GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL)
Edward W. Brooke, former U.S. Senator (MA)
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., former U.S. Representative (NY)
Andrew Young, former US Congress Representative (GA) and former Mayor (GA)
William Dawson, former U.S. Representative (IL)
William Coleman, Secretary of Transportation
Harold Ford, U.S. Representative (TN)
William H. Gray III, U.S. Representative (PA), UNCF President & CEO
Julian Dixon, U.S. Representative (CA)
Ronald Dellum, U.S. Representative (CA)
Charles Rangel, U.S. Representative (NY)
Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court
Damon J. Keith, U.S. Court of Appeals
Terrence Todman, Ambassador to Denmark
Charles Mahoney, United Nations
Channing H. Tobias, Delegate to the United Nations
Hubert Humphrey, U.S. Vice President
Clarence Pendleton, U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Ralph Metcalfe, U.S. Representative (IL)
Samuel Pierce, U.S. Secretary of HUD
Harry Edwards, U.S. Court of Appeals
O. Rudolph Aggrey, former U.S. Ambassador to Romania
U.W. Clemon, U.S. District Court Federal Judge
James A. Joseph, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa
Ralph Metcalfe, former U.S. Representative (IL)
GOVERNMENT (STATE/LOCAL)
Marion Barry, Mayor-Washington, DC
Henry Marsh, Mayor- Richmond, VA
David Dinkins, Mayor- New York, NY
Lawrence Crawford, Mayor- Suffolk VA
Walter Washington, Mayor- Washington, DC
Maynard Jackson, Mayor- Atlanta, GA
Ernest Morial, Mayor- New Orleans, LA
Richard Arrington, Mayor- Birmingham, AL
Lionel Wilson, Mayor- Oakland, CA
Willie Brown, Assembly Speaker (CA)
Roland Burris, Comptroller- State of Illinois
Dr. Arthur Jefferson, Superintendent- Detroit Public Schools
Dennis Archer, Mayor- Detroit, MI
Thomas V. Barnes, Mayor- Gary, Indiana
Lee Brown, Mayor-Houston, TX
Emanuel Cleaver, Mayor, Kansas City, MO
Norman Rice, Mayor- Seattle, WA
Eugene Sawyer, Chicago, IL
Kwame Kilpatrick, Mayor - Detroit
BUSINESS LEADERS
L.D. Milton, President- Citizens Bank
N.B. Herndon, President- Atlanta Life Insurance Co.
Thomas P. Harris, President- Chicago Metropolitan Insurance Co.
Henry G. Parks, President- Parks Meat Co.
Joshua Smith, President- Maxima Corporation
Wayman Smith, Anheuser-Busch
Thomas J. Burrell, Burrell Advertising
W. Melvin Brown, American Developing Corporation
Eugene Jackson, World African Network CEO
EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP
Charles Harris Wesley, Educator, Historian *
Garrett A. Morgan, Inventor (Sewing Machine) *
John Hope Franklin, Historian
Mal Goode, Journalist *
John H. Johnson, Publisher
Countee Cullen, Poet
Benjamin Quarles, Historian
Calvin Barnett, President of Coppin St. College
E. Franklin Frazier, Sociologist
William Strother, Professor of Psychology Princeton University
Frederick Patterson, Founder-United Negro College Fund
James Cheek, President- Howard University
Earl Richardson, President Morgan State University
Luna I. Mishoe, President- Delaware State College. +
Cornell West, Educator, Philosopher and Author.
THE MILITARY
Fred A. Gordon, Brigadier General- AUS-West Point
Benjamin Hacker, Rear Admiral of US Navy Commander +
Samuel Gravely, Admiral-USN
James McCall, Major General-AUS
Winston Scott, NASA Astronaut
Edward Honor, Major General-AUS
Roscoe Cartwright, General-AUS
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT FIGURES
Duke Ellington, Music Legend *
Lionel Hampton, Music Legend
Antonio Hart, Jazz Musician
Gerald Albright, Jazz Musician
Darryl Bell, Movie Actor & Network TV
Tony Brown, Journalist & TV Producer
Jerry Butler, Singer
Keenen-Ivory Wayans, Actor & Writer
Stuart Scott, TV Sports Analytst
Keith Garrett, Network TV Executive Producer
Donny Hathaway, Singer & Musician *
Lionel Richie, Singer and Songwriter
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
John Hurst Adams, Bishop & Founder of National Black Churches
Harold Davis, President of the American Baptist Churches
T.J. Jemison, President of the National Baptist Convention +
E. Edward Jones, President of the National Baptist Convention of America +
MEDICAL AND SCIENCE LEADERS
Levi Watkins, Medical Scientist
James Corner, Psychologist
Lasalle Lefalle, First African-American president of American Cancer Society
Louis Sullivan, President of Morehouse Medical School.
SPORTS FIGURES
Walt Bellamy, NBA +
Junior Bridgeman, NBA +
Quinn Buckner, NBA +
Lenny Wilkins, NBA
Walt Frazier, NBA +
Bobby Phills, NBA
Wes Unseld, NBA, Washington Wizards
Wayne Embry, NBA-General Manager Cleveland Cavaliers
Wes Chandler, NFL +
Greg Coleman, 1st Black Punter, NFL +
Charles Haley, NFL-Dallas Cowboys
Michael Jackson, NFL-Baltimore Ravens
Carnell Lake, NFL-Pittsburgh Steelers
Art Shell, NFL Hall of Fame
Eric Wright, NFL +
Reggie Williams, NFL +
Joe Green, NFL +
Eugene Upshaw, Executive Director with the NFL¹s Player¹s Association
Jesse Owens, Sports Legend-Track Star
Mike Powell, World record holder in the long jump-Track and Field
Eddie Robinson, Coach, Grambling State University +
* = deceased
+ = no longer active in the noted position.