Brother N.P.G. Adams: First African-American to be Dean of Howard University Medical School.
Brother W.E.B. Dubois: Author and educator who often went tête-à-tête with Booker T. Washington regarding the black races primary focus for its own uplift. He was a historian, an editor, and co-founder of the NAACP. He wrote The Talented Tenth.
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Brother Arthur Jefferson: Superintendent of Detroit public schools, one of the biggest school systems in the nation.
Brother Howard H. Long: Former Assistant Superintendent of D.C. public schools.
Brother Dr. Ronald J. Temple: Former Chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago, the second largest community college system in the nation.
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Brother Cornel West: Former professor of Afro-American Studies and Philosophy of Religion at Harvard University. He is author of Race Matters , co-author of Jews and Blacks, and of numerous other titles. He currently teaches at Princeton University in New Jersey.
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Brother Duke Ellington: World-renowned jazz composer and musician. Recipient of the French government’s highest and United States governments highest civilian awards; the Legion of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, respectively.
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Brother Mal Goode: First African-American producer on a major television network (ABC).
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Brother Lionel Hampton: Awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton for his amazing ability with the vibraphone.
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Brother James Flethcer Henderson: Most commercial black musician of the 1920s and one of the most important figures in the development of big band jazz.
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Brother Lionel Ritchie: Acclaimed singer and songwriter with three Grammies, seven American Music Awards, and one Oscar.
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Brother Keenan Ivory Wayans: Famous producer, actor, writer, and director.
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Brother John H. Johnson: Started the publication Negro Digest, the forerunner to Ebony Magazine.
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Brother Hugh Price: First black senior vice-president of WNET/Thirteen, the nation’s largest public television station.
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Brother Roscoe Cartwright: First African American to reach the position of Brigadier General in the United States Army.
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Brother Marion Berry: Former Mayor of Washington, D.C.
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Brother Edward Brooke: First black senator since Reconstruction representing the state of Massachusetts in the United States Senate.
Brother Lee P. Brown: Former director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. During his tenure, the status of the position was raised to cabinet-level for the first time in history.
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Brother Willie Brown: First African-American mayor of San Francisco.
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Brother William Gray: Former President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund. Highest ranking Black American to ever serve Congress with positions of House Budget Committee Chairperson and Majority Whip.
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Brother Hubert Humphrey: Honorary member and former Vice-President of the United States.
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Brother Maynard Jackson: First African-American mayor of Atlanta, GA.
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Brother Harvey Johnson: First African-American mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.
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Brother Thurgood Marshall: First black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 33rd Solicitor General of the United States of America, and a renowned attorney. He won the Supreme Court case Brown vs. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education, ending the racist tradition of separate but equal and thereby ending segregation.
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Brother Ernest Morial: Former General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Former mayor of New Orleans, LA; suceeded by his son Mayor Mark Morial.
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Brother Marc Morial: Former mayor of New Orleans and current Urban League President
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Brother Adam Clayton Powell: Renowned civil rights leader. The first African American to serve on New York's City Council and the House of Representatives.
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Brother Julius Chambers: Led the NAACP legal defense fund and educational fund for nine years.
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Brother Joe Duff: The chief attorney for the NAACP.
Brother John Hope Franklin: World-renowned historian with his works regarding black history earning him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
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Brother Thomas Harris: First African American to be president of a major city-wide insurance company: Chicago Metropolitan Insurance.
Brother L.D. Milton: First president of Citizen’s Bank; a bank that began with the premise to primarily serve the black citizens of Atlanta.
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Brother Frederick D. Patterson: Author of an open letter in the Pittsburgh Courier that spawned the idea for the United Negro College Fund.
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Brother Wyatt Tee Walker: Executive Assistant to Brother Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Brother Bishop John Hurst Adams: President of the Congress of Black Churches.
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Brother Martin Luther King, Jr.: Leader in the civil rights movement of the mid- 20th century. He led a march on Washington, D.C. He was also a Reverend and earned a Ph.D. Nonviolent protest was his method. He said that through nonviolence, he would not only win over his adversaries, but he would win their respect as well.
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Brother Lasalle Leffall: First African American president of the American Cancer Society.
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Brother Garrett Morgan: Inventor of the traffic light and precursor to modern-day gas mask.
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Brother Levi Watkins, MD: First African American to hold the position of Associate Dean for the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
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Brother Greg Coleman: First black punter in the NFL.
Brother Jesse Owens: Olympic gold medalist setting world records that have yet to be broken.
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Brother Fritz Pollard: First African American to play in the Rose Bowl.
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Brother Mike Powell: Olympic athlete who holds the record for the long jump.
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Brother Eddie Robinson: Winningest coach in college football history.
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Brother Art Shell: Hall of Fame member of the NFL.
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Brother Gene Upshaw: Executive director of the NFL player’s association.
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Brother Lenny Wilkens: Winningest coach in NBA history.
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Reggie Williams: Former NFL player with the Cincinnati Bengals and Theta Zeta Chapter Alumnus.
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