Prominent Members
Throughout the time many famous figures have came through the fraternity and left a mark on the world. Here are some of the Brothers who have done so both past and present. See if you can spot some you may know and others you might not!
David Dinkins
First Black Mayor of NYC
Other Notable Members
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
Keenen-Ivory Wayans, Actor & Writer
Lionel Richie, Singer and Songwriter
Gerald Albright, Jazz Musician
Donny Hathaway, Singer & Musician
Lionel Hampton, Music Legend
Antonio Hart, Jazz Musician
Darryl Bell, Movie Actor & Network TV
Tony Brown, Journalist & TV Producer
Jerry Butler, Singer
Keith Garrett, Network TV Executive Producer
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
John Hurst Adams, Bishop & Founder of National Black Churches
Harold Davis, President of the American Baptist Churches
T.J. Jemison, President of the National Baptist Convention
E. Edward Jones, President of the National Baptist Convention of America
Dr. Joe Samuel Ratliff, Brentwood Baptist Church – Houston, Texas
MEDICAL & SCIENCE LEADERS
Levi Watkins, Medical Scientist
James Corner, Psychologist
Lasalle Lefalle, First African-American president of American Cancer Society
Louis Sullivan, President of Morehouse Medical School
SPORTS FIGURES
Walt Bellamy, NBA
Junior Bridgeman, NBA
Quinn Buckner, NBA
Lenny Wilkins, NBA
Walt Frazier, NBA
Bobby Phills, NBA
Wes Unseld, NBA
Wayne Embry, NBA - General Manager Cleveland Cavaliers
Wes Chandler, NFL
Greg Coleman, 1st Black Punter, NFL
Charles Haley, NFL
Michael Jackson, NFL
Carnell Lake, NFL
Art Shell, NFL Hall of Fame
Eric Wright, NFL
Reggie Williams, NFL
Joe Green, NFL
Eugene Upshaw, Executive Director with the NFL¹s Player¹s Association
Jesse Owens, Sports Legend - Track Star
Mike Powell, World record holder in the long jump - Track and Field
Eddie Robinson, Coach, Grambling State University
THE MILITARY
Fred A. Gordon, Brigadier General - AUS-West Point
Benjamin Hacker, Rear Admiral of US Navy Commander
Samuel Gravely, Admiral - USN
James McCall, Major General - AUS
Winston Scott, NASA Astronaut
Edward Honor, Major General - AUS
Roscoe Cartwright, General - AUS
Charles A. Hines, Major General – Ret. US Army
Charles McGee, Colonel – Tuskegee Airman
EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP
Cornel West, Educator, Philosopher and Author
Charles Harris, Wesley Educator, Historian
Garrett A. Morgan, Inventor (Sewing Machine)
John Hope Franklin, Historian
Mal Goode, Journalist
John H. Johnson, Publisher
Countee Cullen, Poet
Benjamin Quarles, Historian
Calvin Barnett, President of Coppin St. College
E. Franklin Frazier, Sociologist
William Strother, Professor of Psychology Princeton University
Frederick Patterson, Founder - United Negro College Fund
James Cheek, President - Howard University
Earl Richardson, President Morgan State University
Luna I. Mishoe, President - Delaware State College