Business
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. - Prominent Los
Angeles, CA Attorney
Robert Johnson - BET Founder
Reginald F. Lewis* - Former CEO of world's largest AA company,
TLC
Percy Sutton - Entrepreneur and Owner of the Apollo Theater
Lerone J. Bennett, Jr - Editor
Keith Clinkscales - CEO/President of Vibe Magazine
John E. Jacob - Exec VP of Anheuser-Busch, Inc and former CEO,
National Urban League
C.C. Spaulding - First President of North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Co.
Bert Collins - Current President of NC Mutual Life Insurance
Edward G. Gartner - President of Soft Sheen Products, Inc.
Entertainment
Kenny Burrell - Jazz
Donald Byrd - Jazz
John Singleton - Oscar nominated Director/Screenwriter
Dr. Billy Taylor - Jazz
Cedric the Entertainer - Comedian, The Steve Harvey Show
Joe Clair - Rap City Host
Tavis Smiley - BET Talk Show Host
Montell Jordan - R&B Singer
William Grant Still - Composer and Musician
William Raspberry - Syndicated Columnist for Washington Post
Ed Bradley - Investigative Reporter for 60 Minutes
Ralph Wiley - Sports Writer and Author
Whitman Mayo - Actor who starred as Grady on 'Sanford and Son'
Jester Hairston - Actor who starred as Rolly Forbes on 'Amen'
William Massenberg - Founder of Kedar Entertainment(Manages Erika Badu & D'Angelo)***
Earnest Thomas - Actor who starred as Roger on 'What's Happening'
Government
Past Grand Polemarch Thomas Bradley - Former Mayor of LA
John Conyers - Congressman (D-MI)
Vernon Jones - Georgia State Representative
George Crockett Jr.- Congressman (D-MI)
Walter Fauntroy - Congressman (D-D.C.)
Mayor Elihu Harris - Oakland, CA.
Judge Carl Stokes - First A-A mayor of a major US city (Cleveland)
Louis Stokes - Congressman (D-OH)
Mayor Wellington Webb - Denver CO
Mayor Michael White - Cleveland, OH
Marvin Arrington - Atlanta City Council President
Mervyn Dymally - Congressman (D-CA)
Rep. Alcee Hastings - Florida
Rep. Albert R Wynn - Maryland
Rep. Sanford Bishop - Georgia
Bennie Thompson - Congressman (D-MS)
Edward Perkins - Ambassador to Australia
W. Wilson Goode - First AA Mayor of Philadelphia
Military
Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr USAF* - First AA 4 Star General
, Tuskeegee Airman
Thomas D. Parham, Jr USN
Science
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.
Dr. Henry Foster - Surgeon General Nominee
Sports
Arthur Ashe* - Tennis
Ernest Byner - Football
Wilt Chamberlain - Basketball
Willie D. Davis - Football
Greg Lloyd - Football
Kenny Lofton - Baseball
Bill Russell - Basketball
Oscar Robertson - Basketball
Gayle Sayers - Football
Kerry Kittles - Basketball
Lorenzen Wright - Basketball
Jon Drummond - Track and Field
Anfernee Hardaway - Basketball
J.J. Birden - Football
Bernie Bickerstaff - Basketball
Rolando Blackman - Basketball
Danny Manning - Basketball
Johnny Newman - Basketball
Elliot Perry - Basketball
Chris Oldham - Football
Ron Dickerson - Football
Derek Loville - Football
Steve Wallace - Football
Eric Davis - Football
Larry Finch - Basketball
Alex English - Basketball
Alan Henderson - Basketball
Larry Brown - Football
Glyn Milburn - Football
Carl Jackson - Football
Bob Simmons - Football
John Chaney - Basketball
Sam Jones - Basketball
Allan Houston - Basketball
Emmett L. Ashford - Baseball Umpire (first black)
Frederick "Duke" Slater - Football
***Initiated at Delta Mu