| Heroes | Academia
Delbert W. Baker (Ph.D.), president Oakwood College
John T. Baker, First African-American dean of the Albany Law School.
Kenneth Clark, educator and pyschologist who conducted the 'doll research' for the Brown vs. Board of Education case.
Charlene Drew Jarvis (Ph.D.), president Southeastern University, daughter of Dr. Charles Drew.
E. Franklin Frazier, sociologist
Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., first African-American president of Gannon University. Former Dean of College of Arts and Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Edison Jackson President of Medgar Evers College
Walter J. Leonard, former president of Fisk University; former Assistant Dean, Howard University School of Law and Harvard University Law School; executive director, Cities in Schools
Beverly D. Malloy, executive vice president, Barber-Scotia College
Kelly Miller, mathematician, scientist, sociologist, first African-American admitted to Johns Hopkins University.
R. Charles Moyer, dean emeritus Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, fifth permanent dean of the University of Louisville's College of Business and Public Administration.
Irvin Reid (Ph.D.), president Wayne State University
H. Patrick Swygert, president Howard University
Dr. Thelma Barnaby Thompson, 12th president of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
Doris Evans McGinty, first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in musicology from Oxford University.
Entrepreneurship Joshua Mercer.
Athletics
Ronald Bartell, NFL cornerback (Saint Louis Rams)
Milan Brown, head men's basketball coach at Mount Saint Mary's University
Marques Douglas, NFL defensive end (New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco Forty-Niners)
Omar Evans, Canadian Football League defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders)
Dennis Felton, head men's basketball coach at the University of Georgia.
Rhadi Ferguson, 4-time US National Judo Champion, a 2004 Judo Olympian
Pep Hamilton, quarterbacks coach for the Chicago Bears
Shaka Hislop, goalkeeper for FC Dallas and Trinidad and Tobago national football team who played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Gary Harrell, NFL/WLAF receiver, New York Giants, Frankfurt Galaxy, assistant coach, Texas Southern University
Nigel Henry, professional soccer player
Wycliffe Nathaniel Bubba Morton, Major League Baseball player, (Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves, California Angels), first African-American to sign with the Detroit Tigers.
David Oliver, professional athlete-track and field.
Jay Walker, ESPNU Football analyst, NFL quarterback (New England Patriots, 1994; Barcelona Dragons, 1995; Minnesota Vikings, 1996-97), Maryland State Delegate
Billy Jenkins, former National Football League Defensive Back
Antoine Bethea, NFL safety (Indianapolis Colts)
Business
Oliver McIntosh, President and CEO of International Media Content, the largest sports rights company in the Caribbean
Vernon Jordan, Attorney, Senior Managing Director with Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, former president of the Urban League
Dumarsais Simeus, owner Simeus Foods, International.
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, Founder, Former President & Chief Executive Officer Centennial One, Inc.; first African-American woman to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School
Civil Rights, Law & Government
Edward Brooke
Elijah Cummings
Harold Ford, Sr.
Thurgood Marshall
Gregory W. Meeks
L. Douglas Wilder
Albert Wynn
Andrew YoungThe Rt. Hon (Dr.) Nnamdi Azikwe, First President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1960-66)
Boce W. Barlow, Jr. first African-Amreican to be elected to the Connecticut State Senate.
William V. Bell mayor of Durham, North Carolina
Adolphus A. Birch the first African-American to serve as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Dr. Percival Broderick, Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica
Hon. Edward Brooke, first African-American elected to the United States Senate
Gayleatha Brown, Ambassador to Benin
Hon. Ewart Brown, Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport of Bermuda
Basil Keith Bryan, Consul General to New York for Jamaica
Hon. Arthur L. Burnett, Sr., Senior Judge currently Judge Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Hon. Roland Burris, former State Attorney General, Illinois
Hon. Robert L. Carter,(School of Law) civil rights advocate and judge of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Mary Ann Shadd Cary publisher, abolitionist and suffragist, founded the first racially-integrated school in Canada, first female newspaper editor in Canada, second woman to graduate as a lawyer in the United States, first black woman to cast a vote in a national election
Hon. Elijah Cummings, United States Congress
Hon. David Dinkins, first African-American mayor of New York City
Hon. Herbert B. Dixon, Jr., Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Hon. George W. Draper III, first African-American Chief Judge for the Missouri Chourt of Appeals Eastern District, first African-American male to be appointed a judge in St. Louis *Hon. Mike Espy, first African-American United States Secretary of Agriculture
Melvin Evans former Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, former Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives
James Farmer, civil rights activist, founder and first leader of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Hon. Adrian Fenty, current mayor of Washington, D.C.
Harold Ford, Sr. former United States Representative from Tennessee
Hon. Shirley Franklin, first female and currentmayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Hon. Garrin P. Gayles, Judge, Miami-Dade County Court.
Emma Gillett, co-founder of the first law school in the world founded by women, first woman to be appointed notary public by the President of the United States.
Dr. James W. Holley, III, D.D.S., mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia.
Dr. Cheddi Jagan, President, Guyana
Jack Johnson, County Executive, Prince George's County, MD.
William A. Johnson, Jr., mayor, Rochester, NY.
Elaine R. Jones, former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Hon. John Junor, Minister of Health, Jamaica
Dr. Oliver Harper, Minister of Health, Guyana
Hon. Patricia Roberts Harris, United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, United States Ambassador
Kamala D. Harris, San Francisco District Attorney
Hon. Joseph W. Hatchett, Former Florida Supreme Court Judge, first African-American in the south to win a statewide election.
Hon. Earl F. Hilliard, United States Congress
Benjamin Hooks, former executive director of the NAACP
Lonna Hooks, Secretary of State of New Jersey from 1994 to 1998, under Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman.[1]
Hon. Sharon Pratt Kelly, first African-American female mayor of a major city, Washington, D.C.
Hon. Keith Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jamaica
Hon. Thurgood Marshall,(School of Law) first African-American United States Supreme Court justice
Rudolph C. McCollum, former mayor, Richmond, Virginia
Hon. Gabrielle McDonald, judge Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands
Enolia McMillan first female national president of the NAACP
Hon. Gregory W. Meeks Representive for New York's sixth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives
Hon. Vicki Miles-LaGrange District Judge, Western district of Oklahoma, first African-American woman U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, first African-American woman elected to the Oklahoma Senate.
Keith Mitchell, Ph.D. Prime Minister of Grenada
Hon. Thomas R. Monroe, first African-American judge in Arlington County, VA.
Brandon T. Neal, national director of the NAACP Youth and College Division
James E. O'Hara member, United States House of Representatives (1883 to 1887) representing North Carolina.
Hon. Ronald Palmer, Ambassador to Togo, Malaysia and Mauritius
Adam Clayton Powell IV, Member of the New York State Assembly. Son of Civil Rights leader - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Hon. Peggy Quince, the first African American woman on Florida Supreme Court
Charlotte E. Ray, the first African American woman lawyer
M. Kasim Reed, Georgia State Senator
Hon. Spottswood Robinson, judge, United States Court of Appeals
J. Todd Rutherford, South Carolina State Representative
Hon. Roy Schneider, Governor United States Virgin Islands
SirArleigh Winston Scott first native Governor-General of Barbados
James R. Spencer Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Hon. Craig S. Strong, Michigan Third Circuit Court judge
Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan, judge of United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Kwame Ture, activist, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), born Stokely Carmichael
Dale Wainwright first African American ever elected to the Texas Supreme Court
Hon. Walter Washington, first elected mayor of Washington, D.C.
Hon. L. Douglas Wilder, first elected African-American United States governor, current Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
Hon. Harris Wofford, United States Senator representing Pennsylvania (1991-95)
Hon. Albert Wynn, first African-American elected to the United States Congress from Prince George's County and Montgomery County in Maryland
Hon. Andrew Young, first African-American United Nations Ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
[edit] Media & Literature
Candace Allen, Miss District of Columbia USA 2006
Shauntay Hinton, Miss USA 2002
Shilah Phillips, first African-American to hold the Miss Texas USA title, first runner-up Miss America 2007
Alena Neves, Miss District of Columbia USA - 1993
Christie Davis, Miss Maryland USA - 2000
Camille McDonald, model - appeared on America's Next Top Model, cycle 2"
Ambreal Williams, model - appeared on America's Next Top Model, cycle 9"
Michelle Miller reporter, CBS News
Pat Lawson Muse television anchor, WRC-TV Washington, D.C.
Cynne Simpson television anchor, WGCL-TV Atlanta.
Dianne Houston, Oscar-nominated filmmaker.
Zora Neale Hurston, anthropologist and author
Hal Jackson first African-American radio sportscaster; co-owner of the first African-American owned and operated station in New York
Robert "Scoop" Jackson sports journalist and contributor, ESPN
Michael King conservative commentator; television producer, WXIA-TV Atlanta (did not graduate)
Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, reality television contestant (The Apprentice, The Surreal Life)
Solomon Mutswairo, novelist and poet
Benilde Little, author
Lesli Foster, television anchor, WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C.
Ernest Dickerson, Filmmaker (Director)
Malik Sayeed, Filmmaker
Vickey Mabrey, CBS News, 60 Minutes correspondent-New York
Fredricka Whitfield, Anchor, CNN
Sister Toldja, award winning blogger
A.J. Calloway, On air personality
Lala Vasquez, On air personality
Lori Stokes - News anchor, WABC-TV New York.
Ananda Lewis - BET Talk Show Host; former host The Ananda Lewis Show
Stan Verrett, reporter, ESPNEWS
Sadat X, rapper, member of hip hop group Brand Nubian
Richard Wesley, playwright and screenwriter
Isaiah Washington, actor, (get on the bus, Grey's Anatomy)
Frederick James (Freddie)Perren - Two time Grammy Award Winning songwriter/producer Saturday Night Fever.
Gus Johnson, sportscaster, CBS Sports
Al Shearer, Former BET Personality and actor
Omar Tyree, award-winning novelist
Military
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Brigadier General, first African-American general in the U.S. Army.
Lester Lyles General, U.S. Air Force, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Commander, Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Togo West, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, former Secretary of the Army
Nobel laureates
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Toni MorrisonPeace, Literature, or Economics
Toni Morrison, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, Nobel Peace Prize
Religion
Louis George Gregory, Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'í Faith
Beryl Higgs, second woman to be ordained by the Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas
Vashti Murphy McKenzie, first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Science, Medicine & Mathematics
Patricia BathDr. Patricia Bath MD ophthalmologist, the first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention
Dr. David Blackwell PhD, first African-American elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. St. Elmo Brady PhD, first African-American to earn a doctorate in chemistry.
Cheick Modibo Diarra astrophysicist, director of NASA's "Mars Exploration Program Education and Public Outreach," chairman of Microsoft West Africa
Dr. Lena Franes Edwards MD, physician (obstertrics and gynecology) and humanitarian, received Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964
Dr. Percy Lavon Julian PhD, second African-American to earn a doctorate in chemistry, second African-American to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences, held more than 130 chemical patents.
Dr. Ruth Ella Moore PhD, first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in bacteriology.
Visual and Performing Arts
Ossie Davis, 1951
Sean Combs
Phylicia Rashad
Roxie RokerDebbie Allen, dancer, actress
Geri Allen, jazz pianist
Laz Alonzo, actor (Stomp the Yard, Jarhead, All souls: Dia delos muertos, This Christmas)
Ambre Anderson, model, actress
Anthony Anderson, actor (Two Can Play that Game, Barbershop, Kangaroo Jack, "The Shield," "The Bernie Mac Show.")
Amiri Baraka, author and poet
Ysaye M. Barnwell, member of a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, actress, author.
James A. Bland, musician and composer. Author of over 700 songs including the former state song of Virginia.
Elizabeth Catlett, sculptor and printmaker.
Sean Combs, music producer, also known as "Puffy", "P. Money", "Puff Daddy", "P. Diddy", and "Diddy"
Ossie Davis, actor and activist
Paul Laurence Dunbar, late 19th century poet
Lillian Evanti, opera singer
Roberta Flack, singer
Benny Golson, jazz saxophone
Rich Harrison, Grammy winning record producer and song writer
Donny Hathaway, singer
Taraji P. Henson, actress (Hustle and Flow, Baby Boy, Something New, Smokin Ace's, Talk to me)
Shirley Horn, Jazz singer
Lois Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel , artist and educator
Jessye Norman, opera singer, received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006
Shaunielle Perry, stage director, playwright and educator
Phylicia Rashad, actress (The Cosby Show), first African-American actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Marlon Wayans, actor (The Wayans Brothers,Little Man, White Chicks) (did not graduate)
Tracie Thoms, actress (Rent the movie,The Devil wears Prada, Grindhouse)
Kenny Lattimore, singer, husband of singer Chante Moore
Paula Jai Parker, actress (Hustle and Flow, Idlewild)
Carl Anthony Payne II, Actor, "The Cosby Show - Cockroach" "Martin" (did not graduate)
Karen Malina White, Actress, "The Cosby Show - Charmaine"
Roxie Roker - Helen from "The Jeffersons" - Lenny Kravitz's mother
Wendy Raquel Robinson, actress(Regina -The Steve Harvey Show, The Game, Two Can Play that Game, Something New).
Shai Band - "If I Ever Fall in Love"
Richard Smallwood, Gospel singer, pianist, and arranger
Crystal Waters, singer - "Gypsy Woman - She's homeless" "100% Pure Love" "Makin Happy"
Angela Winbush, singer - "Your smile" "Imaginary Playmates" "Angel"
Lynn Whitfield, actress (Madea's Family Reunion, Head of State, Eve's Bayou, Josephine Baker Story)
Marcus Johnson, Jazz pianist
Faculty
Ralph Bunche, political scientist, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE - 1950, chair, Department of Political Science 1928-1950
Sterling Brown, writer, teacher, literary critic, poet laureat for Washington, D.C., professor 1929- around 1969
Merze Tate, first African-American graduate of Western Michigan College, first African-American female to attend Oxford, first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in government and international relations from Harvard University, one of the first women members of the Department of History at Howard University, expert in diplomatic history, professor 1942-77
Dr. Clive Callender, one of the foremost specialists in organ transplant medicine in the United States. Professor at Howard University College of Medicine, 1973- present.
Alain Locke, Professor - African American writer, philosopher, educator, |
