Candidates For Induction
Final determination of induction is made by the demographically balanced selection committee, whose composition is overseen by the Board of Directors. The Selection Committee is supplemented by our advisory council of academic consultants. Full consideration for Induction is given not only to the basic demographic categories of race/ethnicity, gender, orientation and gender identification, but also to Fields of Contribution and Nations of Origin. All candidate classes identified by the Selection Committee are approved by the TLP Board, which has the ultimate responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the exhibit over the years. Plaque sponsors choose from the approved list of Candidates For Induction which results from the selection process.
Alan L. Hart
Allen Ginsberg
Angelina Weld Grimké
Bessie Smith
Billie Holiday
Dag Hammarskjöld
Daniel Sotomayor
Dusty Springfield
Federico García Lorca
Frances Perkins
George Washington Carver
Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas
Gladys Bentley
Glenn Burke
Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Harry Hay
Henry Gerber
Jean Cocteau
Jeanne Deckers aka The Singing Nun
José Sarria
June Jordan
Kūkai
Ma Rainey
Manuel Ramos Otero
Margaret Mead
Marlon Riggs
Michelangelo
Octavia Butler
Paula Gunn Allen
Pearl Hart
Quentin Crisp
Sappho
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Tennessee Williams
The Road to Marriage Equality
Thomas Dooley
Virginia Woolf