ALPHA PHI ALPHA
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FRATERNITY MISSION STATEMENT
ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY DEVELOPS LEADERS, PROMOTES BROTHERHOOD AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, WHILE PROVIDING
SERVICE AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
FRATERNITY VISION STATEMENT
The objectives of this Fraternity shall be: to stimulate the ambition of its members; to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in
the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual; to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood; and to aid
down-trodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic and intellectual status.
The first two objectives- (1) to stimulate the ambition of its members and (2) to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the cause of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual-serve as the basis
for the establishment of Alpha University.
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Table Of Contents
THE JEWELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
ACADEMIA/EDUCATORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
PROFESSORS & RESEARCHERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
RHODES SCHOLARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
ENTERTAINMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
FILM, TELEVISION, & THEATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
GOVERNMENT/LAW/PUBLIC POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
VICE PRESIDENTS/SUPREME COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
CABINET & CABINET LEVEL RANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
GOVERNORS & LT. GOVERNORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
AMBASSADORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MAYORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
JUDGES/LAWYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
U.S. POLITICAL & LEGAL FIGURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
OFFICIALS OUTSIDE THE U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
JOURNALISM/MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
LITERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
MILITARY SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
RELIGION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SCIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SERVICE/SOCIAL REFORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
OLYMPICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
BASKETBALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
AMERICAN FOOTBALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
OTHER ATHLETICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
OTHER ALPHAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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THE SEVEN JEW
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THE FOUNDERS
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THE JEWELS
Henry A. Callis AlphaCo-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; 6th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Charles H. Chapman AlphaCo-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; Professor of Agriculture at FAMU
Eugene K. Jones Alpha
Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; First Executive Director of the National Urban League; Member of President Franklin D Roo-sevelt’s Black Cabinet
George B. Kelley Alpha Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Nathaniel A. Murray Alpha Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Robert H. Ogle AlphaCo-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; professional staff member to the Committee on Appropriations.
Vertner W. Tandy Alpha
Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha; Architect, whose most famous commission was prob-ably the mansion of Harlem millionairess Madam C.J. Walker
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ACADEMIA/EDUCATORS
Herman Branson Beta GammaPresident of Central State University and Lin-coln University; Co-discoverer of the Alpha helix; Sickle cell physicist
James P. Brawley “unknown” President of Clark College
Calvin Burnett Delta Lambda President of Coppin State University
Julius Chambers Gamma Beta
Attorney who argued in the Supreme Court case styled Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education; 3rd Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; President of North Carolina Central University
James Cheek Beta Rho President of Howard University
Thomas W. Cole, Jr. Alpha Sigma
First President of Clark Atlanta University, President of West Virginia State University, Interim Chancellor of University of Massachu-setts Amherst
Thomas W. Cole, Sr. Alpha SigmaPresident of Wiley College; 21st General Presi-dent of Alpha Phi Alpha
Matthew Davage Alpha PhiPresident of Clark College, now Clark Atlanta University
William B. Delauder Beta Alpha President of Delaware State University
James Douglas Delta Theta First President of Texas Southern University
Floyd H. FlakeZeta Gamma Lambda
Representative from Illinois; President of Wil-berforce University
Ernest A. Finney, Jr. Delta Zeta Lambda
Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court; South Carolina House of Represen-tatives; Interim President of South Carolina State University
Luther H. Foster, Jr. Beta Gamma Fourth President of Tuskegee University
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ACADEMIA/EDUCATORS CONT.
Luther H. Foster, Sr. “unknown” President of Virginia State University
Norman Francis Sigma LambdaPresident of Xavier University; President of Louisiana Recovery Authority; 2006 Presi-dential Medal of Freedom recipient
James Gavin Gamma Mu President of Morehouse School of Medicine
Hugh Gloster Alpha Rho President of Morehouse College
George Gore, Jr. “unknown”First President of Florida A&M University; In-terim President of Fisk University; Founder of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society
Cornelius Henderson Alpha Phi President of Gammon Theological Seminary
Charles Hines BetaPresident of Prairie View A&M University; Major General
Ernest Holloway Beta Kappa 14th President of Langston University
John Hope Eta Lambda
First Black President of Morehouse College; President of Atlanta University; Co-founder of the Niagara Movement and NAACP; 4th President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); 1936 Spingarn Medal recipient
Freeman A. Hrabowski III Delta LambdaPresident of the University of Maryland Balti-more County; social activist
Frederick Humphries Beta Nu First President of Florida A&M University
Charles S. Johnson ThetaEditor of the National Urban League’s Oppor-tunity magazine; First Black President of Fisk University
Walter M. Kimbrough Zeta Pi President of Philander Smith College
Raphael Lanier Mu LambdaUnited States Ambassador to Liberia; First President of Texas Southern University
Thomas F. Law “unknown” First President of St. Paul's College
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John H. Lewis “unknown” President of Morris Brown College
John Middleton “unknown” President of Morris Brown College
Luna Mishoe “unknown” President of Delaware State University
Joseph T. McMillan, Jr. Beta First President of Huston-Tillotson College
Frederick D. Patterson “unknown”
Third President Tuskegee University; Co-founder of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF); 1987 Presidential Medal of Freedom and 1988 Spingarn Medal recipient
Benjamin Payton “unknown” Fifth President of Tuskegee University
Henry Ponder Beta Kappa
President of Talladega College, Fisk University and Benedict College; 28th General Presi-dent of Alpha Phi Alpha; vice-chairman World Policy Council
Earl Richardson “unknown” President of Morgan State University
John Slaughter Kappa TauPresident of University of Maryland and Oc-cidental College; First African American Director of the National Science Foundation
Louis Wade Sullivan Alpha RhoSecretary of Health and Human Services; Co-founder and first President of Morehouse School of Medicine
Ronald TempleDelta Gamma Lambda
President of City Colleges of Chicago
PROFESSORS & RESEARCHERS
L. Jerome Brandon Zeta Omicron
First Black Preisdent of the Southeast Re-gional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, Research in the metabolic syndrome primarily in African Americans; also some research in aging and physical function in African Americans
John Hope Franklin Alpha ZetaPresident of American Historical Association; 1995 Spingarn Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 2006 Kluge Prize recipient
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Hobart Jarrett Alpha Sigma
Member of the Wiley College Debate Team that in 1935 defeated the University of South-ern California national champions; author of the second volume of The History of Sigma Pi Phi
Elgy Johnson “unknown” Mathematician
Kelly Miller BetaMathematician; First Black admitted to Johns Hopkins University; Author of Out of the House of Bondage
(Honorary)
James A. Porter BetaFirst scholar whose book Modern Negro Art became a standard reference work on Black Art in America
Cornel West Zeta Beta Lambda Professor of religion at Harvard and Princeton
RHODES SCHOLARS
Norman Washington Manley Beta Beta LambdaPrime Minister of Jamaica, Founder of Ja-maica's People's National Party, 1914 Rhodes Scholar
Westley Moore Sigma Sigma 2001 Rhodes Scholar
Randal Pinkett "unknown"4th Winner of NBC's reality show, The Ap-prentice; Rhodes Scholar
Kurt Schmoke "Unknown"First Black Mayor of Baltimore; Rhodes Scholar
Andrew Zawacki Kappa Pi 1994 Rhodes Scholar
BUSINESS
Jesse Binga Honorary Founder of Binga State Bank in Chicago
Henry Brown “unknown”Vice President for Marketing Affairs and De-velopment with Anheuser-Busch
W. Melvin Brown Beta Delta CEO of American Development Corporation
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Allen Counts Beta
Chairman, Doley Securities, Inc.; former Presi-dent, Mcclendon, Pryor, Counts (once the largest black-owned investment bank in the USA)
Thomas J. Burrell Theta CEO of Burrell Advertising
Nathaniel Goldston “unknown” CEO and founder of Gourmet Services
Alonzo F. Herndon Eta LambdaFounder and President of Atlanta Life In-surance; namesake of the Alonzo Herndon Stadium at Morris Brown College
(Honorary)
Norris Herndon Sigma President of Atlanta Life Insurance
Eugene Jackson Epsilon Psi CEO of World African Network
Charles James III “unknown” CEO of James Produce
Clifton Jeter BetaCEO, Agricultural Federal Credit Union; CFO of Kennedy Center
John H. Johnson Theta
Founder of Johnson Publishing Company, which publishes Ebony and Jet magazines; First Black to appear on the Forbes 400 Rich List, namesake of Howard University’s School of Communications, Presidential Medal of Freedom and 1966 Spingarn Medal recipi-ent; a portion of Chicago’s famed Michigan Avenue was renamed John H. Johnson Avenue
L.D. Milton “unknown” President of Citizens Bank
Henry Parks Kappa Founder of Parks Sausage
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Samuel Pierce Alpha
Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-ment; Argued before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Martin Luther King Jr. and the New York Times in the impor-tant First Amendment case styled New York Times v. Sullivan; first African-American to serve on the Board of Directors of a Fortune 500 company
ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC
Cannonball Adderley Beta Nu Jazz Saxophonist
Gerald Albright Iota Chi American Jazz Saxophonist
Jerry Butler Xi LambdaSongwriter, composer, former lead singer of The Impressions
Duke Ellington Alpha Zeta Lambda
Composer, bandleader, actor; Grammy Award winner; 1959 Spingarn Medal and 1969 Presi-dential Medal of Freedom recipient; Pulitzer Prize in recognition of his musical genius
Marc Gay Beta Singer in the R&B group Shai
Lionel Hampton PhiJazz percussionist and bandleader; National Medal of Arts recipient; Goodwill Ambassa-dor for the United States
Antonio Hart Sigma Jazz Saxophonist
Donny Hathaway Beta
Songwriter and arranger for The Staple Sing-ers, Jerry Butler, and Aretha Franklin; singer who recorded duets with Roberta Flack, recorded the theme song to the TV series Maude
Fletcher Henderson Alpha PhiPianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and Swing music
Carl Martin Beta Singer in the R&B group Shai
Lionel Richie Alpha Nu LambdaSinger and member of the Commodores, Grammy Award and Academy Award winner; 2003 Hollywood Walk of Fame honoree
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Noble Sissle “unknown”
Jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, and singer of the Harlem Renaissance; lyricist of Shuffle Along which became the first hit musical on Broadway written by and about African-Americans
Darnell Van Rensalier Beta Singer in the R&B group Shai
FILM, TELEVISION, & THEATER
Darryl M. Bell Delta Zeta Actor, best known for A Different World
Benny Boom Pi Rho Director of music videos
Rusty Cundieff Alpha DeltaActor, writer; director of Tales from the Hood, and the Chappelle's Show; correspondent on TV Nation
Todd Duncan “unknown”
First Black to sing with a major opera com-pany and also the original Porgy in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess; 1984 George Pea-body Medal of Music recipient
Derek Fordjour Delta ChiProducer of "The Black Sorority Project: The Exodus", the story of Delta Sigma Theta So-rority
Gary Hardwick EpsilonProducer, writer, director of The Brothers, De-liver Us from Eva, "Radio", and Bring It On
Rob Hardy Beta NuProducer, writer, director and actor of films such as The Gospel, Pandora's Box, Stomp the Yard, and Trois
Kefla Hare Xi Beta Cast Member, Road Rules: Down Under
Gabriel Langley Beta SigmaCast Member, best known for College Hill, the first African American reality television show
Vaughn Lowery Alpha Spokesmodel for Joe Boxer
William Packer Beta NuProducer, writer, director and actor of films such as The Gospel, Pandora's Box, Stomp the Yard, and Trois
Joseph C. Phillips Iota Zeta LambdaActor in The Cosby Show, General Hospital, and Strictly Business, political commentator on NPR’s "News and Notes with Ed Gordon"
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Randal Pinkett "unknown"4th Winner of NBC's reality show, The Ap-prentice; Rhodes Scholar
Paul Robeson NuNFL player, Actor and singer; social activist, 1945 Spingarn Medal recipient; Stalin Peace Prize laureate
Keenen Ivory Wayans Gamma PhiCreator of comedy series In Living Color; Actor, comedian, writer, director; Emmy Award winner
Jamar White Delta ChiProducer of "The Black Sorority Project: The Exodus", the story of Delta Sigma Theta So-rority
Drew Watkins BetaProducer, Inside the NBA; 2-time Emmy Award winner
GOVERNMENT/LAW/PUBLIC POLICY
VICE PRESIDENTS/SUPREME COURT
Hubert Humphrey Honorary
38th Vice President of the United States; 1968 Presidential candidate; Senator from Minnesota; Mayor of Minneapolis; 1979 Con-gressional Gold Medal and 1980 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
Thurgood Marshall Nu
First Black Justice of U.S. Supreme Court; Attorney in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka; First Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; 1946 Sp-ingarn Medal and 1993 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
CABINET & CABINET LEVEL RANKS
Lee P. Brown Epsilon BetaDirector of National Drug Control Policy; First African-American Mayor of Houston, Texas
Robert J. Brown “unknown” Special Assistant for Minority Affairs
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William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
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Secretary of Transportation; First Black Su-preme Court law clerk; co-author of the brief in the landmark Brown v. Board of Educa-tion of Topeka; co-counsel on the landmark case, McLaughlin v. Florida, which established the constitutionality of interracial marriages; Editor of the Harvard Law Review; 1995 Presi-dential Medal of Freedom recipient;
Rayford Logan Omicron
First Executive Director of the National Urban League; Member of President Franklin D Roo-sevelt’s Black Cabinet; 2nd Executive Director of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); 1980 Sp-ingarn Medal recipient; 15th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Samuel Pierce Alpha
Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-ment; Argued before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Martin Luther King Jr. and the New York Times in the impor-tant First Amendment case styled New York Times v. Sullivan; first African-American to serve on the Board of Directors of a Fortune 500 company
Emmett Scott Honorary Special Assistant to the Secretary of War
Louis Wade Sullivan Alpha RhoSecretary of Health and Human Services; Co-founder and first President of Morehouse School of Medicine
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
SENATE
Edward Brooke Beta
Senator from Massachusetts; Attorney Gen-eral of Massachusetts; Chairman Emeritus of World Policy Council; 1967 Spingarn Medal and 2004 Presidential Medal of Freedom re-cipient
HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-TIVES
Emanuel Cleaver Delta ThetaRepresentative from Missouri; Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
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GOVERNMENT
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
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Secretary of Transportation; First Black Su-preme Court law clerk; co-author of the brief in the landmark Brown v. Board of Educa-tion of Topeka; co-counsel on the landmark case, McLaughlin v. Florida, which established the constitutionality of interracial marriages; Editor of the Harvard Law Review; 1995 Presi-dential Medal of Freedom recipient;
Rayford Logan Omicron
First Executive Director of the National Urban League; Member of President Franklin D Roo-sevelt’s Black Cabinet; 2nd Executive Director of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); 1980 Sp-ingarn Medal recipient; 15th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Samuel Pierce Alpha
Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-ment; Argued before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Martin Luther King Jr. and the New York Times in the impor-tant First Amendment case styled New York Times v. Sullivan; first African-American to serve on the Board of Directors of a Fortune 500 company
Emmett Scott Honorary Special Assistant to the Secretary of War
Louis Wade Sullivan Alpha RhoSecretary of Health and Human Services; Co-founder and first President of Morehouse School of Medicine
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
SENATE
Edward Brooke Beta
Senator from Massachusetts; Attorney Gen-eral of Massachusetts; Chairman Emeritus of World Policy Council; 1967 Spingarn Medal and 2004 Presidential Medal of Freedom re-cipient
HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-TIVES
Emanuel Cleaver Delta ThetaRepresentative from Missouri; Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Danny K. Davis “unknown” Representative from Illinois
William Levi Dawson Theta Representative from Illinois
Ron Dellums Xi RhoRepresentative from California; Co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus; Mayor of Oakland
Julian C. Dixon Gamma Xi Representative from California
Chaka FattahZeta Omicron Lambda
Representative from Pennsylvania
Floyd H. FlakeZeta Gamma Lambda
Representative from Illinois; President of Wil-berforce University
Harold Ford, Sr. Beta OmicronRepresentative from Tennessee; Legislator of Tennessee
William H. Gray RhoRepresentative from Pennsylvania; House Majority Whip and House Democratic Whip; CEO of the United Negro College Fund
Al Green Beta Nu Representative from Texas
Earl F. Hilliard Alpha RhoRepresentative from Alabama; Legislator of Alabama
Gregory W. Meeks Zeta Zeta LambdaRepresentative from New York; New York State Assembly
Ralph Metcalfe Nu XiRepresentative from Illinois; Co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus; 1932 and 1936 Olympian
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. “unknown” Representative from New York
Charles B. RangelAlpha Gamma Lambda
Representative from New York; Co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus; First Black to chair the Committee on Ways and Means; New York State Assembly Representative
David Scott Beta Nu Representative from Georgia
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Robert C. Scott Sigma Representative from Virginia
Bennett M. Stewart “unknown” Representative from Illinois
GOVERNORS & LT. GOVERNORS
Walter A. Gordon Alpha Epsilon17th Governor of the United States Virgin Islands; Federal District Judge of the United States Virgin Islands
Joe Rogers Omicron Tau Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
Roy L. Schneider Beta25th Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
Charles Wesley Turnbull Gamma Iota26th Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
James R. Williams Alpha TauLieutenant Governor of Ohio candidate, 25th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
AMBASSADORS
Orison Rudolph Aggrey Gamma IotaRepublic of The Gambia, Republic of Senegal, and Romania
Archibald Carey, Jr “unknown” Diplomat
Walter Carrington SigmaRepublic of Senegal and Federal Republic of Nigeria
Horace Dawson Nu Chapter
Republic of Botswana; Director of the Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center, Howard University; Chairman of the World Policy Council
Frederick Douglass Omega Republic of Haiti; Anti-slavery activist
Lionel Hampton PhiGoodwill Ambassador; Jazz percussionist and bandleader; National Medal of Arts recipient
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GOVERNMENT
Robert C. Scott Sigma Representative from Virginia
Bennett M. Stewart “unknown” Representative from Illinois
GOVERNORS & LT. GOVERNORS
Walter A. Gordon Alpha Epsilon17th Governor of the United States Virgin Islands; Federal District Judge of the United States Virgin Islands
Joe Rogers Omicron Tau Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
Roy L. Schneider Beta25th Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
Charles Wesley Turnbull Gamma Iota26th Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
James R. Williams Alpha TauLieutenant Governor of Ohio candidate, 25th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
AMBASSADORS
Orison Rudolph Aggrey Gamma IotaRepublic of The Gambia, Republic of Senegal, and Romania
Archibald Carey, Jr “unknown” Diplomat
Walter Carrington SigmaRepublic of Senegal and Federal Republic of Nigeria
Horace Dawson Nu Chapter
Republic of Botswana; Director of the Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center, Howard University; Chairman of the World Policy Council
Frederick Douglass Omega Republic of Haiti; Anti-slavery activist
Lionel Hampton PhiGoodwill Ambassador; Jazz percussionist and bandleader; National Medal of Arts recipient
James A. Joseph Beta Sigma South Africa; Under Secretary of Interior
Kenton Keith Upsilon State of Qatar
Raphael Lanier Mu LambdaLiberia; First President of Texas Southern Uni-versity
Delano Lewis Upsilon
South Africa; President and Chief Executive Officer of National Public Radio; President of The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Donald McHenry Eta Tau United Nations
John H. Morrow Delta Iota
First United States Ambassador to Guinea after its independence; first U. S. Represen-tative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Gerald Eustis Thomas “unknown” Guyana and Kenya
Terence Todman “unknown”Republic of Chad, Guinea, Costa Rica, Spain, Denmark, and Argentina
Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. Sigma Norway and Minister to Romania
Franklin Williams “unknown”Republic of Ghana and the United Nations; President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund
Andrew Young Beta
The United Nations; Representative from Georgia; 2-term Mayor of Atlanta; 1990 Gov-ernor of Georgia candidate; 1978 Spingarn Medal, 1981 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and French Légion d'honneur recipient
MAYORS
Dennis Archer Alpha UpsilonJustice of the Michigan Supreme Court; Mayor of Detroit, Michigan; First Black Presi-dent of the American Bar Association
Richard Arrington Gamma Kappa First Black Mayor of Birmingham
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Thomas V. Barnes “unknown” Mayor of Gary, Indiana
Marion Barry Beta XiMayor of Washington, D.C.; first Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Com-mittee (SNCC)
Ted Berry Alpha AlphaFirst Black Mayor of Cincinnati; Board member of the NAACP
Byron Brown Delta EpsilonSenator of New York; First Black Mayor of Buffalo
Willie Brown Xi RhoFirst Black Mayor of San Francisco; Speaker of the California State Assembly
David Dinkins Beta First Black Mayor of New York City
Maynard Jackson Alpha Rho First Black and 3-term Mayor of Atlanta
Harvey Johnson, Jr. Beta Omicron First Black Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
Kwame Kilpatrick Beta Nu Mayor of Detroit
Marc Morial PsiLouisiana State Legislature; Mayor of New Or-leans; 8th CEO of the National Urban League
Ernest Nathan Morial Beta TauLouisiana State Legislature; Mayor of New Orleans; namesake of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans
Rudolph McCollum Beta Mayor of Richmond
James McGee Xi First Black Mayor of Dayton
Norm Rice Alpha XiFirst and only African-American Mayor of Seatttle
Eugene Sawyer Beta Upsilon Mayor of Chicago
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GOVERMENT
Thomas V. Barnes “unknown” Mayor of Gary, Indiana
Marion Barry Beta XiMayor of Washington, D.C.; first Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Com-mittee (SNCC)
Ted Berry Alpha AlphaFirst Black Mayor of Cincinnati; Board member of the NAACP
Byron Brown Delta EpsilonSenator of New York; First Black Mayor of Buffalo
Willie Brown Xi RhoFirst Black Mayor of San Francisco; Speaker of the California State Assembly
David Dinkins Beta First Black Mayor of New York City
Maynard Jackson Alpha Rho First Black and 3-term Mayor of Atlanta
Harvey Johnson, Jr. Beta Omicron First Black Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
Kwame Kilpatrick Beta Nu Mayor of Detroit
Marc Morial PsiLouisiana State Legislature; Mayor of New Or-leans; 8th CEO of the National Urban League
Ernest Nathan Morial Beta TauLouisiana State Legislature; Mayor of New Orleans; namesake of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans
Rudolph McCollum Beta Mayor of Richmond
James McGee Xi First Black Mayor of Dayton
Norm Rice Alpha XiFirst and only African-American Mayor of Seatttle
Eugene Sawyer Beta Upsilon Mayor of Chicago
Kurt Schmoke Delta LambdaFirst Black Mayor of Baltimore; Rhodes Scholar
Lionel Wilson Alpha Epsilon First Black Mayor of Oakland
JUDGES/LAWYERS
Robert Benham Eta LambdaChief Justice of the Supreme Court of Geor-gia
Joe Brown Kappa Eta
Host of the syndicated show Judge Joe Brown; Presided over James Earl Ray’s last appeal for Ray's conviction for the assassina-tion of Martin Luther King, Jr.;
Robert L. Carter Nu
Pivotal role in Sweatt v. Painter, Brown v. Board of Education, and NAACP v. Alabama; U.S. District Court Judge; 2004 Spingarn Medal recipient
Julius Chambers Gamma Beta
Attorney in the Supreme Court case styled Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Ed-ucation; 3rd Director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Presi-dent of North Carolina Central University
Christopher Darden Epsilon MuProsecutor in the murder trial of O. J. Simp-son
Milton C. Davis Gamma Phi
Assistant Attorney General of the state of Alabama who researched and wrote opin-ions which led Governor George Wallace to pardon Clarence Norris, the last known surviving defendant in international cause célèbre case of the Scottsboro Boys; 29th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Harry T. Edwards Theta Zeta LambdaJustice for the United States Court of Ap-peals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Ernest A. Finney, Jr. Delta Zeta Lambda
Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court; South Carolina House of Represen-tatives; Interim President of South Carolina State University
Charles Hamilton Houston Sigma
chief architect of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's strategy for racial equality in disman-tling the Jim Crow laws; First Black Editor of the Harvard Law Review; 1950 Spingarn Medal recipient
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GOVERMENT
Harry E. Johnson Beta Tau
President of the Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., which oversees the fundrais-ing, design, and construction of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial; 31st Gen-eral President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Damon Keith Alpha Zeta
Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan who famously ruled in United States v. Sinclair (upheld in United States v. U.S. District Court) that President Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell had to disclose the transcripts of il-legal wiretaps that Mitchell had authorized without first obtaining a search warrant; 1974 Spingarn Medal recipient
Belford Lawson, Jr. Epsilon
Co-founder of New Negro Alliance; succes-fully argued in United States Supreme Court cases styled New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co. to safeguard the right to boycott, and Henderson v. United States that abol-ished segregation in railroad dining cars; 16th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Greg Mathis Gamma Lambda Host of television series Judge Mathis
Jawn Sandifer Alpha Omicron
Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court; one of two staff lawyers for the National As-sociation for the Advancement of Colored People who successfully argued Henderson v. United States
Arthur Shores Alpha Beta
Attorney in Lucy v. Adams which prevented the University of Alabama from denying ad-mission to applicants solely on account of race or color.
A.P. Tureaud BetaAttorney in Garner v. Louisiana which legal-ized sit-in protests at segregated private businesses and restaurants.
Horace Ward Alpha RhoSenator of Georgia; first African American to serve on the federal bench in Georgia.
U.S. POLITICAL & LEGAL FIGURES
William T. Andrews “unknown” New York State Assembly
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JOURNALSIM/MEDIA
Harry E. Johnson Beta Tau
President of the Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., which oversees the fundrais-ing, design, and construction of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial; 31st Gen-eral President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Damon Keith Alpha Zeta
Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan who famously ruled in United States v. Sinclair (upheld in United States v. U.S. District Court) that President Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell had to disclose the transcripts of il-legal wiretaps that Mitchell had authorized without first obtaining a search warrant; 1974 Spingarn Medal recipient
Belford Lawson, Jr. Epsilon
Co-founder of New Negro Alliance; succes-fully argued in United States Supreme Court cases styled New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co. to safeguard the right to boycott, and Henderson v. United States that abol-ished segregation in railroad dining cars; 16th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Greg Mathis Gamma Lambda Host of television series Judge Mathis
Jawn Sandifer Alpha Omicron
Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court; one of two staff lawyers for the National As-sociation for the Advancement of Colored People who successfully argued Henderson v. United States
Arthur Shores Alpha Beta
Attorney in Lucy v. Adams which prevented the University of Alabama from denying ad-mission to applicants solely on account of race or color.
A.P. Tureaud BetaAttorney in Garner v. Louisiana which legal-ized sit-in protests at segregated private businesses and restaurants.
Horace Ward Alpha RhoSenator of Georgia; first African American to serve on the federal bench in Georgia.
U.S. POLITICAL & LEGAL FIGURES
William T. Andrews “unknown” New York State Assembly
Daniel T. Blue, Jr. Gamma Beta
North Carolina House of Representatives; Speaker of the North Carolina House of Rep-resentatives; 2002 Democratic candidate for the United States Senate
Roland Burris Beta Eta First Black Illinois Attorney General
Al Edwards “unknown”Texas House of Representatives; considered the father of the Juneteenth Holiday
Isiah Leggett Beta SigmaCounty Executive; Montgomery County, MD, first and only African-American elected to the county council
Carl McCall Theta ZetaLegislator of New York; Comptroller of New York; 2002 Democratic candidate for Gover-nor of New York
I. Ray Miller Alpha Rho LambdaOhio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate
William Byron Rumford Gamma Phi Lambda California State Legislature
Vernon Sykes, PhD Phi Ohio Senate
Albert Vann Alpha Xi Lambda New York State Assembly
Herb Wesson NuCalifornia State Assembly; Speaker of the California State Assembly
Tyrone Yates Alpha Alpha Ohio House of Representatives
OFFICIALS OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Norman Washington Manley Beta Beta Lambda5th Prime Minister of Jamaica, Founder of Ja-maica's People's National Party, 1914 Rhodes Scholar
Edward RichardsEpsilon Theta Lambda
First Premier of Bermuda
JOURNALISM/MEDIA
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LITERATURE
Ron Allen Psi News correspondent for NBC and ABC
Tony Brown Alpha Upsilon
Commentator of the syndicated television show; Tony Brown's Journal; founding dean of Howard University's School of Communica-tion
Malvin Russell Goode OmicronFirst Black news correspondent for ABC as a United Nations reporter
Jay Harris Nu ThetaSportscaster for ESPN on SportsCenter and ESPNEWS
Roland S. Martin Pi OmicronEditor of the Chicago Defender, radio talk show host; contributor to CNN
Stuart Scott Mu Zeta Sportscaster for ESPN on SportsCenter
Chuck Stone “unknown”Speechwriter for Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.; First president of the National Association of Black Journalists; Tuskegee Airman
Stan Verrett BetaSportscaster for ESPN on SportsCenter and ESPNEWS
LITERATURE
Countee Cullen Eta Poet of the Harlem Renaissance
Eric Jerome Dickey Kappa Eta Author
E. Lynn Harris Kappa Kappa Author, playwright
Chester Himes KappaAuthor whose works include If He Hollers Let Him Go and a series of Harlem Detective novels
Lawrence Ross Alpha EpsilonAuthor of The Divine Nine: The History of Af-rican American Fraternities and Sororities
Carl Weber Beta Gamma Author
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MILITARY SERVICE / RELIGION
Ron Allen Psi News correspondent for NBC and ABC
Tony Brown Alpha Upsilon
Commentator of the syndicated television show; Tony Brown's Journal; founding dean of Howard University's School of Communica-tion
Malvin Russell Goode OmicronFirst Black news correspondent for ABC as a United Nations reporter
Jay Harris Nu ThetaSportscaster for ESPN on SportsCenter and ESPNEWS
Roland S. Martin Pi OmicronEditor of the Chicago Defender, radio talk show host; contributor to CNN
Stuart Scott Mu Zeta Sportscaster for ESPN on SportsCenter
Chuck Stone “unknown”Speechwriter for Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.; First president of the National Association of Black Journalists; Tuskegee Airman
Stan Verrett BetaSportscaster for ESPN on SportsCenter and ESPNEWS
LITERATURE
Countee Cullen Eta Poet of the Harlem Renaissance
Eric Jerome Dickey Kappa Eta Author
E. Lynn Harris Kappa Kappa Author, playwright
Chester Himes KappaAuthor whose works include If He Hollers Let Him Go and a series of Harlem Detective novels
Lawrence Ross Alpha EpsilonAuthor of The Divine Nine: The History of Af-rican American Fraternities and Sororities
Carl Weber Beta Gamma Author
MILITARY SERVICE
Wesley A. Brown “unknown”Lieutenant Commander; First Black graduate from United States Naval Academy
Roscoe Cartwright “unknown” General, United States Army
Victor Daly Alpha French Croix de Guerre recipient
Fred Gordon Mu Beta LambdaBrigadier General; First African-American First Captain of the West Point Academy
Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. GammaFirst African American Admiral, United States Navy; First African American to command a U.S. fleet.
Benjamin Thurman Hacker Epsilon Mu Lambda Major General, United States Army
Edward Honor Beta Sigma Rear Admiral, United States Navy
James McCall “unknown”Major General Chief in the Pentagon Budget Office
Winston E. Scott Alpha Phi Lambda Astronaut, Johnson Space Center
Johnnie E. Wilson “unknown” Four Star General, United States Army
RELIGION
John Hurst Adams “unknown” President of Congress of Black Churches
Vinton R. Anderson “unknown”92nd Bishop of African Methodist Episco-pal Church; President of World Council of Churches
Tyrone Crider “unknown” National Director of Operation PUSH
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SCIENCE
Harold Davis “unknown” President of American Baptist Churches
Cain Hope Felder Beta
First national director of the United Method-ist Black Caucus; Professor of Theology at Howard University and Princeton University; Editor of The African American Jubilee Bible
T. J. Jemison Beta Upsilon
Co-founder of the Southern Christian Lead-ership Conference (SCLC); President of National Baptist Convention; Organized the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953
E. Edward Jones “unknown”President of National Baptist Convention, America
Martin Luther King, Jr. Sigma
1962 Nobel Peace Prize; Civil rights activist; Co-founder of the Southern Christian Lead-ership Conference (SCLC); Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established in honor; 1957 Spingarn Medal, 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 2004 Congressional Gold Medal recipient; first African American with a memorial on the National Mall
Alfred J. Smith “unknown”President of Progressive National Baptist Convention
SCIENCE
Herman Branson Beta GammaPresident of Central State University and Lin-coln University; Co-discoverer of the Alpha helix; Sickle cell physicist
James Comer Gamma Eta
Prominent child psychiatrist; Founder of the Comer School Development Program at the Yale Child Study Center; associate dean at the Yale School of Medicine
Lloyd Hall Alpha Mu
Chemist who contributed to the science of food preservation. Author of 59 United States patents, and a number of his inventions were also patented in foreign countries
LaSalle Leffalle KappaPresident of American College of Surgeons; President of American Cancer Society
Garrett A. Morgan Delta Alpha Lambda
Inventor who originated a respiratory protec-tive hood (similar to the modern gas masks) and a hair-straightening preparation; pat-ented a type of traffic light signal
Earl W. Renfroe “unknown”
Orthodontist, for many years, he was ac-knowledged as one of the best hands-on clinical orthodontics instructors in the world; a dental facility in Barbados is named after Renfroe
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SERVICE/SOCIAL REFORM
Harold Davis “unknown” President of American Baptist Churches
Cain Hope Felder Beta
First national director of the United Method-ist Black Caucus; Professor of Theology at Howard University and Princeton University; Editor of The African American Jubilee Bible
T. J. Jemison Beta Upsilon
Co-founder of the Southern Christian Lead-ership Conference (SCLC); President of National Baptist Convention; Organized the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953
E. Edward Jones “unknown”President of National Baptist Convention, America
Martin Luther King, Jr. Sigma
1962 Nobel Peace Prize; Civil rights activist; Co-founder of the Southern Christian Lead-ership Conference (SCLC); Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established in honor; 1957 Spingarn Medal, 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 2004 Congressional Gold Medal recipient; first African American with a memorial on the National Mall
Alfred J. Smith “unknown”President of Progressive National Baptist Convention
SCIENCE
Herman Branson Beta GammaPresident of Central State University and Lin-coln University; Co-discoverer of the Alpha helix; Sickle cell physicist
James Comer Gamma Eta
Prominent child psychiatrist; Founder of the Comer School Development Program at the Yale Child Study Center; associate dean at the Yale School of Medicine
Lloyd Hall Alpha Mu
Chemist who contributed to the science of food preservation. Author of 59 United States patents, and a number of his inventions were also patented in foreign countries
LaSalle Leffalle KappaPresident of American College of Surgeons; President of American Cancer Society
Garrett A. Morgan Delta Alpha Lambda
Inventor who originated a respiratory protec-tive hood (similar to the modern gas masks) and a hair-straightening preparation; pat-ented a type of traffic light signal
Earl W. Renfroe “unknown”
Orthodontist, for many years, he was ac-knowledged as one of the best hands-on clinical orthodontics instructors in the world; a dental facility in Barbados is named after Renfroe
Louis Wade Sullivan Alpha RhoSecretary of Health and Human Services; CO-founder and first President of Morehouse School of Medicine
Levi Watkins, Jr. Beta Omicron
Chief of cardiovascular surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital; Performed the world’s first human implantation of the automatic im-plantable defibrillator; First African-American medical student at Vanderbilt University
SERVICE/SOCIAL
REFORM
Julius Chambers Gamma Beta
Attorney in the Supreme Court case styled Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Ed-ucation; 3rd Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Presi-dent of North Carolina Central University
Frederick Douglass OmegaUnited States Ambassador to Haiti; Anti-slav-ery activist
W.E.B. Du Bois Epsilon
Co-founder of Niagara Movement and NAACP; Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Crisis; First African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University; 1920 Spingarn Medal recipient
(Honorary)
Henry Edwards Beta World-famous sociologist
E. Franklin Frazier BetaFirst Black President of the American So-ciological Association; Sociologist on race relations;
Lloyd L. Gaines Alpha PsiCentral figure of one of the most important cases in the U.S. civil rights movement–Su-preme Court case styled Gaines v. Canada
Lester Granger Theta Zeta3rd Executive Secretary of the National Urban League
Dick Gregory Beta Eta1968 Presidential candidate; comedian, social activist, writer
George Haynes “unknown”First President of the National Urban League; First African American to receive a Ph.D. from Columbia University
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SERVICE / SOCIAL REFORM
John Hope Eta Lambda
First Black President of Morehouse College; President of Atlanta University; Co-founder of the Niagara Movement and NAACP; 4th President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); 1936 Spingarn Medal recipient
T. J. Jemison Beta Upsilon
Co-founder of the Southern Christian Lead-ership Conference; President of the National Baptist Convention; Organized the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953
Charles S. Johnson ThetaEditor of the National Urban League’s Oppor-tunity magazine; First Black President of Fisk University
Lyman T. Johnson GammaPlaintiff whose successful legal challenge opened the University of Kentucky to African-American students in 1949
Eugene K. Jones Alpha
Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; 2nd Executive Director of the National Urban League; Member of President Franklin D Roo-sevelt’s Black Cabinet
Martin Luther King, Jr. Sigma
1962 Nobel Peace Prize; Civil rights activist; Co-founder of the Southern Christian Lead-ership Conference (SCLC); Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established in honor; 1957 Spingarn Medal, 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 2004 Congressional Gold Medal recipient; first African American with a memorial on the National Mall
Rayford Logan Omicron
First Executive Director of the National Urban League; Member of President Franklin D Roo-sevelt’s Black Cabinet; 2nd Executive Director of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); 1980 Sp-ingarn Medal recipient; 15th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Jesse E. Moorland Beta
Co-founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); namesake of Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Marc Morial PsiLouisiana State Legislature; Mayor of New Or-leans; 8th CEO of the National Urban League
Floyd McKissick “unknown”2nd President of Congress of Racial Equality; Founder of Soul City
Hugh Bernard Price “unknown” 7th President of the National Urban League
Paul Robeson NuNFL player, Actor and singer; social activist, 1945 Spingarn Medal recipient; Stalin Peace Prize laureate
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SPORTS
John Hope Eta Lambda
First Black President of Morehouse College; President of Atlanta University; Co-founder of the Niagara Movement and NAACP; 4th President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); 1936 Spingarn Medal recipient
T. J. Jemison Beta Upsilon
Co-founder of the Southern Christian Lead-ership Conference; President of the National Baptist Convention; Organized the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953
Charles S. Johnson ThetaEditor of the National Urban League’s Oppor-tunity magazine; First Black President of Fisk University
Lyman T. Johnson GammaPlaintiff whose successful legal challenge opened the University of Kentucky to African-American students in 1949
Eugene K. Jones Alpha
Co-founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; 2nd Executive Director of the National Urban League; Member of President Franklin D Roo-sevelt’s Black Cabinet
Martin Luther King, Jr. Sigma
1962 Nobel Peace Prize; Civil rights activist; Co-founder of the Southern Christian Lead-ership Conference (SCLC); Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established in honor; 1957 Spingarn Medal, 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and 2004 Congressional Gold Medal recipient; first African American with a memorial on the National Mall
Rayford Logan Omicron
First Executive Director of the National Urban League; Member of President Franklin D Roo-sevelt’s Black Cabinet; 2nd Executive Director of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); 1980 Sp-ingarn Medal recipient; 15th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
Jesse E. Moorland Beta
Co-founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); namesake of Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Marc Morial PsiLouisiana State Legislature; Mayor of New Or-leans; 8th CEO of the National Urban League
Floyd McKissick “unknown”2nd President of Congress of Racial Equality; Founder of Soul City
Hugh Bernard Price “unknown” 7th President of the National Urban League
Paul Robeson NuNFL player, Actor and singer; social activist, 1945 Spingarn Medal recipient; Stalin Peace Prize laureate
Jawn Sandifer Alpha Omicron
Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court; one of two staff lawyers for the National As-sociation for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) who successfully argued Henderson v. United States
Herman Sweatt Alpha Sigma
Plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case styled Sweatt v. Painter that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson
Channing Heggie Tobias “unknown”Chairman of the NAACP, Director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund; 1948 Spingarn Medal recipient
Wyatt Tee Walker GammaCo-founder and 3rd Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); Civil and human rights activist
Alfred Bitini Xuma “unknown” President of the African National Congress
Max Yergan “unknown”
2nd President of the National Negro Con-gress; Co-founder of the International Council on African Affairs; 1933 Spingarn Medal re-cipient
Whitney Young Beta Mu
4th President of the National Urban League; 1968 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; namesake of the Whitney Young Memorial Bridge
SPORTS
OLYMPICS
Dave Albritton Kappa1936 Olympian, high jump; inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame, 1980
Don Barksdale Gamma Xi1948 Olympian and first African American to play with the USA Olympic Basketball Team; NBA player
Walt Bellamy "unknown" 1960 Olympian NBA player
Quinn Buckner Gamma Eta 1976 Olympian; NBA player
Sayon Cooper Delta Xi 2000 Olympian, Track and Field
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Ralph Metcalfe Nu XiRepresentative from Illinois; 1932 and 1936 Olympian
Jesse Owens Kappa
1936 Olympian in Track and Field, Associ-ated Press Athlete of the Year, 1936; 1976 Presidential Medal of Freedom and 1990 Con-gressional Gold Medal recipient; namesake of the Jesse Owen Memorial Stadium at Ohio State University
Mike Powell Omicron Eta 1988 and 1992 Olympian, long jump
Eddie Tolan Epsilon 1932 Olympian, 100 and 200 metres
Lenny Wilkens Zeta Pi LambdaNBA player and coach; 1996 Olympian, Bas-ketball Coach
John Woodruff Omicron 1936 Olympian in Track and Field
Kevin Young Gamma Xi 1988 and 1992 Olympian, Track and field
BASKETBALL
Nate Archibald Theta Delta Lambda National Basketball Association (NBA) player
Junior Bridgeman Delta Chi Lambda NBA player
John O. Brown “unknown” Basketball coach for Dillard University
Quinn Buckner Gamma Eta NBA player and coach
Todd Day Kappa Kappa NBA player, WASL player of Lebanon
Wayne Embry Delta UpsilonNBA player and General Manager; Basketball Hall of Fame
Clyde Fletcher Kappa Kappa NBA player, Arkansas Razorbacks
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SPORTS
Ralph Metcalfe Nu XiRepresentative from Illinois; 1932 and 1936 Olympian
Jesse Owens Kappa
1936 Olympian in Track and Field, Associ-ated Press Athlete of the Year, 1936; 1976 Presidential Medal of Freedom and 1990 Con-gressional Gold Medal recipient; namesake of the Jesse Owen Memorial Stadium at Ohio State University
Mike Powell Omicron Eta 1988 and 1992 Olympian, long jump
Eddie Tolan Epsilon 1932 Olympian, 100 and 200 metres
Lenny Wilkens Zeta Pi LambdaNBA player and coach; 1996 Olympian, Bas-ketball Coach
John Woodruff Omicron 1936 Olympian in Track and Field
Kevin Young Gamma Xi 1988 and 1992 Olympian, Track and field
BASKETBALL
Nate Archibald Theta Delta Lambda National Basketball Association (NBA) player
Junior Bridgeman Delta Chi Lambda NBA player
John O. Brown “unknown” Basketball coach for Dillard University
Quinn Buckner Gamma Eta NBA player and coach
Todd Day Kappa Kappa NBA player, WASL player of Lebanon
Wayne Embry Delta UpsilonNBA player and General Manager; Basketball Hall of Fame
Clyde Fletcher Kappa Kappa NBA player, Arkansas Razorbacks
Chris Mills Eta Epsilon Omega NBA player
Bobby Phills Beta SigmaNBA player, Continental Basketball Associa-tion player
Wes Unseld ”unknown” NBA player and coach
John "Hot Rod" Williams Rho Iota NBA player
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Bobby Bell MuNational Football League (NFL) player, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Wes Chandler Theta Sigma NFL player, Four time Pro Bowl player
Michael Clayton Nu Psi NFL player
Greg Coleman Beta NuNFL player, First African American punter in the NFL
Donald Driver Delta Kappa NFL player
Carl Eller Mu NFL player, 2004 Pro Football Hall of Fame
Mel Farr, Jr. Gamma Xi NFL player
Mike Farr Gamma Xi NFL player
Charles Fisher Pi Mu NFL player
Barry Foster “unknown” NFL player
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Derrick Gaffney Theta Sigma NFL player
Nesby Glasgow Alpha Xi NFL player
Barrett Green Pi Mu NFL player
Sammy Green Theta Sigma NFL player
Rosey Grier Gamma Nu
NFL player; Singer; Actor, best known for The Thing with Two Heads; helped apprehend Sirhan Sirhan in the immediate aftermath of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination
Charles Haley Xi Delta NFL player, Five time Pro Bowl player
Michael Jackson Mu Xi NFL player
Trezelle Jenkins Epsilon NFL player
Ron Johnson "unknown"NFL player, Chairman of the National Football Foundation
Dhani Jones Epsilon NFL player
Steve Jordan Alpha Gamma NFL player
Carnell Lake Gamma Xi NFL player
Henry Lawrence Beta Nu NFL player
Mark Lee Alpha Xi NFL player
Mike Merriweather Nu Chi NFL player, Three-time Pro Bowl player
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SPORTS
Bill Munsey Mu NFL player
Adrian Murrell Pi Mu NFL player
Vincent Newsome Alpha XiNFL player, (current assistant director of pro personnel for Baltimore Ravens)
Roman Oben ”unknown” NFL player
Brig Owens Alpha Alpha NFL player
Michael Pittman Epsilon Beta NFL player
Fritz Pollard Alpha GammaOne of the first two Black players in the NFL in 1920; first Black head coach in the NFL; 2005 Pro Football Hall of Fame
Marcus Pollard Epsilon Kappa NFL player
Jethro Pugh Beta Zeta NFL player
Ken Riley Beta Nu NFL player
Paul Robeson NuNFL player, Actor and singer; social activist, 1945 Spingarn Medal recipient; Stalin Peace Prize laureate
Eddie Robinson Beta Iota Lambda
Head of Grambling State University football program for 56 years, established himself as the winningest coach in college football his-tory, becoming the first coach to record 400 wins, and recorded 408 total career wins
Art Shell Gamma Chi LambdaNFL player, Four-time Pro Bowl player; Pro Football Hall of Fame; Second Black head coach in the NFL
Max Starks Theta Sigma NFL player
Sandy Stephens MuNFL player; First African American All-Ameri-can Quarterback
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OTHER ATHLETICS / OTHER ALPHAS
Lemuel Stinson Eta Upsilon NFL player
John Thornton Pi Mu NFL player
Gene Upshaw Gamma Chi LambdaAFL player; 1987 Pro Football Hall of Fame; President of National Football League Players Association (NFLPA)
Reggie Williams Theta Zeta NFL player
Claudius Wright “unknown” NFL player
Eric Wright Zeta Alpha NFL player, Two-time Pro Bowl player
Jason Wright Alpha Mu NFL player
OTHER ATHLETICS
Gerald Harris PiProfessional NHB and mixed martial arts fighter. FCF, TFC, and International Fight League
OTHER ALPHAS
Raymond Cannon MuFirst Editor of The Sphinx, the official pub-lication of Alpha Phi Alpha; 12th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha
George Fletcher Alpha First honorary member of Alpha Phi Alpha
(Honorary)
Henry MintonZeta Omicron Lambda
Co-founder of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity; co-founder of Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia; 1891 Valedictorian of Phillips Exeter Academy
Hilyard Robinson “unknown”Architect, Designed buildings for Howard University, Hampton University and Langston Terrace Dwellings in Washington, D.C.
Ferdinand Rousserve SigmaDesigner of the second fraternity shield that is currently used by Alpha Phi Alpha
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