This page from Dillard University goes into more detail beyond just “famous” people, but it’s interesting to see people who have big leadership positions in famous or important organizations, even if their names aren’t “known” to the majority of citizens. Writer and civil rights activist (Writer of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”) James Weldon Johnson/ Clark Atlanta University Janice Bryant Howroyd/ North Carolina A&TĬEO & Founder of ActOne (1st African American women to build and own a billion dollar company)įormer Brown University President & Current Prairie View A&M University PresidentĪndré Leon Talley/ North Carolina Central Universityįashion journalist, stylist, creative director & Former Editor-at-Large of Vogue magazine Smith/ Winston-Salem State UniversityĮSPN Sports TV Personality, radio host, & journalist Poet, social activist, novelist, & playwrightįilm and TV writer, producer, director, & actorįormer Chair of Microsoft & Current Chair of Illumina Michael Strahan/ Texas Southern University Lawyer, Voter rights activist, & Current Georgia Gubernatorial Candidateįounder of large Multi-Media company (Black Enterprise)īaptist Minister, Civil Rights Leader, & Rainbow/Push Coalition FounderĪfrican-American Scholar & NAACP Co-Founder Thurgood Marshall/ Lincoln University and Howard UniversityĬivil Rights Lawyer & Supreme Court Justice Martin Luther King Jr./ Morehouse College In celebration of the new subcategory of HBCUs in CC, here is a short list of illustrious HBCU alumni and their alma maters: Please feel free to add other great HBCU alumni to the list.
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