The late Floyd Brown was a strong believer in providing a good education to those for whom education was as a premium. That strong belief led him to establish one of the few private nondenominational schools for Black children ever established in this region of the United States. Brown was one of 10 children of poor Mississippi tenant farmers. He entered Tuskegee Institute at the age of 21 with only about a fifth-grade education under his belt. Influenced by founder Booker T. Washington, Brown developed a passion for teaching. Brown discovered Fargo, a small farming community, on a trip to ...(more)

It is said that business and pleasure shouldn’t mix. For Roy Roberts, business is a pleasure, as well it should be. Roberts has become one of the few blacks who have made it to the top in the corporate world. Roberts recently retired from General Motors’ $100 billion North American enterprise as Vice President and Group Executive in charge of sales, service, and marketing. His division sold more than five million automobiles a year. Born march 26, 1939 in Magnolia, Arkansas, Roberts is a 1958 graduate of Muskegon High School; He earned a B.A. degree from Western Michigan University in 1969. Hi...(more)

Lela Rochon Fuqua With numerous critically acclaimed performances under her belt, Lela Rochon Fuqua has emerged as one of Hollywood’s hardest working actresses. The charming and beautiful Rochon Fuqua was most recently seen as the feisty love interest of Jamie Foxx in the Warner Bros. Feature, Any Given Sunday, directed by Oliver Stone. Perhaps best known for her breakthrough role in Fox’s WAITING TO EXHALE, Lea has gone on to star in GANG RELATED, KNOCKOFF with Jean Claude Van Damme, and THE CHAMBER opposite Chris O’Donnell and Gene Hackman. She followed up these projects with a role in WH...(more)

Dr. Wilbert C. Jordan has proven himself to be a fighter, especially when it comes to one of the most devastating diseases in the latter part of the 20th Century: Aids. He is one of the leading authorities on AIDS prevention and treatment. A Los Angeles native and the youngest of 17 children, Jordan graduated from Little Rock’s Horace Mann High School and worked his way through Harvard University and earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University. A specialist in infectious diseases and parasitology, Jordan is involved in a number of AIDS organizations and services, includin...(more)

Revered in Methodist church circles, Theressa Hoover’s work continues to have positive outreach and impact in the United Methodist Church and the ecumenical world. A Fayetteville native, Mrs. Hover graduated from Philander Smith College in 1946 with a B.A. Degree in Business Administration. She joined the staff of the Methodist Church, serving as a field worker for 10 years and a Department of Christian Social Relations staff member. Mrs. Hoover carried responsibility for general welfare programs and legislative affairs. Following the union of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United...(more)

E. Lynn Harris was born in Flint, Michigan and raised along with three sisters in Little rock, Arkansas. He attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville where he was the school’s first black yearbook editor, the first black male Razorbacks cheerleader, and president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He graduated with honors in 1977 with a degree in journalism. Harris sold computers for IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and AT & T for 13 years while living in Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. He finally quit his sales job to write his first novel, Invisible Life. Failing to find a publisher, ...(more)