard
Treasurer: Yvonne Shores
Financial Secretary: Joyce Otis
Parliamentarian:
Information About the Selection to the Board of Governors
The Ntu Art Association of Oklahoma, Inc.
The Ntu Art Association is the proud Sponsor of the “Oklahoma African-American Hall of Fame, Inc.”
presently housed in the Langston University Urban Campus Bldg. The mission of the Ntu Art Association
is to stimulate interest in African and African- American Arts and Culture by providing information,
exhibits and experiences that are educational and enlightening for the community. The Association
meets the 1st Saturday of each month at the Langston University OKC Urban Campus. “Ntu” means
essence in being.
The Oklahoma African-American Hall of Fame, Inc.
The Oklahoma African-American Hall of Fame, Inc. was organized in 1982 to honor and recognize
achievements among American of African descent who are native Oklahomans or who have lived in
Oklahoma for a minimum of ten years. Nominations are made from communities throughout the State.
From these nominations only six (6) honorees are selected, based on the indicated criteria, within the six
(6) only two (2) may be “posthumous.” These selections are made by a “Board of Directors”-a group of
volunteers representing local organizations in the state of Oklahoma.
Ntu is a Bantu word meaning essence or being and from its inception, the mission of Ntu Art Association,
Incorporated has been to bring awareness of the African and African-American experience to Oklahoma
City and beyond. Ntu Art Association of Oklahoma, Incorporated was founded in 1979 with the mission
to stimulate the hearts and minds of the community with information, education, and enlightening
programs, displays and experiences that immerse the entire community in African and African-American
culture and art. With this goal in mind, Ntu Art Association, Incorporated is the proud sponsor of the
Oklahoma African-American Hall of Fame. The esteemed and historically Black university, Langston
University, currently houses the Hall of Fame exhibit in the university’s Urban Campus Building. Ntu Art
Association of Oklahoma, Incorporated meets every first Saturday of the month at the Langston
University Oklahoma City Urban Campus. For more information, please visit ntuartok.org
The Oklahoma African-American Hall of Fame, Incorporated, formally known as the Afro-American Hall
of Fame of Oklahoma, was organized in 1982 and rededicated in a ceremony presented by Ntu Art
Association of Oklahoma, Incorporated, on July 11, 2009, on the campus of Langston University, the only
historically Black college or university in the state of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma African-American Hall of
Fame is a unique portrait gallery of local African and African-American Oklahoman leaders that
encourage and foster professional, social, educational, and economic achievement. The inductees into
the Hall of Fame are of African or African-American descent and are native Oklahoman or have been
residents for a minimum of ten years. The inductees are chosen from nominations made from
communities across the state. From these nominations, based on select criteria, only six honorees are
chosen for induction into the Hall of Fame. Of the six inductees, only two may be awarded
posthumously.
The Oklahoma African-American Hall of Fame Board of Governors consists of a group of volunteers
gathered from prominent and prestigious local organizations in Oklahoma.
