Carter G. Woodson, 1915 – 1950
Rayford W. Logan, 1950 – 1951
Vacant, 1951- 1964
Charles Wesley, 1965 – 1972
J. Rupert Picott, 1972 – 1982
M. Sammye Miller, 1983 – 1984
Bonnie J. Gillespie, 1985 – 1987
Karen Robinson, 1988 – 1990
Gail Hansberry, 1990 – 1992
Karen McRae, 1992 – 1993
Gerald R. Warren, Interim, 1994
Dixie Lee Baker, Interim, 1996
Irena Webster, 1996 – 2003
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, 2003 – Current