Miles Davis Trumpet player, jazz composer
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. Brain surgery pioneer
National Association of Colored Nurses National Association
W.C. Handy Songwriter and band leader
Redd Foxx Comedian, actor
Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania First historically Black College
Fritz Pollard First black All-American running back
Spelman college Founded
Nelson Mandela leader of movement for democracy
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2
Roger Arliner Young First African American woman Ph.D. in zoology
Ernest Everest Just First African American Ph.D. in both physiology and zoology
Alfred Oscar Coffin First African American to obtain a Biological Science Doctor of Philos
Muriel O. Farmer one of the First Black Women graduates of John Marshall Law School
