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Langston Hughes - The Black poet laureate, excelled as a poet, playwright, novelist, lyricist, and humorist.
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Sterling Brown- Teacher, poet, writer, Professor Emeritus of Literature at Howard University, has a special foundation for folk culture and jazz music.
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Roland Hayes- Internationally known tenor of the 1920's; sang in five different languages.
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Max Roach - Internationally known drummer.
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William H. "Bill" Cosby - Comedian, author, and actor.
- William (Count) Basie- Internationally known pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader.
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- Joe Torry - Comedian, author, actor, and producer.
- Steve Harvey - Comedian and actor.
- Rickey Smiley - Comedian and actor.
- Tom Joyner - Radio show host.
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William DeHart Hubbard - University of Michigan sprinter; first black person to represent the United States in the Olympic Games in 1924.
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Joe Black - All-time great Brooklyn Dodger baseball pitcher. Lowest ERA in the Major Leagues in 1952.
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Ed "Too Tall" Jones - Former Outstanding player with the Dallas Cowboys.
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Michael Jordan -Outstanding former player with the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. Voted to NBA Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Mo Vaughn -Former outstanding baseball player with the Boston Red Sox.
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Steve McNair - Outstanding former NFL player with the Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens.
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Jessie Hill - President of Atlanta Life Insurance Company.
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Earl Graves - Chairman and CEO of Black Enterprise Magazine.
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Therman McKenzie - Former Co-Owner of M & M Products (Sta Soft Fro).
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Nathaniel Bronner - Co-Owner of Bronner Brothers Beauty.
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Grant Reynolds - Played a major role in President Truman's 1948 decision to desegregate the United States Armed Forces.
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James Nabrit - Former Dean of the Howard University Law School and former president of Howard University. A leader in the training of the early Civil Rights lawyers.
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Roy Wilkins - Long-time Executive Director of the NAACP.
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Jesse Jackson- Former Director of Operation PUSH; Founder, National Rainbow Coalition.
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Vernon Jordan - Noted Attorney and Former Executive Director of the National Urban League.
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- Wiley Branton - Attorney of the "Little Rock Nine" and former Dean of Howard University School of Law.
- Oliver Hill - Civil Rights attorney whose work against racial discrimination helped end the doctrine of “separate but equal”. 1999 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
- Benjamin Hooks - Succeeded Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of the NAACP, the most effective of all civil rights organizations.
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Dr. Carter G. Woodson - The earliest and most outspoken proponent for the study of Black History.
- Benjamin E. Mays - President Emeritus of Morehouse College, writer and lecturer.
- Professor Frank Coleman - Professor and head of the Physics Department, Howard University.
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- Herman Dreer - Teacher, minister, writer, and author of The History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 1911-1961.
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Wiliam Hastie - First Governer of the Virgin Islands.
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Robert C. Weaver - Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. - Secretary, Department of the Army.
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder - Former Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Togo West - Secretary of the Army.
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- Dr. Ernest Everett Just - Internationally known biologist and professor at Howard University.
- Dr. Charles Drew - Perfected the use of blood plasma; Professor of Surgery at Howard University.
- Percy Julian - Discovered the use of foam to extinguish fires and discovered a method of producing cortisone synthetically.
- Charles Bolden - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Naval Academy (pilot). NASA Administrator (July 17, 2009 - present).
- Dr. Ronald E. McNair - Astronaut, graduate of M.I.T., Ph.D. in Physics (civilian).
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- Dr. Fred Drew Gregory - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (pilot).
- Dr. Hildrus Poindexter - Bacteriologist who studied the epidemiology of tropical diseases.
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