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Bro. William
H. Cosby, Ed.D. - Comedian, author, actor, producer.
Bro. Carter G. Woodson - The earliest and most outspoken proponent for the study of Black History.
Bro. Charles R. Drew Perfected the use of blood plasma. Professor of Surgery at Howard University.
Bro.
Guion S. Bluford, Jr. was the first African-American in Space. He boarded
the Space Shuttle "Challenger" in 1983 and performed the first "spacelab
mission" on the Orbiter Challenger.
Bro.
Langston Hughes - The Black Poet Laureate, excelled as a poet, playwright,
novelist, lyricist, and humorist.
Bro.
Rev. Jesse Jackson - Former Director of Operation PUSH; Founder, Rainbow
Coalition. Candidate for the United States Presidency in 1984 and 1988.
Bro. Michael
Jordan - Former Outstanding basketball player with the Chicago Bulls, and
Washington Wizzards of the
NBA.
Bro. Dr.
Percy Julian - Discovered the use of foam to extinguish fires and discovered
a method of producing cortisone synthetically.
Bro.
Ronald E. McNair - Astronaut, graduate of M.I.T., Ph.D. in Physics
(civilian).
Bro. Steve Harvey - Comedian, actor, and star of the television sitcom "The Steve Harvey Show",
and "Steve Harvey's Big Time".
The Arts
- Bro. William "Count" Basie - Internationally known
pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader.
- 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
- Bro. Rickey Smiley
- Comedian
- Bro. William H. "Bill" Cosby - Comedian, author, actor,
producer.
- Bro. Roland Hayes - Internationally known tenor of
the 1920s. Hayes sang in five different languages.
Athletics
- Bro. Michael Jordan - Former Outstanding basketball player
with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.
- Bro. Jamal Anderson - Outstanding running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL.
- 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 - Former NFL 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. Charlie Ward - Heisman Trohy winner and NY Knicks
guard.
- Bro. Steve "Air" McNair - Outstanding football player with the Tennessee Titans of the NFL.
- Bro. Hank Aaron - Home-run King who broke Babe Ruth's
record.
- Bro. John Salley - Former NBA Player with the Chicago Bulls.
- Bro. Shaquille O'Neal - Star center with the L.A. Lakers of the NBA.
- Bro. Kevin Hardy - Star linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL.
- Bro. Errict Rhett - Star running-back for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL.
- Bro. Jerry Ball - Player with the Minn. Vikings of the NFL.
- 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. Keith Jackson - Outstanding football player with the Miami Dolphins.
- Bro. Mark Duper - Former fantastic Miami Dolphins player.
- Bro. William Floyd - Outstanding football player with the Carolina Panthers of the NFL.
- Bro. Earl "The Pearl" Monroe
Business
- 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.
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
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.
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.
Science
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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.
- 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).
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Bro. Dr.
Ronald E. McNair - Astronaut, graduate of M.I.T., Ph.D. in Physics(civilian).
- 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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