
David N. Dinkins Mayor of New York City 1990-1993 Professor Public Affairs Dept. Columbia University Author: A Mayor’s Life: Governing New York’s Gorgeous Mosaic

Jack McDowell Engineer/Consultant Detroit People Mover/Mayor Coleman Young Admin

Johnnie “Be Goode” Johnson Chuck Berry Sidekick/Roll N’ Roll Hall of Fame

GySgt. Henry Baul “Top Gun” WWII pit commander/ 90mm Anti-Aircraft weapons/51st Defense Battalion Crew surpassed all standing WWII Marine Corps gunnery proficiency records in history Former Pres/CEO Largest Black Owned Transportation Company in America

John Watson First African-America Police Commissioner, Hamtramck, MI

Edsel Stallings Former Asst. Michigan Secretary of State Richard Austin

Edgar Leonard Smith, Ph.D Morehouse College Prominent Veterinarian, Bloomfield, MI

GySgt. Joseph Burrell First African-American Chief of the Detroit Fire Department (1960’s) Detroit was the first city in the country to integrate the Fire Dept.

Herman Dudley (Retired) Architect/Detroit Department Urban Planning

Theodore R. Britton
Honorary Counsel General, Republic Albania