Fraternities-Alpha Phi Alpha
Hobart Sidney Jarrett (1915-2005)
Dr. Hobart Sidney Jarrett (1915-2005) was a respected scholar, educator, and leader in Black community organizations. His contributions to African...
Chester I. Lewis, Jr. (1928-1990)
Civil rights activist Chester Isaac Lewis Jr. was born on August 8, 1928, in Hutchinson, Kansas, to Chester Isaac, Sr.,...
Beny Jene Primm (1928-2015)
Beny Jene Primm, a pioneer in HIV/AIDS research and treatment and an anesthesiologist, was born on May 21, 1928, in...
Chuck Leonard (1937-2004)
Chuck Leonard, a pioneering disk jockey known for his rich, smooth voice, was born Charles Wesley Leonard in Chicago, Illinois,...
Eugene T. Hinson (1873-1960)
Eugene T. Hinson was one of six founders of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the oldest African American Greek Letter Fraternity...
Belford Vance Lawson Jr. (1901-1985)
Belford Vance Lawson Jr. was the first African American attorney to win a Supreme Court case. He was born on...
Frank S. Greene, Jr. (1938-2009)
Frank S. Greene, Jr. is an inventor, scientist, venture capitalist investor, educator, and the first African American to graduate from...
Thomas J. Burrell (1939- )
Black advertising pioneer Thomas J. Burrell was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 18, 1939. His parents had both migrated...
Clifford Wayne Houston (1949- )
Clifford Wayne Houston is a nationally recognized microbiologist and became the first African American president of the American Society of...
