Famous Omega Men
The Arts
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Bro. William "Count" Basie - Internationally known
pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader. |
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Bro. Langston Hughes - The Black Poet Laureate, excelled as a poet, playwright,
novelist, lyricist, and humorist. |
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Bro. Sterling Brown - Teacher, poet, writer, Professor Emeritus of Literature at |
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Bro. Carl Rowan - Syndicated columnist. |
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Bro. Joe Torry |
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Bro. William H. "Bill"
Cosby - Comedian, author, actor,
producer.
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Bro. Roland Hayes - Internationally known tenor of the 1920s. Hayes sang in five
different languages. |
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Bro. Steve Harvey - Comedian and actor |
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Bro. Wanya
Morris - Lead singer: "Boyz II Men" |
Athletics
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Bro. Michael Jordan - Outstanding basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the
NBA. |
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Bro. De Hart Hubbart - A |
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Bro. Ed "Too Tall" Jones - Outstanding player with the Dallas Cowboys football team. |
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Bro. Joe Black - An all-time great Brooklyn Dodger baseball pitcher. In 1952,
he had the lowest earned-run average in the Major Leagues. |
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Bro. Charlie Ward - Heisman Trohy
winner and NY Knicks gaurd. |
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Bro. Steve "Air" McNair - Outstanding player with the Tenn. Oilers. |
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Bro. Hank Aaron - Home-run King who broke Babe Ruth's record. |
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Bro. Shaquille
O'Neal - Star center with the LA Lakers. |
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Bro. Jerry Ball - Player with the |
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Bro. Cedric Maxwell - Outstanding professional basketball player with the Boston
Celtics and other teams. |
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Bro. Leroy Walker - A |
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Bro. John Salley - Outstanding basketball player with the Detroit Pistons. |
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Bro. Keith Jackson - Outstanding football player with the Miami Dolphins. |
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Bro. Mark Duper - Another fantastic Miami Dolphins player. |
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Bro. David Justice - Professional Baseball Player with the |
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Bro. Clarence "Big House
Gaines" - Outstanding basketball coach at Winston-Salem State
University |
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Bro. Shammond
Williams - Star basketball player with the UNC Tarheels and Seattle Super
Sonics. |
Business
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Bro. Earl Graves - Publisher of Black Enterprise magazine. |
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Bro. Gillard S. Glover - President, Afro-American Life Insurance Company. |
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Bro. Thurman McKenzie - Co-owner of M and M Products (Sta
Soft Fro).
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Bro. Otis M. Smith - General Counsel, General Motors Corporation. |
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Bro. Nathaniel Bronner - Co-owner of Bronner Brothers
Beauty Supplies. |
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Bro. Jesse Hill - President of Atlanta Life Insurance Company. |
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Bro. William Kennedy III - President of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company. |
Civil Rights
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Bro. Rev. Jesse Jackson - Former Director of Operation PUSH; Founder, Rainbow
Coalition.
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Bro. Carter G. Woodson - The earliest and most outspoken proponent for the Civil
Rights. Known as the "Father of Black History" |
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Bro. Grant Reynolds - Played a major role in President Truman's 1948 decision to
desegregate the United States Armed Forces. |
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Bro. James Nabrit - Former Dean of |
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Bro. Wiley Branton - Attorney of the "Little Rock Nine" and former Dean
of Howard University School of Law. |
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Bro. Roy Wilkins - Long-time Executive Director of the NAACP. |
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Bro. Benjamin Hooks - Succeeded Bro. Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of the NAACP, the
most effective of all civil rights organizations. |
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Bro. Khalid
Muhammad |
Education
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Bro. Dr. Carter G. Woodson - The earliest and most outspoken proponent for the study of
Black History. |
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Bro. Benjamin E. Mays - President Emeritus of |
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Bro. Herman Dreer - Teacher, minister, writer, and author of The History of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 1911-1961. |
Politics
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Bro. Lawrence |
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Bro. William Hastie - First Governor of the |
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Bro. George L.P. Weaver - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor. |
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Bro. Robert C. Weaver - First African American to serve on the Presidential Cabinet
when he became Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966 under
President Franklin Roosevelt. |
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Bro. Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. - Secretary, Department of the Army. |
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Bro. Rev. Jesse Jackson - Candidate for the |
Science
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Bro. Dr. Ernest Everett Just - Internationally known biologist and professor at |
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Bro. Dr. Charles Drew - Perfected the use of blood plasma; Professor of Surgery at |
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Bro. Percy Julian - Discovered the use of foam to extinguish fires and
discovered a method of producing cortisone synthetically. |
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Bro. Dr. Fred Drew Gregory - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Air Force Academy
(pilot).
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Bro. Charles Bolden - Astronaut, graduate of the |
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Bro. Dr. Ronald E. McNair - Astronaut, graduate of M.I.T.,
Ph.D. in Physics (civilian). |
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Bro. Lt. Colonel Guion
Bluford - First
African-American in Space. He boarded the Space Shuttle
"Challenger" in 1983 and performed the first "spacelab mission" on the Orbiter Challenger. |