ACHIEVERS

 

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.
   

Civic

• 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
   

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

• 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
  
• Ed Bradley - Investigative Reporter for 60 Minutes
  
• 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'
   

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 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
   

Military

• Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr USAF* - First AA 4 Star General
  
• Thomas D. Parham, Jr USN 
  
  

Science

• Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr USAF* - First AA 4 Star General
  
• Thomas D. Parham, Jr USN 
  
  

Sports

• 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
  
• 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
  
• Eric Davis - Football
  
• Larry Finch - Basketball
  
• Alex English - Basketball
  
• Alan Henderson - Basketball
  
• Larry Brown - Football
  
• Glyn Milburn - Football
  
• Carl Jackson - Football
  
• Bob Simmons - Football
  
• John Chaney - Basketball
  
• Sam Jones - Basketball
  
• Allan Houston - Basketball