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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 SchoolCivil 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 novelistMilitary 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 ArmyNobel laureates Image:ToniMorrisonLOC.jpg Toni MorrisonPeace, Literature, or EconomicsToni Morrison, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, Nobel Peace PrizeReligion Louis George Gregory, Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'à 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 ChurchScience, 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 pianistFaculty 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,