1937

Hugh M. Gloster

LeMoyne College

Memphis, TN

1938

William Edward Farrison

North Carolina College

Durham, NC

1939

Cecil A. Blue

Lincoln University

Jefferson City, MO

1940

Bertram L. Woodruff

Johnson C. Smith College

Charlotte, NC

West Virginia State College

Institute, WV

During WWII, CLA held a few regional meetings but no national meeting.

Three national meetings were cancelled.

1948

Hugh M. Gloster

Hampton Institute

Hampton, VA 

1950

Edward A. Jones 

Morehouse College

Atlanta, GA

1952

John W.  Parker

Fayetteville State Teachers College 

Fayetteville, NC 

1954 

Crawford B. Lindsay

Tennessee State University   

Nashville, TN

1956

Billie Geter Thomas

Spelman College 

Atlanta, GA

1957 

Blyden Jackson

Southern University

Baton Rouge, LA

1959

Charles A. Ray    

North Carolina College

Durham, NC

1961

Nick Aaron Ford

Morgan State College

Baltimore, MD

1963

Darwin T. Turner

North Carolina A&T College

Greensboro, NC

1965

Milton G. Hardiman

Lincoln University

Jefferson City, MO

1967

Charles Hugo Curl

Norfolk State College

Norfolk, VA

1968

Richard A. Long

Atlanta University

Atlanta, GA

1971

Ruth N. Horry

North Carolina Central University

Durham, NC

1973

Richard K. Barksdale

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

1975

Herman Bostick

Texas Southern University

Houston, TX

1977

Thelma D. Curl

Norfolk State University

Norfolk, VA

1979

Wilbert J. Roger

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

1982

Eleanor Q. Tignor

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, NY

1984

Anne Venture Young

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

1986

Marie H. Buncombe

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

1988

Marcellus Brooks

Fisk University

Nashville, TN

1990

Thelma B. Thompson

Norfolk State University

Norfolk, VA

1992

James J. Davis

Howard University

Washington, DC

1994

Dolan Hubbard

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

1996

Thomas N. Hammond

North Carolina Central College

Durham, NC

1998

Emma Waters Dawson

Florida A&M University

Tallahassee, FL

2000

Dellita Martin-Ogunsola

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

2002

Yakini B. Kemp

Florida A&M University

Tallahassee, FL

2004

Régine Latortue

Brooklyn College/CUNY

Brooklyn, NY

2006

Booker T. Anthony

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

2008

Antonio D. Tillis

Dartmouth College 

Hanover, NH

2010

Warren J. Carson

University of South Carolina, Upstate

Spartanburg, SC

2012

Mario A. Chandler

Oglethorpe University

Atlanta, GA

2014

Dana A. Williams

Howard University

Washington, DC

2016

Clément A. Akassi

Howard University

Washington, DC

2018

Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

2020

Reginald A. Bess

Claflin University (Retired)

Orangeburg, SC