Famous Brothers

• Civil Rights Activists:
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. - Civil rights activist
  • Julius L. Chambers - NAACP Legal Defense Fund
  • Lester Granger - National Urban League
  • Frederick Douglass - Anti-slavery activist
  • W.E.B. DuBois - Writer, historian, civil rights activist
  • Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - Civil Rights Activist
  • Thurgood Marshall - Civil rights activist, supreme court justice
  • Paul Robeson - Activist, scholar, singer, football player
  • Dick Gregory - Activist
  • William Gray - United Negro College Fund, businessman
  • Franklin Williams - Phelps-Stokes Fund

   

• Education/Scholarship
  • James Check - Howard University
  • Dr. Ronald J. Temple - Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
  • John Hope Franklin - Historian
  • E. Franklin Frazier - Sociologist
  • Dennis Kimbro - Author
  • Fredrick Patterson - Founder, UNCF
  • Cornell West - Author
  • Andrew Zawacki (Kappa Pi) - Rhodes Scholar, Author
  • Thomas W. Cole, Jr.- President, Clark-Atlanta University
  • William B. DeLauder- President, Delaware State University
  • Dr. Raymond W. Cannon- 1st Edition, Sphinx Magazine
  • Norm Francis- President, Xavier University

   

• Military
  • Roscoe Cartwright - General, AUS
  • Samuel Gravely - Admiral, USN
  • Edward Honor - Major General, AUS
  • Fred A. Gorden-Brigadere General
  • Samuel Gravely-Admiral
  • Benjamin Hacker-Rear Admiral
  • James McCall-Major General

   

• 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
  • Winston Scott-Commander NASA

   

• Government/Politics:
  • Ronald Brown - Former Secretary of Commerce
  • David Dinkins - Former mayor of New York
  • Willie Brown - Mayor of San Francisco
  • Ernest Finney - South Carolina Supreme Court Justice
  • Earnest "Dutch" Morial - 1st Black Mayor of New Orleans
  • Marc Morial - Present Mayor of New Orleans
  • Maynard Jackson - Former Mayor of Atlanta
  • Andrew Young - Former mayor of Atlanta
  • Chaka Fattah - Pennsylvania Congressman
  • Robert C. Scott-Congressman, Virginia (3rd District)
  • Charles Rangel-Congressman, New York (15th District)
  • Rev. Emmanuel Cleaver-Mayor of Kansas City
  • Kwame Kilpatrick-Mayor of Detroit
  • Dennis Archer-former, Mayor of Detroit
  • Richard Arrington-Mayor of Birmingham

   

• Business:
  • Johnson H. Johnson - Entrepreneur
  • Doug Bush - Entrepreneur
  • Thomas J. Burrell: CEO, Burrell Advertising
  • W. Melvin Brown: CEO, American Development Corp.
  • Delano Lewis: President, National Public Radio
  • Joshua Smith: CEO, Maxima Corporation
  • Henry Parks: Founder, Parks Sausages, Inc.

• Entertainment:
  • Duke Ellington - Jazz musician
  • Tony Brown - Journalist/Producer
  • Countee Cullen - Poet
  • Donny Hathaway - Musician
  • Eugene Jackson - National Black Network
  • Chuck Stone - Philadelphia Daily News
  • Keenan Ivory Wayans - Comedian, producer
  • Daryl Bell - Actor
  • Stuart Scott - Sportscenter Anchorman

   

• Sports:
  • Jesse Owens - Olympic gold medalist
  • Eddie Robinson - Winningest coach in college football history
  • Lenny Wilkens - Winningest coach in NBA history
  • Rosie Greer - NFL Player
  • Art Shell - NFL Coach
  • Charles Haley - NFL Player
  • Todd Day - NBA Player
  • John "Hot Rod" Williams - NBA Player
  • Wes Chandler - San Diego Chargers
  • Fritz Pollard (First Black Head Coach in NFL history)
  • Gene Upshaw - President of NFL Players Association
  • Reggie Williams - Cincinatti Bengals
  • Quinn Buckner - Former NBA Player and Coach
  • Wes Unseld - Former NBA Coach