- Michael Jackson
Michael Dwayne Jackson (born April 12, 1969 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana) is a former American professional football player who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round of the 1991 NFL Draft. A 6'4", 195 lbs. wide receiver from the University of Southern Mississippi, Jackson played in eight NFL seasons from 1991-1998 for the Browns and Baltimore Ravens. Injuries cut his career short and forced him to retire at the age of 29. In 1993, … - Al Green
Alexander N. "Al" Green, commonly known as Al Green, was born on September 1, 1947, and is the U.S. Representative from the Ninth Congressional District in Texas (map). Green won the Democratic primary for District 9 in Houston on March 9, 2004, a district that is largely Democratic with 37% of its population African American and 31% Hispanic - two ethnic groups that traditionally support the Democrats - and later was victorious over Republican Arlette Molina. - John Hope
John Hope (June 2, 1868 - February 20, 1936), born in Augusta, Georgia, was an African-American educator and political activist. He was the son of a white father, who was a farmer, and a black mother. Hope graduated from Worcester Academy in 1890, then taught at Brown University. After he graduated from Brown in 1894 he taught at Roger Williams University. In 1897 he married Lugenia Burns Hope, who would become a well-known social reformer. - Harry E. Johnson
Harry E. Johnson (b. in St. Louis, Missouri, United States), is a practicing attorney in Houston, Texas, and serves as an adjunct professor of law at Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law. He received his undergraduate from Xavier University of Louisiana and his J.D. from Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Johnson was the 31st General President of Alpha Phi Alpha, … - Maynard Jackson
Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He served three terms, two consecutive terms from 1974 until 1982 and a third term from 1990 to 1994. His grandfather was civil rights leader John Wesley Dobbs. Jackson graduated from Morehouse College in 1956 when he was only eighteen. After attending Boston University law school for a short time, he held several jobs, … - Charles H. Wesley
Charles Harris Wesley (December 2, 1891 - August 16,1987) was a noted African American historian, educator, writer and author. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he graduated from Fisk University in 1911 and received a Master's degree from Yale University in 1913. In 1925, Wesley became the third African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Wesley was Dean of Liberal Arts and the Graduate School at Howard University until 1942, … - Tony Brown
William Anthony Brown (born April 11, 1933) is an American journalist, academian and businessman. He is best known as the commentator of the long running syndicated television show, Tony Brown's Journal. In 1959, he received a BA in Sociology from Wayne State University. In 1961, he received an MA in Psychiatric Social Work from Wayne State University. He is a former faculty member at Central Washington University and Federal City College. - Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903-January 9, 1946) was an African-American Romantic poet and an active participant in the Harlem Renaissance. - Lawrence Ross
Lawrence Ross was born on February 20, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. He attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles, and then University of California, Berkeley and UCLA, where he earned a degree in History. Ross worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Independent Newspaper and was appointed managing editor of Rap Sheet magazine, hip hop's first West Coast magazine. - Roland S. Martin
Roland S. Martin is an African-American author, syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate, and radio talk show host. He is also author of the book, "Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America" (2002, ISBN 0-9719107-0-7). He is the former executive editor of the "Chicago Defender". Martin hosts a morning radio talk show on WVON-AM in Chicago. - Joseph C. Phillips
Joseph Connor Phillips (born January 17, 1962 in Denver, Colorado) is an African American actor. He is the son of Dr. Clarence Phillips, a distinguished Denver pediatrician. Phillips played Martin Kendall on the NBC sitcom, "The Cosby Show" from 1989 to 1991. A little side fact from the Cosby Show is that Mr. Phillips played a character named Daryl on the second season of the show. Daryl was the man that Dr. Huxtable wanted his daughter, Sondra, … - Henry A. Callis
Henry Arthur Callis (b. January 14 1887, - d. November 12, 1974) was one of the seven founders ("commonly referred to as The Seven Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. Callis co-authored the Fraternity name with Eugene Jones and became the only Jewel to become General President of the fraternity. He became a physician and worked as a medical consultant at the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, … - David Scott
David Scott (born June 27 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 13th District of Georgia. - Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame M. Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is the mayor of Detroit, Michigan. Elected at age 31, he is the youngest mayor in the history of Detroit, as well as the second youngest current mayor of any major U.S. city. Kilpatrick briefly addressed the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Prior to defeating City Council President Gil Hill (former Detroit police detective who also appeared in the Beverly Hills Cop films) in the 2001 mayoral election, … - Robert H. Ogle
Robert Harold Ogle was one the seven founders ("commonly referred to as Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. He proposed the Fraternity’s colors and was Alpha chapter’s first secretary. Ogle joined George Kelley in working out the first ritual and later became a charter member of Washington D.C.’s Mu Lambda Chapter. - Eugene K. Jones
Eugene Kinckle Jones was one the seven founders ("commonly referred to as Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. He became Alpha chapter’s second President and co-authored the Fraternity name with Henry Callis. Jones organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell: Beta at Howard University, Gamma at Virginia Union University and the original Delta chapter at the University of Toronto in Canada. - Nathaniel A. Murray
Nathaniel Allison Murray was one the seven founders ("commonly referred to as Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. He was a member of Alpha chapter’s first committee on organization of the new fraternal group, as well as the Committee on the Grip, and later became a charter member of Washington D.C.’s Mu Lambda Chapter. Murray pursued graduate studies at Howard University and later taught in public schools. - George B. Kelley
George Biddle Kelley was one of the seven founders ("commonly referred to as Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906, and Alpha chapter’s first President. Kelly served on committees that worked out the fraternity handshake and with Robert Ogle on the ritual. Kelley resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany, New York. George Kelley died in May 5, 1962. - Charles H. Chapman
Charles Henry Chapman was one of the seven founders ("commonly referred to as Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. During the organization stages of Alpha chapter, he was the first chairman of the "Committees on Initiation and Organization". Chapman entered the field of higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University (FAMU). - Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle (born Ethel Hedgeman, February 10, 1885 - November 28, 1950) was an African-American founder of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA). - Fritz Pollard
Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard was the first African American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard along with Bobby Marshall were the first two African American players in the NFL in 1920. Pollard graduated from Lane Tech high school in Chicago where he ran track. Pollard played college football at Brown University and later played professional football with the Akron Pros, the team he would lead to the NFL (APFA) championship in 1920. - Stuart Scott
Stuart Scott (born July 19, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American sportscaster for ESPN, most visibly as an anchor on "SportsCenter". Scott attended Richard J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, NC and later the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) where he was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and on-air talent at student-run radio station WXYC. Scott graduated from UNC in 1987 with a bachelor of arts in speech communication. - Wes Unseld
As a player, Wes Unseld seemed to have been chiseled from a block of granite, with a stoic demeanor and an iron resolve to win. A 6-7 bull of a center, he forged his reputation on relentless rebounding, bone-jarring picks, and laser-beam outlet passes. He did all the unspectacular things that led to glamorous victories. - Mike Powell
Michael ("Mike") Anthony Powell is an American Track and Field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record. Mike Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 1991 World Championships in Athletics (Tokyo), he broke Bob Beamon's 23-year-old long jump world record by 5 cm (2 inches), leaping 8.95 m (29 ft 4½ in). The world record still stands. - Kelly Miller
Kelly Miller (July 23, 1863 - December 29, 1939) was a mathematician, sociologist, essayist, and newspaper columnist, and an important figure in the intellectual life of black America for close to half a century. Born in Winnsboro, South Carolina in 1863, he worked his way through Howard University, then did postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University, the first black ever admitted to that university. Appointed professor of mathematics at Howard in 1890, … - Reggie Williams
Reginald Williams (born September 19, 1954 in Flint, Michigan) is a former professional American football player. Williams graduated from Dartmouth College, where he starred as a linebacker. In 1976, he was drafted in the third round by the Cincinnati Bengals, for whom he played fourteen seasons. During that time, he played in two Super Bowls. In 2007 Reggie Williams was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, … - Chuck Stone
Chuck Stone (born July 21, 1924) is a former Tuskegee Airman, an American newspaper editor, columnist, and professor of journalism. In the 1940s, he was the first African-American undergraduate in several decades at Wesleyan University, graduating in the class of 1948. He was the first president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ, 1975-1977). According to his brief biography on the NABJ site, "Because of his reputation for integrity, … - Lester Granger
Lester Blackwell Granger (September 16, 1896 - January 1976) was an African American civic leader who organized the Los Angeles, California, chapter of the National Urban League (NUL). Granger was born Newport News, Virginia, one of six sons. His mother was a teacher and his father was a doctor from Barbados. He grew up in Newark, New Jersey and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1918. - Quinn Buckner
William Quinn Buckner, commonly known as Quinn Buckner (born August 20 1954 in Phoenix, Illinois) is a former American professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at Indiana University, and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 7th pick of the 1976 NBA Draft. He had a ten-year NBA career for three different teams (the Bucks, the Boston Celtics, and the Indiana Pacers). Throughout his career he was a solid defensive player, … - Eugene Jackson
Eugene Jackson, III was an African American former child actor who was a regular of the "Our Gang" short series during the silent Pathé era. When he joined the gang, Jackson, who replaced the series' very first member, Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, was nicknamed Pineapple because of his haircut's similarity to the shape of the pineapple fruit. - Samuel Pierce
Samuel Riley "Silent Sam" Pierce, Jr. (September 8, 1922 in Glen Cove, New York - November 19, 2000) was Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Pierce was an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Pierce was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans and Alpha Phi Omega, National Service Fraternity. - Joe Brown
Judge Joe Brown was born July 5, 1947 in Washington, DC and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He earned a bachelors in political science and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at UCLA, before moving to Memphis, Tennessee in 1974. Joe Brown became the first African American prosecutor in the City of Memphis. He would later open his own law practice before becoming a Judge on the State Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee. - Danny K. Davis
Daniel K. (Danny) Davis (born September 6 1941) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing (map). He was born in Parkdale, Arkansas, was educated at Arkansas AM&N College (B.A. 1961), Chicago State University (M.S. 1968) and the Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, Ohio (Ph.D. 1977). He was a clerk, a teacher, executive director of the Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission, … - Christopher Darden
Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer and fifteen-year veteran of the LA County District Attorney's office. He was, along with Marcia Clark, a prosecuting attorney in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. He received criticism during the trial from legal observers. His worst blunder may have been his request that Simpson try on the "bloody gloves," which seemed not to fit. Darden received a B.A. from San Jose State University, … - Me Phi Me
Me Phi Me (born La-Ron K. Wilburn, December 8) is a multi-platinum selling rapper from Flint, Michigan. Me Phi Me is both the name of the musical group and the name of the lead performer. Me Phi Me was the youngest of five brothers and one sister in a home filled with diverse music. As a student in high school, La-Ron admired the lyrical virtuosity of hip-hop icons. - Rayford Logan
Rayford Wittingham Logan (January 7, 1897 - November 4, 1982) was an African American historian and Pan-African activist. He was best known for his study of post-Reconstruction America, a period he termed "the nadir of American race relations". In the late 1940s he was the chief advisor to the NAACP on international affairs. In 1932, Logan was appointed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Black Cabinet. - Noble Sissle
Noble Sissle (born July 10, 1889 in Indianapolis, Indiana, died December 17, 1975 in Tampa, Florida) was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer and playwright. He is noted for his collaboration with songwriter, Eubie Blake. The pair first performed in vaudeville and later produced the musical, "Shuffle Along". Shortly after World War I, Sissle joined forces with performer Eubie Blake to form a vaudeville music duo, the "Dixie Duo." After vaudeville, … - Carnell Lake
Carnell Augustino Lake (born July 15, 1967 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a former professional American football defensive back. Lake played 12 seasons in the NFL from 1989 to 2001 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Baltimore Ravens. He was a 5-time Pro Bowl selection. Throughout his career, he intercepted 16 passes, recovered 17 fumbles, and scored 5 defensive touchdowns. Lake is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, … - Earl F. Hilliard
Earl Frederick Hilliard (b. April 9, 1942) is a politician from the state of Alabama. Hilliard was born in Birmingham, Alabama and he graduated from Morehouse College. Hilliard was elected to the Alabama house of representatives as a Democrat in 1974. He served in the Alabama house from 1975 to 1981 and the Alabama Senate from 1981 to 1992. - Kurt Schmoke
Kurt L. Schmoke (born December 1, 1949) is the Dean of the Howard University Law School and a former mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. The son of Murray (a civilian chemist for the US Army) and Irene Schmoke (a social worker), he attended the public schools of Baltimore. Schmoke is an honorary member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation's oldest inter-collegiate fraternity for African American men
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