Contact & Membership

our team

Board Members & officers

Chairman, Board of directors

Stanley Ford

vice chairman, board of directors

Ronnie Mitchell

president

Tawanna Branch

vice president

LaVar Wright

secretary

Sheila Vines

treasurer

Mary Mack, Belinda Bryant

board of directors

  • Charlisa Y. Davis
  • Belinda Bryant
  • Stanley Ford
  • Ronnie Mitchell
  • Sherell Stuart
  • Tawanna Branch
  • Dr. Sharon McDonald Evans
  • Melissa Robinson-Ellis

Emeritus Membership & Honorable Mentions

Past Board of Directors

  • Reverend Aaron Johnson
  • Lula G. Crenshaw
  • Chancellor Vic Hackley, FSU
  • Ronnie Mitchell, Attorney
  • Lillie Gregory
  • Harlon Gregory
  • Chalisa Davis
  • Vonceil Davis
  • Dr. Wilson A. Lacy

past Chairpersons

  • Lula G. Crenshaw
  • Donald LaHuffman
  • Edward Dewey Davis
  • Milo R. Slocumb
  • Dr. Wilson A. Lacy
  • Floyd Shorter

past memberships

Past Members

  • Lula G. Crenshaw
  • Belinda Bryant
  • Charlisa Davis
  • Jimmy F. Ragland
  • Barbara C. Malone
  • Dr. Aaron Johnson
  • Attorney Ronnie Mitchell
  • Representative Elmer Floyd
  • Senator Larry Shaw
  • Representative Mary McAllister
  • Vincent Evans
  • Edward D. Davis
  • Donald LaHuffman
  • Lillie Gregory
  • Joyce Malone
  • Milo Slocumb
  • Dr. Mary Hales

past Honorees - Grand Marshals

past dr. martin luther king, jr honorees - grand marshalls 1990-2022

  • The late Mr. Isaac Walker (1990)
  • The Late Mrs. Helen Chick (1991)
  • The late Mrs. Geraldine Henderson (1992)
  • The late Mr. William Pratt (1993)
  • The late Dr. Herbert Vick (1994)
  • The late Mr. Clint Harris (1995)
  • The late Dr. John Griffin (1996)
  • Mr. Marion “Rex” Harris (1997)
  • Mr. James Florence (1998)
  • The late Judge Arthur L. Lane (2000)
  • The late Mr. Theodore Kinney (2001)
  • Dr. Denise Mahone Wyatt (2002)
  • Attorney Ronnie Mitchell (2003)
  • Reverend Aaron J. Johnson (2004)
  • Dr. Mary J. Jefferies (2005)
  • Mrs. Mable C. Smith (2006)
  • Mr. Wilson Lacy (2007)
  • The late Honorable Mary McAllister (2008)
  • The late Mr. Floyd L. Shorter (2009)
  • Dr. Larry Norris (2010)
  • Dr. Valerie Wynn-Hall (2012)
  • The late Mrs. Ernestine W. Smith (2013)
  • Mr. Edward Beard (2016)
  • Representative Elmer Floyd (2017)
  • Attorney Allen Rogers (2018)
  • Mr. Wes Cookman (2019)
  • Commissioner Charles Evans (2022)
  • Mrs. Claretha Lacy (2023)
  • Sheriff Ennis Wright (2024)
  • Senator Val Applewhite (2025)