The Alabama HBCU Hall of Fame will induct its first class on Dec. 15 during the week leading up to the HBCU Pigskin Showdown game in Marion.

Inductees of the Hall of Fame, which was established as a subsidiary of the HBCU Pigskin Showdown Foundation, include Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr., an Alabama A&M alumnus.

The president of Alabama State University, Dr. Quinton T. Ross, will also be inducted during the Hall of Fame Induction Dinner held in Selma on Dec. 15.

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