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Alumni from Historically Black Colleges and Universities who have excelled across every field. Celebrates the rich legacy and continuing impact of HBCU education in American life.

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Christine Darden

Hampton University — Class of ~1964 (est.)

Technology

African-American mathematician, aerospace engineer

Stokely Carmichael

Howard University — Class of ~1963 (est.)

Other

American activist (1941-1998)

Roberta Flack

Howard University — Class of ~1959 (est.)

Arts & Entertainment

American singer (1937–2025)

Charles Wesley Turnbull

Hampton University — Class of ~1957 (est.)

Politics

Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (1935–2022)

Bettye Washington Greene

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1957 (est.)

Science

African-American chemist (1935-1995)

Amiri Baraka

Howard University — Class of ~1956 (est.)

Arts & Entertainment

African-American writer (1934–2014)

Betty Shabazz

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1956 (est.)

Education

American educator and wife of Malcolm X (1934–1997)

Toni Morrison

Howard University — Class of ~1953 (est.)

Education

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)

James West

Hampton University — Class of ~1953 (est.)

Technology

American inventor and acoustician

Thomas Sowell

Howard University — Class of ~1952 (est.)

Business

American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author

Alice Coachman

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1945 (est.)

Other

American high jumper (1923–2014)

Mary Jackson

Hampton University — Class of ~1943 (est.)

Technology

American mathematician and aerospace engineer

Daniel James, Jr.

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1942 (est.)

Military

United States Air Force general

Charles McGee

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1941 (est.)

Military

American Air Force officer

Edward Brooke

Howard University — Class of ~1941 (est.)

Politics

American politician from Massachusetts (1919–2015)

Cheddi Jagan

Howard University — Class of ~1940 (est.)

Politics

President of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana, dentist (1918-1997)

Iceberg Slim

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1940 (est.)

Arts & Entertainment

American writer and pimp (1918-1992)

Ebenezer Ako-Adjei

Hampton University — Class of ~1938 (est.)

Politics

Ghanaian politician (1916-2002)

Albert Murray

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1938 (est.)

Other

American literary critic, novelist, essayist (1916–2013)

Ralph Ellison

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1936 (est.)

Arts & Entertainment

American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)

Ptolemy Reid

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1934 (est.)

Politics

Prime Minister of Guyana, teacher, veterinarian, politician (1912-2003)

Teddy Wilson

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1934 (est.)

Other

American jazz pianist (1912–1986)

Amelia Boynton Robinson

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1933 (est.)

Other

American civil rights activist (1911–2015)

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Howard University — Class of ~1926 (est.)

Politics

first President of Nigeria (1904-1996)

Alberta Williams King

Hampton University — Class of ~1926 (est.)

Other

mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1904–1974)

John Robinson

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1925 (est.)

Other

American aviator and activist

Sarah Rector

Tuskegee University — Class of ~1924 (est.)

Other

African American member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Septima Poinsette Clark

Hampton University — Class of ~1920 (est.)

Other

American activist (1898-1987)

Zora Neale Hurston

Howard University — Class of ~1913 (est.)

Arts & Entertainment

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)

Booker T. Washington

Hampton University — Class of ~1878 (est.)

Arts & Entertainment

African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)