{"id":20,"date":"2011-08-01T15:58:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/74.53.225.229\/~danville\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2014-05-25T06:09:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T11:09:46","slug":"famous-nupes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/danvillekappas.com\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Famous Nupes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Business<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.* &#8211; Prominent Los Angeles, CA Attorney<\/li>\n<li>Robert Johnson &#8211; BET Founder<\/li>\n<li>Reginald F. Lewis* &#8211; Former CEO of world&#8217;s largest AA company, TLC<\/li>\n<li>Percy Sutton &#8211; Entrepreneur and Owner of the Apollo Theater<\/li>\n<li>Lerone J. Bennett, Jr. &#8211; Editor<\/li>\n<li>Keith Clinkscales &#8211; CEO\/President of Vibe Magazine<\/li>\n<li>John E. Jacob &#8211; Exec VP of Anheuser-Busch, Inc and former CEO, National Urban League<\/li>\n<li>C.C. Spaulding &#8211; First President of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co.<\/li>\n<li>Bert Collins &#8211; Current President of NC Mutual Life Insurance<\/li>\n<li>Edward G. Gartner &#8211; President of Soft Sheen Products, Inc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Civic<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Rev. Ralph Abernathy* &#8211; Civil Rights Leader and former president of SCLC<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Samuel D. Proctor<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Rev. Leon Sullivan &#8211; Pastor of Zion Baptist Church &#8211; Philadelphia, PA<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Gardner C. Taylor<\/li>\n<li>Bishop Eddie L. Long<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Calvin O. Butts &#8211; Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church &#8211; Harlem, NY<\/li>\n<li>Dr. William Gibson &#8211; Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of NAACP<\/li>\n<li>C. Vernon Mason &#8211; Prominent civil rights attorney and activist<\/li>\n<li>Judge Herman Thomas -State Supreme Court of Alabama, Board of Trustees -University of South Alabama<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Joseph B. Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Harold M. McNeil<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Robert L. Randolph<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Dallas Simmons<\/li>\n<li>Dr. William E. Sims<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Harrison B. Wilson Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Samuel Massie<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Horace M. Bond &#8211; Past president of Lincoln University (PA)<\/li>\n<li>Dr James Shepherd* &#8211; Founder and first president of NCCU<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Kenneth B. Clark &#8211; Prominent social psychologist and researcher<\/li>\n<li>Dr. C. Eric Lincoln &#8211; Author of Black Muslims in America<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Schomburg &#8211; Historian and scholar of African-American culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Entertainment<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sterling Robert Macer, Jr. &#8211; Director (Mu Epsilon)<\/li>\n<li>Kenny Burrell &#8211; Jazz<\/li>\n<li>Donald Byrd &#8211; Jazz<\/li>\n<li>John Singleton &#8211; Oscar nominated Director\/Screenwriter<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Billy Taylor &#8211; Jazz<\/li>\n<li>Cedric the Entertainer &#8211; Comedian, The Steve Harvey Show<\/li>\n<li>Joe Clair &#8211; Rap City Host<\/li>\n<li>Tavis Smiley &#8211; BET Talk Show Host<\/li>\n<li>Montell Jordan &#8211; R&amp;B Singer<\/li>\n<li>William Grant Still &#8211; Composer and Musician<\/li>\n<li>William Raspberry &#8211; Syndicated Columnist for Washington Post<\/li>\n<li>Ralph Wiley &#8211; Sports Writer and Author<\/li>\n<li>Whitman Mayo &#8211; Actor who starred as Grady on &#8216;Sanford and Son&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Jester Hairston &#8211; Actor who starred as Rolly Forbes on &#8216;Amen&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Earnest Thomas &#8211; Actor who starred as Roger on &#8216;What&#8217;s Happening&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Government<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Past Grand Polemarch Thomas Bradley &#8211; Former Mayor of LA<\/li>\n<li>John Conyers &#8211; Congressman (D-MI)<\/li>\n<li>Vernon Jones &#8211; Georgia State Representative<\/li>\n<li>George Crockett Jr.- Congressman (D-MI)<\/li>\n<li>Walter Fauntroy &#8211; Congressman (D-D.C.)<\/li>\n<li>Mayor Elihu Harris &#8211; Oakland, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Judge Carl Stokes &#8211; First A-A mayor of a major US city (Cleveland)<\/li>\n<li>Louis B. Stokes &#8211; Congressman (D-OH)<\/li>\n<li>Mayor Wellington Webb &#8211; Denver CO<\/li>\n<li>Mayor Michael White &#8211; Cleveland, OH<\/li>\n<li>Marvin Arrington &#8211; Atlanta City Council President<\/li>\n<li>Mervyn Dymally &#8211; Congressman (D-CA)<\/li>\n<li>Rep. Alcee Hastings &#8211; Florida<\/li>\n<li>Rep. Albert R Wynn &#8211; Maryland<\/li>\n<li>Rep. Sanford Bishop &#8211; Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Bennie Thompson &#8211; Congressman (D-MS)<\/li>\n<li>Edward Perkins &#8211; Ambassador to Australia<\/li>\n<li>W. Wilson Goode &#8211; First AA Mayor of Philadelphia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Military<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Daniel &#8220;Chappie&#8221; James, Jr. USAF* &#8211; First AA 4 Star General , Tuskeegee Airman<\/li>\n<li>Thomas D. Parham, Jr. USN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Science<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. &#8211; First Black Astronaut<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Henry Foster &#8211; Surgeon General Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sports<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rod Smith- Football (Mu Epsilon)<\/li>\n<li>Wilt Chamberlain &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Anfernee &#8220;Penny&#8221; Hardaway \u2013 Beta Mu Memphis Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Ashe* &#8211; Tennis<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Byner &#8211; Football \u2013 Eta Psi East Carolina Univ.<\/li>\n<li>Wilt Chamberlain* &#8211; Basketball &#8211; Mu Chapter Kansas<\/li>\n<li>Willie D. Davis &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Greg Lloyd &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Kenny Lofton &#8211; Baseball<\/li>\n<li>Bill Russell &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Robertson &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Tarras Ross &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Gayle Sayers &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Kerry Kittles &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Lorenzen Wright &#8211; Basketball &#8211; Beta Mu- Memphis<\/li>\n<li>Jon Drummond &#8211; Track and Field<\/li>\n<li>J.J. Birden &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Bernie Bickerstaff &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Rolando Blackman &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Danny Manning \u2013 Basketball- Mu Chapter Kansas<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Newman &#8211; Basketball Spring 83 Eta Xi VA Commonwealth \/ Univ. Richmond<\/li>\n<li>Elliot Perry &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Chris Oldham &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Ron Dickerson &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Derek Loville &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Steve Wallace &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Elijah Williams &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Eric Davis &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Larry Finch &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Alex English &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Alan Henderson &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Larry Brown &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Glyn Milburn &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Carl Jackson &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Willie Jackson &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Terry Kackson &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Bob Simmons &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>John Chaney &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Sam Jones &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Allan Houston &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Emmett L. Ashford &#8211; Baseball Umpire (first black)<\/li>\n<li>Frederick &#8220;Duke&#8221; Slater &#8211; Football<\/li>\n<li>Antonio Pettigrew- Track &amp; Field- (Spring 1990 Gamma Omicron St. Augustine\u2019s)<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Jones- Football- Running Back Detroit Lions (Spring 2003 Theta Psi- VA Tech)<\/li>\n<li>David Noel \u2013<\/li>\n<li>Basketball- Milwaukee Bucks (Spring 2003 Theta Omicron- UNC)<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Barclay- Football- Running Back- Chicago Bears (Spring 2003 Omicron Sigma- Wake Forest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.* &#8211; Prominent Los Angeles, CA Attorney Robert Johnson &#8211; BET Founder Reginald F. Lewis* &#8211; Former CEO of world&#8217;s largest AA company, TLC Percy Sutton &#8211; Entrepreneur and Owner of the Apollo Theater Lerone J. 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