Famous Members of
Who We Are
Business
-Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. - Prominent Los Angeles, CA Attorney
-Robert Johnson - BET Founder
-Reginald F. Lewis* - Former CEO of world's largest AA company, TLC
Percy Sutton - Entrepreneur and Owner of the Apollo Theater
Lerone J. Bennett, Jr. - Editor
Keith Clinkscales - CEO/President of Vibe Magazine
John E. Jacob - Exec VP of Anheuser-Busch, Inc and former CEO, National Urban League
C.C. Spaulding - First President of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Bert Collins - Current President of NC Mutual Life Insurance
Edward G. Gartner - President of Soft Sheen Products, Inc.
Civics
Dr. Rev. Ralph Abernathy* - Civil Rights Leader and former president of SCLC
Dr. Samual D. Proctor
Dr. Rev. Leon Sullivan - Pastor of Zion Baptist Church - Philadelphia, PA
Rev. Gardner C. Taylor
Bishop Eddie L. Long
Rev. Calvin O. Butts - Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church - Harlem, NY
Dr. William Gibson - Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of NAACP
C. Vernon Mason - Prominent civil rights attorney and activist
Judge Herman Thomas -State Supreme Court of Alabama, Board of Trustees -University of South Alabama
Education
Dr. Joseph B. Johnson
Dr. Harold M. McNeil
Dr. Robert L. Randolph
Dr. Dallas Simmons
Dr. William E. Sims
Dr. Harrison B. Wilson Jr.
Dr. Samuel Massie
Dr. Horace M. Bond - Past president of Lincoln University (PA)
Dr James Shepherd* - Founder and first president of NCCU
Dr. Kenneth B. Clark - Prominent social psychologist and researcher
Dr. C. Eric Lincoln - Author of Black Muslims in America
Arthur Schomburg - Historian and scholar of African-American culture
Entertainment
Sterling Robert Macer, Jr. - Director (Mu Epsilon)
Kenny Burrell - Jazz
Donald Byrd - Jazz
John Singleton - Oscar nominated Director/Screenwriter
Dr. Billy Taylor - Jazz
Cedric the Entertainer - Comedian, The Steve Harvey Show
Joe Clair - Rap City Host
Tavis Smiley - BET Talk Show Host
Montell Jordan - R&B Singer
William Grant Still - Composer and Musician
William Raspberry - Syndicated Columnist for Washington Post
Ralph Wiley - Sports Writer and Author
Whitman Mayo - Actor who starred as Grady on 'Sanford and Son'
Jester Hairston - Actor who starred as Rolly Forbes on 'Amen'
Earnest Thomas - Actor who starred as Roger on 'What's Happening'
Gus Johnson - CBS Sports Announcer
Government
Past Grand Polemarch Thomas Bradley - Former Mayor of LA
John Conyers - Congressman (D-MI)
Vernon Jones - Georgia State Representative
George Crockett Jr.- Congressman (D-MI)
Walter Fauntroy - Congressman (D-D.C.)
Mayor Elihu Harris - Oakland, CA.
Judge Carl Stokes - First A-A mayor of a major US city (Cleveland)
Louis B. Stokes - Congressman (D-OH)
Mayor Wellington Webb - Denver CO
Mayor Michael White - Cleveland, OH
Marvin Arrington - Atlanta City Council President
Mervyn Dymally - Congressman (D-CA)
Rep. Alcee Hastings - Florida
Rep. Albert R Wynn - Maryland
Rep. Sanford Bishop - Georgia
Bennie Thompson - Congressman (D-MS)
Edward Perkins - Ambassador to Australia
W. Wilson Goode - First AA Mayor of Philadelphia
Rep. Johnny Ford - Alabama (Former Mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama)
Sports
Rod Smith- Football
Arthur Ashe* - Tennis
Ernest Byner - Football
Wilt Chamberlain* - Basketball
Willie D. Davis - Football
Greg Lloyd - Football
Kenny Lofton - Baseball
Bill Russell - Basketball
Oscar Robertson - Basketball
Tarras Ross - Football
Gayle Sayers - Football
Kerry Kittles - Basketball
Lorenzen Wright - Basketball
Jon Drummond - Track and Field
Anfernee Hardaway - Basketball
J.J. Birden - Football
Bernie Bickerstaff - Basketball
Rolando Blackman - Basketball
Danny Manning - Basketball
Johnny Newman - Basketball
Elliot Perry - Basketball
Chris Oldham - Football
Ron Dickerson - Football
Derek Loville - Football
Steve Wallace - Football
Elijah Williams - Football
Eric Davis - Football
Larry Finch - Basketball
Alex English - Basketball
Alan Henderson - Basketball
Larry Brown - Football
Glyn Milburn - Football
Carl Jackson - Football
Willie Jackson - Football
Terry Kackson - Football
Bob Simmons - Football
John Chaney - Basketball
Sam Jones - Basketball
Allan Houston - Basketball
Myron Rolle (Rhode Scholar) - Football
Coach Mike Tomlin (Pittsburgh Steelers) - Football
Emmett L. Ashford - Baseball Umpire (first black)
Frederick "Duke" Slater - Football
Military
Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr. USAF* - First AA 4 Star General , Tuskeegee Airman
Thomas D. Parham, Jr. USN
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Science
Dr.Bernard A. Harris, Jr. - First Black Astronaut
Dr. Henry Foster - Surgeon General Nominee