The New Pittsburgh Courier had a vision to recognize African Americans in Pittsburgh under 40 who were doing big things in the region already….and so on November 16, 2003, the first Courier Fab 40 was born. Today, the Fab 40 comes with it a large celebration at a Pittsburgh hotel ballroom, complete with a reception, dinner, a DJ, hundreds of friends and family, and the plaque for each honoree. But in 2003, the Fab 40 class had a relatively small get-together at the Crawford Grill at the Square.
Here are the members of the very first Courier Fab 40 Class, in 2003.
EDDA FIELDS-BLACK
GREER REED
JANERA SOLOMON
ROSA COPELAND MILLER
TRACEY MCCANTS-LEWIS
EDWARD GREEN
LESLIE LEWIS
ANJI CORLEY
DWIGHT A. CHAMBERS
LAWRENCE GAINES
DENISE HAYES
WARNER JOHNSON
MICHELLE SCOTT TAYLOR
CHRISTOPHAS WALKER
EDWIN J. MONTGOMERY
DANA RAMSEY
SHARIKA YOUNG
EDDIE EDWARDS JR.
LAMONT JONES JR.
LUTHER J. DUPREE JR.
CAMEIL WILLIAMS
JEFFREY UPPERMAN
ERRIKA FEARBRY JONES
MARIA ANDERSON
COSETTE GRANT
ERICA GRAHAM
LA’TASHA MAYES
EBONY MCKINNEY
STEPHEN BATES
EVANS MOORE
ALEXIS CLIPPER
RONALD D. PORTER JR.
JEFFREY O’NEALE
KEVIN CHASE PATTERSON
LASHAWN TIPTON
KEITH GARDNER
LILLIAN B. YOUNG
CHENITS PETTIGREW
JOY EPPS WEBB
DEBORAH L. BEY
