HBCU Alumni Network
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.
Members
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Christine Darden
Hampton University — Class of ~1964 (est.)
TechnologyAfrican-American mathematician, aerospace engineer
Roberta Flack
Howard University — Class of ~1959 (est.)
Arts & EntertainmentAmerican singer (1937–2025)
Charles Wesley Turnbull
Hampton University — Class of ~1957 (est.)
PoliticsGovernor of the United States Virgin Islands (1935–2022)
Bettye Washington Greene
Tuskegee University — Class of ~1957 (est.)
ScienceAfrican-American chemist (1935-1995)
Amiri Baraka
Howard University — Class of ~1956 (est.)
Arts & EntertainmentAfrican-American writer (1934–2014)
Betty Shabazz
Tuskegee University — Class of ~1956 (est.)
EducationAmerican educator and wife of Malcolm X (1934–1997)
Toni Morrison
Howard University — Class of ~1953 (est.)
EducationAfrican American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)
Thomas Sowell
Howard University — Class of ~1952 (est.)
BusinessAmerican economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
Mary Jackson
Hampton University — Class of ~1943 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican mathematician and aerospace engineer
Edward Brooke
Howard University — Class of ~1941 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician from Massachusetts (1919–2015)
Cheddi Jagan
Howard University — Class of ~1940 (est.)
PoliticsPresident of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana, dentist (1918-1997)
Iceberg Slim
Tuskegee University — Class of ~1940 (est.)
Arts & EntertainmentAmerican writer and pimp (1918-1992)
Albert Murray
Tuskegee University — Class of ~1938 (est.)
OtherAmerican literary critic, novelist, essayist (1916–2013)
Ralph Ellison
Tuskegee University — Class of ~1936 (est.)
Arts & EntertainmentAmerican novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)
Ptolemy Reid
Tuskegee University — Class of ~1934 (est.)
PoliticsPrime Minister of Guyana, teacher, veterinarian, politician (1912-2003)
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Tuskegee University — Class of ~1933 (est.)
OtherAmerican civil rights activist (1911–2015)
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Howard University — Class of ~1926 (est.)
Politicsfirst President of Nigeria (1904-1996)
Alberta Williams King
Hampton University — Class of ~1926 (est.)
Othermother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1904–1974)
Sarah Rector
Tuskegee University — Class of ~1924 (est.)
OtherAfrican American member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Zora Neale Hurston
Howard University — Class of ~1913 (est.)
Arts & EntertainmentAfrican American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)
Booker T. Washington
Hampton University — Class of ~1878 (est.)
Arts & EntertainmentAfrican-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)