Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

male, deceased (1915)
from Alabama, West Virginia writer, Alabama writer, Virginia writer, African American, author…hampton university, tuskegeeuniversity, Hampton University alumni
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community....
George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

male, deceased (1943) (Alabama)
scientist, botany, slave, tuskegeeuniversity, slavery, American…Iowa State University alumni, Iowa State University faculty, Tuskegee, tuskegee institute
George Washington Carver saved the South from an economic crisis and possible famine by inventing more than three hundred uses for the peanut, over...
Tuskegee Airmen

Tuskegee Airmen

United States Army officer, From Tuskegee, Alabama, 332nd Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces, US Army Air Corps, Black history in the United States military…tuskegeeuniversity
The Tuskegee Airmen was the popular name of a group of African American pilots who flew with distinction during World War II as the 332nd Fighter...
Tom Joyner

Tom Joyner

male, 60 years old
Thomas "Tom" Joyner, television reporter, television personality, Tuskegee University alumni, WGCI-FM, KKDA…tuskegeeuniversity, tuskegee institute
Savoy magazine's 2002 Person of the Year, Joyner requires that each person who attends his city-to-city "sky show" bring proof of voter...
Frederick D. Patterson

Frederick D. Patterson

male, deceased (1988)
Cornell University, Cornell University alumni, Veterinarian, African-American history, tuskegeeuniversity, Washington D.C.
Frederick Douglass Patterson, born in Washington D.C. and orphaned at the age of two. Patterson would later become president of what is now...
Lewis Adams

Lewis Adams

male, deceased (1905)
freed former slave, freedmen, montgomery, democratic party, slave, normal school…tuskegeeuniversity
Lewis Adams (1842-1905) was an African American slave in Macon County, Alabama who is best remembered for his work in helping found the normal...
Marvalene Hughes

Marvalene Hughes

female
ebony magazine, Florida State University, African American, Academic, tuskegeeuniversity, ebony…dillard university, California State University, Stanislaus
Dr. Marvalene Hughes has been the president of Dillard University since 2005. From 1994 to 2005, she was the president of California State...
Drayton Florence

Drayton Florence

male, 28 years old (Tuskegee, Alabama, United States)
from Ocala, Florida, American football cornerback, Vanguard High School, Richland Northeast High School, Chicago Rush, 2003 NFL Draft…Tuskegee Golden Tigers football player, university of tennessee at chattanooga, tuskegeeuniversity
Drayton Florence, Jr. (born December 19, 1980 in Ocala, Florida) is an American football defensive back for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL...

Frank Walker

male, 29 years old
From Tuskegee, Alabama, Green Bay Packers player, Green Bay Packers, Frank Bernard Walker, 2003 NFL Draft, cornerback…Tuskegee Golden Tigers football player, tuskegeeuniversity
Frank Bernard Walker (born August 6, 1980 in Tuskegee, Alabama) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. He was...
Milan Williams

Milan Williams

male, deceased (2006)
Record producer, sound recording and reproduction, Chart-topper, instrumentalist, Gramophone record, record…tuskegeeuniversity, tuskegee institute
Milan B. Williams (28 March 1948 - 9 July 2006) was an American keyboardist and a founding member of the Commodores band. Williams was born in...