AACIB 2009 Inaugural Keepers of the Flame Honorees
Bishop John Hurst Adams
Dr. Maya Angelou
Donna Brazile
Robert J. Brown
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole
Dr. Marion Wright Edelman
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Dr. John Hope Franklin
Earl Graves, Sr.
Dr. William H. Gray, III
Bishop Barbara Harris
Dr. Dorothy I. Height
The Hon. Alexis Herman
Dr. Benjamin Hooks
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Congressman John Lewis
Rev. Joseph Lowery
Marc H. Morial
General Colin L. Powell
Rev. Della Reese-Lett
Rev. Al Sharpton
Dr. Gardner C. Taylor
Archibishop Desmond Tutu
Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, Sr.