Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie

male, 60 years old
Motown artist, pianist, keyboardist, singer, Songwriter, Boogie Nights…From Tuskegee, Alabama, TuskegeeUniversityalumni
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B and soul singer, Academy Award-winning songwriter, record...
Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

male, deceased (1994)
TuskegeeUniversityalumni, African-American, New York writer, music critic, Essayist, invisible man
Ralph Ellison (March 1, 1913 - April 16, 1994) was a scholar and writer. He was born Ralph Waldo Ellison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, named by his...
Teddy Wilson

Teddy Wilson

male, deceased (1986)
Mainstream pianist, TuskegeeUniversityalumni, Helen Ward, Swing pianist, Juilliard School faculty, American…tuskegee institute
Theodore Shaw "Teddy" Wilson (24 November 1912-31 July 1986) was a jazz pianist from the United States born in in Austin, Texas. His sophisticated...
Albert Murray

Albert Murray

male, 93 years old
TuskegeeUniversityalumni, United States Air Force officer, American military personnel of World War II, Albert L. Murray, South to a Very Old Place, The Blue Devils of Nada…tuskegee institute, New York University
Albert L. Murray (born May 12, 1916 in Nokomis, Alabama) is an African American literary and jazz critic, novelist and biographer. He attended the...
Charles Clinton Spaulding

Charles Clinton Spaulding

male, deceased (1952)
Atlanta University, African American, tuskegee institute, American, Business Executive, Clark Atlanta University alumni…Shaw University, TuskegeeUniversityalumni
Charles Clinton Spaulding (born August 1, 1874 in Columbus County, North Carolina - died August 1, 1952, in Durham, North Carolina) was a prominent...

Gertrude Nelson

female, deceased (2001)
Baptist, Alexandria, Centenarian, United States Army officer, African American, from New York City…tuskegee institute, TuskegeeUniversityalumni
Gertrude DeWitt Nelson (December 26, 1898 - November 29, 2001) was an African American military, civilian, and American Red Cross nurse from...