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Kappa Men who Achieved in
Entertainment |
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John Singleton
Director of Boyz N The Hood, Shaft, Poetic
Justice, Rosewood, Higher Learning, Baby Boy, and 2 Fast 2
Furious |
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Joe Clair
Television Personality, Host of BET's Madd Sports,
AI Chapter |
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Donald Byrd
Trumpeter |
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Ray McCampbell
Musical Artist (Mac Band) |
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Montell Jordan
Singer, Beta Omega Chapter |
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Kenny Burrell
Jazz Artist |
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Leo Lawrence
Producer of "Living Color", "Hangin' With Mr.
Cooper", "The Jamie Foxx Show" and winner of the 1994 Black Filmaker's
Hall Of Fame Festival |
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Tavis Smiley
Former host of BET talk show, Radio commentator, author, Alpha Chapter IU
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Billy Taylor
Jazz Pianist, Grammy Winning Jazz
Artist |
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Cedric the Entertainer
Comedian/Actor, "Def Comedy Jam", Barber
Shop, Kings of Comedy, 4 NAACP Image Awards |
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Finesse
Mitchell
Comedian/Actor
Earnest Thomas
Actor, Played "Roger" on the "What's
Happening"sitcom |
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Max Jullian Banks
Actor , Played Lead Character in THE
MACK |
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Gregory D. Ridley Jr.
Artist, Painting and sculptures in over 500 public
collections in U.S. |
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Jester Hairston
Actor, Played "Rolly Forbes" on "Amen" and "Pops"
in "I'm Gonna' Get You Sucka'!" |
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Kappa Men who
Achieved in Athletics Basketball |
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Bill Russell
NBA Hall of Fame, Center for the Boston
Celtics |
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*Wilt Chamberlain
NBA Hall of Fame, Center for the LA
Lakers. |
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Erick Dampier
NBA Golden State
Warriors, Eta Upilson Alumni - Spr '96, Mississippi State
University |
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Oscar "The Big O" Robertson
Guard for the Milwaukee Bucks |
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Anfernee Hardaway
NBA New York Knicks,
Memphis State University |
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Sam
Jones
NBA Hall of Fame, Guard for the Boston
Celtics |
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Alan Henderson
NBA Atlanta Hawks |
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Allan Houston
NBA New York Knicks |
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Kerry Kittles
NBA New Jersey Nets |
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Danny Manning
NBA Pheonix Suns |
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Alex English
Former NBA Player, 1996 Inductee in NBA Hall of
Fame, ZE Chapter University of South Carolina |
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Rudy Washington
Head Basketball Coach, Drake University
President, Black Coaches Association |
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Paul E. Smith
Head Basketball Coach, Dunbar High in Baltimore,
MD |
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Larry Finch
Head Basketball Coach, Memphis State
University |
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Nolan Richardson
Former Head Basketball Coach, University of
Arkansas |
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John Chaney
Head Basketball Coach, Temple University |
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Football |
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Stanley Pritchett
NFL Chicago Bears, RB, ZE Chapter at University of
South Carolina |
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Derek Loville
NFL San Francisco 49ers (RB) |
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Larry Brown
NFL Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl XXX Most Valuable
Player |
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Glynn Milburn
NFL Arizona Cardinals |
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Greg Lloyd
NFL Pittsburgh Steelers, 1995
All-Pro |
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Earnest Byner
NFL Baltimore Ravens, RB |
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Steve Wallace
NFL San Francisco 49er's (OL) |
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Chris Oldham
NFL Pittsburg Steelers (DB) |
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Randall Hill
NFL Arizona Cardinals (WR) |
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Lawrence Phillips
European League, University of Nebraska |
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Shaun King
NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers (QB) |
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Aeneas Williams
NFL St. Louis Rams (DB) |
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Guy McIntyre
NFL San Francisco 49ers - Retired All-Pro
Guard |
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John Henry
Johnson
NFL Pittsburgh Steelers - Fullback, 1954-66,
Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1987 |
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Willie
Davis
NFL Green Bay Packers - Cornerback, 1958-69,
Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1981 |
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Gale Sayers
NFL Hall of Fame, RB for the Chicago Bears,
Selected for the All Time NFL Team, '99 Ernest & Young Entrepreneur of the Year |
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Lem
Barney
NFL Detroit Lions - Cornerback, 1967-77, Inducted
into NFL Hall of Fame in 1992 |
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Ollie
Matson
NFL Chicago Bears - Running Back, 1952-66,
Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1972 |
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Bill
Willis
NFL Cleveland Browns - Offensive/Defensive Tackle,
1946-53, NFL Hall of Fame in 1977
Curtis
McClinton
AFL-NFL Kansas City Chiefs – RB, 1962-691962 AFL
Rookie of the Year; 1962 & 1965 all AFL
Jim
Marshall
NFL Minnesota Vikings - Defensive Tackle, Played
on the famed Purple People Eater defense
Willie
Jefferies
Former Head Coach of South Carolina State
University
Ronald L.
Cooper
Head Coach at Louisville Univ., At age 33, he is
the youngest Div. 1-A Coach
Ron
Dickerson
Head Football Coach, Temple University
Bob
Simmons
Head Football Coach, Oklahoma State
Univ. |
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Baseball |
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Kenny
Lofton
MLB New York Yankees, 1994 All Star, University of Arizona |
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Emmett
Ashford
First Black Umpire in Major League
Baseball |
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Track and Field
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Hollis
Conway
Olympic Medalist in Track
Jon
Drummond
World Class Sprinter and 1996 Olympic Silver
Medalist (4 x 100 relay)
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Tennis |
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*Arthur
Ashe
Tennis Legend, Humanitarian |
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Kappa Men who Achieved in
Politics |
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Archie Alexander
First Black Republican Governor of the US Virgin Islands and former
Grand Polemarch
Robert L. Harris
Attorney, C. Francis Stradford Award Winner
(Highest National Bar Association Honor)
Walter Sutton
Attorney, President of National Bar
Association
Judge Theodore R. Newman
First Black Chief Judge of D.C. Court of
Appeals
*Thomas Bradley
Past Grand Polemarch, Former Mayor of Los Angeles,
CA |
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Carl Stokes
First Black Mayor of a major US city (Cleveland,
OH)
Clerance Robinson
U.S. Representative (Bridge named in his honor in
Chattanooga, TN) |
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Judge Herman Thomas
State
Supreme Court of Alabama, Board of Trustees - University of South
Alabama
Edward Perkins
US Ambassador to Australia |
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And many congressmen and mayors from all over the
nation |
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Kappa Men who Achieved in Science
& Medicine |
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Dr.Henry Foster
Doctor, Former Surgeon General
Nominee |
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Dr. Bernard Harris
Astronaut, First Black to walk in
Space |
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Dr. Edward Scott
President of the National Dental Association, Alpha Xi (FAMU)
'73 |
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Kappa Men who Achieved in
Religion |
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Rev. Calvin O. Butts
Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in NYC
(Largest Black Church in USA) |
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Dr. Rev. Joseph H. Evans
Elected as first Black president to head the
United Church of Christ (2 million members) in 1980
*Rev.
Dr. Ralph
Abernathy
Late
Civil Rights Leader and former president of SCLC
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Bishop Eddie
Long
Senior Pastor of New Birth
Missionary Baptist Church (25,000 members) in Lithonia,
GA |
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Kappa Men who have achieved in
Business |
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*Johnny L. Cochran, Jr.
Attorney
*Reginald F. Lewis
The late CEO of Beatrice International Foods (The
largest Black-owned business, worth over $1 Billion)
John E. Jacob
Executive Vice President of Anheuser-Busch, Inc and former CEO of
National Urban League
Lerone J. Bennett, Jr.
Award winning author, Executive Director of
Johnson Publishing Co.
Edward Gardner
President of Soft Sheen Products, Inc. and Dollars
& Sense Magazine |
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Robert Johnson
Founder and CEO of Black Entertainment Television
(BET), Owner of NBA’s Charlotte basketball new franchise, world’s largest
casino, and world’s richest
African American (multi billionaire) |
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Percy E. Sutton
CEO of Inner City Broadcasting Corp., and Owner of
the Famed Apollo Theater in N.Y.
Mel Reddick
Director of Business Affairs for CBS
Sports
Carl Ware
Vice President of The Coca Cola
Company |
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Keith Clinkscales
President and C.E.O. of Vibe Magazine, Alpha Xi
(FAMU) '83 |
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Kappa
Men who have achieved in the Military |
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General Daniel James Jr.
U.S.A.F.,First Black General to wear 4 stars in the U.S.
Military
Lt. Luther Lawrence Blakeney
Tuskegee Airman, Alpha Lambda
SCSU |
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Education
Dr. Joseph B. Johnson
Dr. Harold M.
McNeil
Dr. Robert L. Randolph
Dr. Dallas Simmons
Dr. William
E. Sims
Dr. Harrison B. Wilson Jr.
Dr. Samuel Massie Dr. Horace M.
Bond - Past president of Lincoln University (PA)
Dr James Shepherd* -
Founder and first president of NCCU
Dr. Kenneth B. Clark - Prominent
social psychologist and researcher
Dr. C. Eric Lincoln - Author of
Black Muslims in America
Arthur Schomburg - Historian and scholar of
African-American culture |
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Achieving
NUPES
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