Clara Lowe Clark Draine
First African American Sales Clerk at W.T. Grants (Macon, GA)

Dr. Walter W. Felder
First African American to Teach at Wesleyan College

Dr. Joseph Hendricks
First Prominent Majority Community Leader To Work Openly To Break Racial Barriers

Benjamin Hubbard
First African American Department Head, City of Macon

Judge Edith Ingram
First African American Probate Judge in Georgia and U.S.A.

George Mathis
First African American Gideonite In Middle Georgia

Lonnie Miley
First African American Deputy Coroner In Bibb County

Joseph McElroy, Jr.
First African American Executive Director at Macon Transit Authority

Benny A. Scott
First African American Engineer In Georgia

Vicki Perdue Scott
First African American Chairwoman of the Georgia Beta Council

Dr. Robert Williams
First African American Deputy Superintendent In Bibb County

Clinton Brantley, Sr.
First Major African American Promoter In Macon

Marvin E. Lewis, Sr.
First African American Superintendent In the State of Georgia

The Racial Barrier Breaker Awards are presented to honor individuals
who have demonstrated exceptional social and/or political courage
in the face of difficult circumstances.