Business

· Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. - Prominent Los Angeles, CA Attorney
· Robert Johnson - BET Founder
· Reginald F. Lewis* - Former CEO of world's largest AA company, TLC
· Percy Sutton - Entrepreneur and Owner of the Apollo Theater
· Lerone J. Bennett, Jr - Editor
· Keith Clinkscales - CEO/President of Vibe Magazine
· John E. Jacob - Exec VP of Anheuser-Busch, Inc and former CEO, National Urban League
· C.C. Spaulding - First President of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co.
· Bert Collins - Current President of NC Mutual Life Insurance
· Edward G. Gartner - President of Soft Sheen Products, Inc.

Civic

· Dr. Rev. Ralph Abernathy* - Civil Rights Leader and former president of SCLC
· Dr. Samual D. Proctor
· Dr. Rev. Leon Sullivan - Pastor of Zion Baptist Church - Philadelphia, PA
· Rev. Gardner C. Taylor
· Bishop Eddie L. Long
· Rev. Calvin O. Butts - Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church - Harlem, NY
· Dr. William Gibson - Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of NAACP
· C. Vernon Mason - Prominent civil rights attorney and activist

Education

· Dr. Joseph B. Johnson
· Dr. Harold M. McNeil
· Dr. Robert L. Randolph
· Dr. Dallas Simmons
· Dr. William E. Sims
· Dr. Harrison B. Wilson Jr.
· Dr. Samuel Massie
· Dr. Horace M. Bond - Past president of Lincoln University (PA)
· Dr James Shepherd* - Founder and first president of NCCU
· Dr. Kenneth B. Clark - Prominent social psychologist and researcher
· Dr. C. Eric Lincoln - Author of Black Muslims in America
· Arthur Schomburg - Historian and scholar of African-American culture

Entertainment

· Kenny Burrell - Jazz
· Donald Byrd - Jazz
· John Singleton - Oscar nominated Director/Screenwriter
· Dr. Billy Taylor - Jazz
· Cedric the Entertainer - Comedian, The Steve Harvey Show
· Joe Clair - Rap City Host
· Tavis Smiley - BET Talk Show Host
· Montell Jordan - R&B Singer
· William Grant Still - Composer and Musician
· William Raspberry - Syndicated Columnist for Washington Post
· Ed Bradley - Investigative Reporter for 60 Minutes
· Ralph Wiley - Sports Writer and Author
· Whitman Mayo - Actor who starred as Grady on 'Sanford and Son'
· Jester Hairston - Actor who starred as Rolly Forbes on 'Amen'
· Earnest Thomas - Actor who starred as Roger on 'What's Happening'

Government

· Past Grand Polemarch Thomas Bradley - Former Mayor of LA
· John Conyers - Congressman (D-MI)
· Vernon Jones - Georgia State Representative
· George Crockett Jr.- Congressman (D-MI)
· Walter Fauntroy - Congressman (D-D.C.)
· Mayor Elihu Harris - Oakland, CA.
· Judge Carl Stokes - First A-A mayor of a major US city (Cleveland)
· Louis Stokes - Congressman (D-OH)
· Mayor Wellington Webb - Denver CO
· Mayor Michael White - Cleveland, OH
· Marvin Arrington - Atlanta City Council President
· Mervyn Dymally - Congressman (D-CA)
· Rep. Alcee Hastings - Florida
· Rep. Albert R Wynn - Maryland
· Rep. Sanford Bishop - Georgia
· Bennie Thompson - Congressman (D-MS)
· Edward Perkins - Ambassador to Australia
· W. Wilson Goode - First AA Mayor of Philadelphia

Military

· Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr USAF* - First AA 4 Star General
· Thomas D. Parham, Jr USN

Science

· Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr USAF* - First AA 4 Star General
· Thomas D. Parham, Jr USN

Sports

· Arthur Ashe* - Tennis
· Ernest Byner - Football
· Wilt Chamberlain* - Basketball
· Willie D. Davis - Football
· Greg Lloyd - Football
· Kenny Lofton - Baseball
· Bill Russell - Basketball
· Oscar Robertson - Basketball
· Gayle Sayers - Football
· Kerry Kittles - Basketball
· Lorenzen Wright - Basketball
· Jon Drummond - Track and Field
· Anfernee Hardaway - Basketball
· J.J. Birden - Football
· Bernie Bickerstaff - Basketball
· Rolando Blackman - Basketball
· Danny Manning - Basketball
· Johnny Newman - Basketball
· Elliot Perry - Basketball
· Chris Oldham - Football
· Ron Dickerson - Football
· Derek Loville - Football
· Steve Wallace - Football
· Eric Davis - Football
· Larry Finch - Basketball
· Alex English - Basketball
· Alan Henderson - Basketball
· Larry Brown - Football
· Glyn Milburn - Football
· Carl Jackson - Football
· Bob Simmons - Football
· John Chaney - Basketball
· Sam Jones - Basketball
· Allan Houston - Basketball