Jeremiah Wright

Jeremiah Wright

male
African-American, Trinity United Church of Christ, United Church of Christ, Samuel DeWitt Proctor, Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr, The Audacity of Hope…University of Chicago Divinity School, HowardUniversity
Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. (born September 22, 1941) is a former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), a largely...
Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael

male, deceased (1998)
Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael, Afro-Trinidadian, black nationalism, American Civil Rights Movement, COINTELPRO target, black nationalist…Howard University alumni, HowardUniversity
Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael (June 29, 1941 - November 15, 1998), also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian-American black activist...
Charles Hamilton Houston

Charles Hamilton Houston

male, deceased (1950)
HowardUniversity, Amherst College, racial segregation, Harvard Law School, Harvard Law Review, NAACP
Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895-April 22, 1950) was a black lawyer, Dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP Litigation Director...
Tony Brown

Tony Brown

male, 76 years old
Anti-Hinduism, Fraternities and sororities, HowardUniversity, The White Girl, Federal City College, William Anthony Brown…Central Washington University, hampton university, Wayne State University
William Anthony Brown (born April 11, 1933) is an American journalist, academian and businessman. He is best known as the commentator of the long...
Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd

male, 76 years old
Jazz-funk trumpeter, Jazz fusion trumpeter, Crossover jazz trumpeter, Hard-bop trumpeter, Post-bop trumpeter, funk musician…HowardUniversity, Rutgers University, Wayne State University, New York University
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter, born in Detroit, Michigan. He...
Sulayman Nyang

Sulayman Nyang

male
HowardUniversity, ambassador, middle east, smithsonian institution, african, islam
Sulayman Nyang teaches at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he serves as a professor of African Studies. He has written extensively on...
Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

female, 59 years old
HowardUniversity, actress, From Houston, Howard University alumni, Television producer, fame
Debbie Allen (born Deborrah Kaye Allen on January 16, 1950 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor, choreographer, film director, television...

Stephen Baskerville

male
London School of Economics, Men’s Health Network, Men, Fathers, and Children, International, American Coalition of Fathers and Children, men's rights, fathers' rights…HowardUniversity
Stephen Baskerville is a Professor of Political Science at Howard University in Washington, DC. He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of...
Edward Brooke

Edward Brooke

male, 90 years old
American military personnel of World War II, Democrat, lawyer, black american, Massachusetts Attorney General, Reconstruction…Howard University alumni, Boston University alumni, HowardUniversity, law degree from Boston University, Boston University
The first African American elected to the Senate by popular vote, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts served two full terms, from 1967 to 1979. Born in...

Kelly Miller

male, deceased (1939)
W.E.B. Du Bois, du bois, Howard University alumni, fraternity, newspaper, Alpha Phi Alpha…Johns Hopkins University alumni, Johns Hopkins University, HowardUniversity
Kelly Miller (July 23, 1863 - December 29, 1939) was a mathematician, sociologist, essayist, and newspaper columnist, and an important figure in...