Activists 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Activist

Julius L Chambers, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Lester Granger, National Urban League

Dick Gregory, Activist

 

Business 

Thomas Burrell Ceo, Burrell Advertising

W Melvin Brown CEO, American Development Corp.

John H. Johnson Entrepreneur

 

Entertainment

Daryl Bell Actor

Countee Cullen Poet

Duke Ellington Jazz Musician

Donny Hathaway Musician

Stuart Scott ESPN Anchorman

Kennan Ivory Wayans Comedian, Producer

 

Education/Scholarship

Raymond Cannon, First Editor to The Sphinx

Norm Francis President, Xavier University

John Hope Franklin, Historian

Frederick Patterson, Founder UNCF

Cornell West, Author

 

Government/Politics

Edward W Brooke, U.S. Senator

Roland Burris, U.S. Senator

David Dinkins, Former Mayor of New York City

Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Earnest "Dutch" Morial, 1st Black Mayor of New Orleans

Marc Morial, Former Mayor of New Orleans/Pres. Black Urban League

Andrew Young, Former Mayor of Atlanta

 

Military

Roscoe Cartwright, General U.S. Army

Samuel Gravel, Admiral U.S. Navy

Benjamin Hacker Rear, Admiral U.S.Navy

 

Sports

Rosie Greer, NFL Player

Charles Haley, NFL Player

Carnell Lake, NFL Player

Mike Powell, Olympic Champion

Jesse Owens, Olympic Gold Medalist

Eddie Robinson, Winningest Football Coach in NCAA History

Wes Unseld, NBA Player and Coach

Gene Upshaw, President of the NFL Player Association