Rob Parker is the founder of the Black Sportswriters Hall of Fame

Rob Parker is the founder of the Black Sportswriters Hall of Fame. Parker is a longtime sportswriter, starting his career in 1986 at the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. He also wrote for the Daily News in New York, was a baseball writer for the The Cincinnati Enquirer. He was also a columnist at the Detroit Free Press, Newsday in New York and The Detroit News.

Original organizing members: David Squires, Shemar Woods, Justice Hill and Teri Washington.

The original voters for the first induction class in 2025: Mike Wilbon, Eric Woodyard,Jemele Hill, Roy S. Johnson, Clifton Brown, Chuck Johnson, Darryl Orlando Ledbetter, Terry Foster, Ron Thomas, Bill Rhoden, Claire Smith, Marc Spears, Leon Carter, Anette John-Hall, Stephen A. Smith, Jean-Jacques Taylor, Jarrett Bell, Paul Mitchell, Elmer Smith, Monte Poole, Jaime Harris, Branson Wright, Shemar Woods, Vinnie Goodwill, Rob Parker, David Squires, Justice Hill, Julian McWilliams, DJ Bien-Aime, Garry Howard, Eric Pate, Rickey Hampton, Calvin Watkins, Chris Broussard, Curtis Bunn and Art Thompson III.