Prominent Members
Activists
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.- Civil Rights Activist
- Julius L. Chambers- NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- W.E.B. DuBois- Writer, Historian, Civil Rights Activist
- Thurgood Marshall- Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice
- Frederick Douglass- Civil Rights Activist
- Dick Gregory- Civil Rights Activist, Writer, Comedian
Education
- Dr. Cornell West- Author/Professor
- Dennis Kimbro- Author
- Dr. Ronald J. Temple- Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
- Thomas W. Cole, Jr.- President, Clark-Atlanta University
- John Hope Franklin- Historian
Military
- Edward Honor- Major General
- Winston Scott- Commander
- Samuel Gravely- Admiral
- Fred A. Gorden- Brigadere General
- Benjamin Hacker- Rear Admiral
Science/ Medicine
- Dr. Lessall D. Leffall- President, American College of Surgeons
- James Comer- Psychologist
- Garrett Morgan- Inventor, Traffic Signal
- Louis Sullivan- Secretary of Health and Education
Government/ Politics
- Dennis Archer- Former Mayor of Detroit
- Thurgood Marshall-Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Maynard Jackson- Former Mayor of Atlanta
- David Dinkins- Former Mayor of New York
- Earl Hilliard- Congressman, Alabama (7th District)
Business
- W. Melvin Brown- CEO, American Development Corporation
- Delano Lewis- President, National Public Radio
- John H. Johnson- Entrepreneur
- Henry Parks- Founder, Parks Sausages, Inc.
- Joshua Smith- CEO, Maxima Corporation
Entertainment
- Duke Ellington- Jazz Musician
- Stuart Scott- ESPN Anchorman
- Keenen Ivory Wayans- Comedian, Producer
- Hill Harper- Actor
- Donny Hathaway- Musician
- Lionel Richie- Singer, Grammy and Academy Award Winner
Sports
- Jesse Owens- Olympic Gold Medalist
- John "Hot Rod" Williams- Former NBA Player
- Lenny Wilkens- Winningest Coach in NBA History
- Gene Upshaw- President of the NFL Players Association
- Eddie Robinson- Winningest Football Coach in NCAA History