Pepsi-Cola of Washington
- Nathan Conyers
- H.J. Russell & Co.
- Susan Taylor
- Herman Russell
- Fashion Fair Cosmetics
- Desirée Rogers
- wealth for life
- Earl G. Graves
- Essence magazine
- Sr.
- Michael Russell
- Ebony
- Edward Lewis
- Jet
- Essence Communications Inc.
- Linda Johnson Rice
- Essence Music Festival
- Johnson Publishing Co.
- John Conyers
- John H. Johnson
- Conyers Riverside Ford
- A.G. Gaston Lifetime Achievement Award
- Pepsi-Cola of Washington
- Jr.
- D.C.
- Clarence Smith
by Derek T. Dingle