1976-77 - Hobart Jackson

1977-78 - Richard Lee

1978-79 - Marilyn Yarborough

1979-80 - Vernon Getone

1980-81 - Dorthy Pennington

1981-82 - Arthur Drayton

1982-83 - William Hogan

1983-84 - Harrison Smith

1985-86 - Jacob Gordon

1986-88 - Robert Sanders

1988-90 - Sadye Logan

1990-92 - Melvin Williams

1992-94 - Harold Washington

1995-96 - Gregory Frost

1996-97 - Dorthy Pennington and Julius Williams, co-presidents

1997-98 - Susan King

1998-99 - Danielle Demsey-Swopes

1999-2000 - Virgil Adams

2000-01 - Maryemma Graham

2001-02 - Robert Page, Jr.

2002-03 - Susan King

2003-04 - Anthony Daniels

2004-05 - Teresa L. Clounch

2005-06 - Deborah Dandridge

2006-08 - Hobart Jackson