The Oklahoma African-American Hall of Fame is a unique portrait gallery of local leaders that encourage and foster professional, social, educational, and economic achievement.
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.
Sixty-Three (63) persons have been inducted into the Oklahoma African-American Hall of Fame, formerly known as the Afro-American Hall of Fame of Oklahoma, Inc.
Oklahoma African-American Hall of Fame Years
