Norma Elizabeth Boyd

Norma Elizabeth Boyd

female, deceased (1985)
american federation of teacher, American, alpha kappa alpha, HowardUniversityalumni, Schoolteacher, Non-Partisan Council
Norma Elizabeth Boyd (died January 4, 1985) was an African-American sorority organizer and lobbyist. While still a student, she was one of two...

Marjorie Hill

female, deceased (1909)
Howard University, political science, African-American, American, alpha kappa alpha, HowardUniversityalumni
Marjorie Hill (d. 1909) was one of the twenty founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, which is the oldest African-American sorority....
Andrew Young

Andrew Young

male, 77 years old
opponent of the Vietnam War, African-American, Georgia State University, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Centennial Olympic Park, from New Orleans…HowardUniversityalumni
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and was the United States'...
Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

female, deceased (1960)
Barnard College alumni, American women writer, death by stroke, Alabama writer, HowardUniversityalumni, anti-communist…Columbia University alumni
Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 - January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known...
Donny Hathaway

Donny Hathaway

male, deceased (1979)
musician, Songwriter, African American, Record producer, singer, American soul musician…HowardUniversityalumni
Donny Hathaway was an American soul musician.
Douglas Wilder

Douglas Wilder

male, 78 years old
Baptist from the United States, African American, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, HowardUniversityalumni, politician, Sigma Pi Phi brother…Virginia Union University alumni
Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American politician. He was the first African American to be elected as governor of a U.S....
E. Franklin Frazier

E. Franklin Frazier

male, deceased (1962)
The Race Question, unesco, HowardUniversityalumni, Alpha Phi Alpha brother, slavery, American
Dr. Edward Franklin Frazier (September 24, 1894 - May 17, 1962), was an American sociologist. His 1932 Ph.D. dissertation "The Negro Family in...
Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson

male, 39 years old
Hang Time, HowardUniversityalumni, Howard Player, Howard University 'alumni, the live-action Transformers film, romeo must die
Anthony Alvin Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American comedian and actor. Anderson was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in...
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar

male, deceased (1906)
African American, poet, novelist, Oak and Ivy, Ohio writer, American…HowardUniversityalumni
Paul Laurence Dunbar"' (June 27, 1872 - February 9, 1906) was a seminal American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar gained...
Harris Wofford

Harris Wofford

male, 83 years old
Bryn Mawr College, peace corps, HowardUniversityalumni, American federal lawyer, Legal academic, Scarsdale High School…University of Maryland, College Park faculty, Elizabethtown College alumni, Yale University, University of Chicago, Howard University
Harris Llewellyn Wofford (born April 9, 1926) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Senator from...