Prominent Alphas


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  • W.E.B DuBois (Philosopher)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. (Activist)
  • Paul Robeson (Activist/Actor/Athelete)
  • Orison Rudolph Aggrey (Ambassador)
  • Andrew Young (Former Mayor of Atlanta)
  • Frederick Patterson (Founder UNCF)
  • Duke Ellington (Jazz Musician)
  • Lionel Richie (Grammy Award Winning Musician)
  • Todd Day (Boston Celtics)
  • Cannonball Adderly (Jazz Musician)
  • Gerald Albright (Jazz Musician)
  • Donny Hathaway (Musician)
  • John H. Johnson (Johnson Publications)
  • Charles Haley (Dallas Cowboys)
  • Louis Sullivan (Secretary of Health and Education)
  • Adam Clayton Powell (U.S. Congress)
  • John Hope Franklin (Historian, Professor Emertius at Duke University)
  • E. Franklin Frazier (Historian)
  • John "Hot Rod" Williams (Phoenix Suns)
  • Keenen Ivory Wayans ("In Living Color")
  • Dick Gregory (Activist)
  • Chris Mills (Cleveland Cavaliers)
  • Lester Granger (National Urban League)
  • Thurgood Marshall (Former Supreme Court Justice)
  • Darryl Bell ("A Different World")
  • Wes Chandler (San Diego Chargers)
  • Jesse Owens (Olympic Star)
  • Eddie Robinson (All-Time Winningest College Football Coach)
  • Garrett Morgan (Inventor, Traffic Signal)
  • Art Shell (LA Raiders Former Coach)
  • Marc Gay (Vocalist, Shai)
  • Lenny Wilkens (NBA All-Time Winningest Coach - Atlanta Hawks)
  • Gene Upshaw (Head of NFL Players Union)
  • Quinn Buckner (NBA Player/Basketball Coach)



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