Entertainment |
Bro. Langston Hughes - The Black Poet
Laureate, excelled as a poet, playwright, novelist, lyricist, and humorist. Bro. Sterling Brown -
Teacher, poet, writer, Professor Emeritus of Literature at Howard University, has a special foundation for folk culture and
jazz music. Bro. Carl Rowan - Syndicated columnist. Bro. Joe Torry -
Comedian, author, actor, producer. Bro. William H. "Bill" Cosby - Comedian, author, actor, producer. Bro. Roland Hayes - Internationally known tenor of the 1920s. Hayes sang in five different languages. |
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Athletes |
Bro. Michael Jordan - Outstanding
basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. Bro. De Hart Hubbart - A University of
Michigan sprinter; was the first Black person to represent the United States in the Olympic Games (1924). Bro.
Ed "Too Tall" Jones - Outstanding player with the Dallas Cowboys football team. Bro. Joe Black
- An all-time great Brooklyn Dodger baseball pitcher. In 1952, he had the lowest earned-run average in the Major Leagues. Bro. James Hasty - Outstanding player with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Bro. Charlie
Ward - Heisman Trophy winner and NY Knicks guard. Bro. Steve "Air" McNair - Outstanding
player with the Houston Oilers. Bro. Hank Aaron - Home-run King who broke Babe Ruth's record. Bro. John Salley - Player with the Chicago Bulls. Bro. Shaquille O'Neal
- Star center with the Los Angles Lakers. Bro. Jerry Ball - Player with the Oakland Raiders. Bro. Cedric Maxwell - Outstanding professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics and other teams. Bro. Leroy Walker - A U.S. Olympic coach (sprinters) for many years. Bro. John
Salley - Outstanding basketball player with the Detroit Pistons. Bro. Keith Jackson -
Outstanding football player with the Miami Dolphins. Bro. Mark Duper - Another fantastic
Miami Dolphins player. Bro. William Floyd - Big man on the San Francisco 49ers football team. Bro. Earl "The Pearl" Monroe
Bro. Michael Jordan |
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Entrepreneurs |
Bro. Earl Graves - Publisher of Black
Enterprise magazine. Bro. Gillard S. Glover - President, Afro-American Life Insurance Company. Bro. Thurman McKenzie - Co-owner of M and M Products (Sta Soft Fro). Bro. Otis
M. Smith - General Counsel, General Motors Corporation. Bro. Nathaniel Bronner - Co-owner
of Bronner Brothers Beauty Supplies. Bro. Jesse Hill - President of Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Bro. William Kennedy III - President of North Carolina Mutual Insurance
Company. |
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Civil Rights |
Bro. Rev. Jesse Jackson - Former Director
of Operation PUSH; Founder, Rainbow Coalition. Bro. Grant Reynolds - Played a major role in
President Truman's 1948 decision to desegregate the United States Armed Forces. Bro. James Nabrit -
Former Dean of Howard University Law School and former president of Howard University. A leader in the training of the early
Civil Rights lawyers. Bro. Wiley Branton - Attorney of the "Little Rock Nine" and former Dean
of Howard University School of Law. Bro. Roy Wilkins - Long-time Executive Director of the NAACP. Bro. Benjamin Hooks - Succeeded Bro. Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of the NAACP, the most effective
of all civil rights organizations. Bro. Vernon Jordan - Former Executive Director of the National Urban League. Bro. Khalid Muhammad |
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Education |
Bro. Dr. Carter G. Woodson - The earliest
and most outspoken proponent for the study of Black History. Bro. Benjamin E. Mays - President Emeritus of Morehouse College,
writer and lecturer. Bro. Herman Dreer - Teacher, minister, writer, and author of The History
of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 1911-1961. |
Known as of 1991 |
Name of President |
Institution |
Location |
Bro. Dr. William Harris |
Alabama State University |
Montgomery, Alabama |
Bro. Dr. Billy Black |
Albany State College |
Albany, Georgia |
Bro. Dr. Lawrence A. Davis |
University of Arkansas |
Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
Bro. Dr. Nathaniel Pollard, Jr. |
Bowie State University |
Bowie, Maryland |
Bro. Dr. Ivory V. Nelson |
Central Washington University |
Ellensburg, Washington |
Bro. Dr. Henry N. Tisdale |
Claflin College |
Orangeburg, South Carolina |
Bro. Dr. Samuel D. Cook |
Dillard University |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Bro. Dr. Oscar Prater |
Fort Valley State College |
Fort Valley, Georgia |
Bro. Dr. William Harvey |
Hampton University |
Hampton, Virginia |
Bro. Dr. H. Patrick Swygert |
Howard University |
Washington, D.C. |
Bro. Dr. ; James E. Lyons |
Jackson State University |
Jackson, Mississippi |
Bro. Dr. Roy D. Hudson |
Livingstone College |
Salisbury, North Carolina |
Bro. Dr. David Satcher |
Meharry Medical College |
Nashville, Tennessee |
Bro. Dr. Albert Sloan |
Miles College |
Birmingham, Alabama |
Bro. Dr. William W. Sutton |
Mississippi Valley State University |
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Bro. Dr. Walter E. Massey |
Morehouse College |
Atlanta, Georgia |
Bro. Dr. Luns Richardson |
Morris College |
Sumter, South Carolina |
Bro. Dr. Samuel D. Jolley, Jr. |
Morris Brown College |
Atlanta, Georgia |
Bro. Dr. David Beckley |
Rust College |
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Bro. Dr. William E. Gardner |
Savannah State College |
Savannah, Georgia |
Bro. Dr. James A. Hefner |
Tennessee State University |
Nashville, Tennessee |
Bro. Dr. Haywood Strickland |
Texas College |
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Bro. Dr. Jesse L. Burns |
Edward Waters College |
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Bro. Dr. Eddie N. Moore, Jr. |
Virginia State University |
Petersburg, Virginia |
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Politics |
Bro. Lawrence Douglas Wilder - Became
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1990. He also received the Bronze Star for his military heroics in the Korean
War. Bro. William Hastie - First Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Bro.
George L.P. Weaver - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor. Bro. Vernon Jordan Bro.
Robert C. Weaver - First African American to serve on the Presidential Cabinet when he became Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development in 1966 under President Franklin Roosevelt. Bro. Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.
- Secretary, Department of the Army. Bro. Rev. Jesse Jackson - Candidate for the United States
Presidency in 1984 and 1988. |
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Sciences |
Bro. Dr. Ernest Everett Just - Internationally
known biologist and professor at Howard University. Bro. Dr. Charles Drew - Perfected the use
of blood plasma; Professor of Surgery at Howard University. Physics (civilian) Bro. Percy Julian -
Discovered the use of foam to extinguish fires and discovered a method of producing cortisone synthetically. Bro.
Dr. Fred Drew Gregory - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (pilot). Bro. Charles Bolden
- Astronaut, graduate of the United States Naval Academy (pilot). Bro. Lt. Colonel Guion Bluford
- First African-American in Space. He boarded the Space Shuttle "Challenger" in 1983 and performed the first "spacelab mission"
on the Orbiter Challenger. |
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