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Lawrence Otis Graham (1961-2021)
Activist for ethnic and intellectual diversity, author, and attorney Lawrence Otis Graham was born December 25, 1961, in New York...
Billy Taylor (William Edward Taylor, Jr.) (1921-2010)
Billy Taylor was an African American jazz pianist, composer, recording artist, educator, and broadcaster. Born in Greenville, North Carolina on...
William Robert Harvey (1941- )
William Robert Harvey is an educator, businessman, academic administrator, and the longest-serving tenured HBCU president in history, as the 12th...
Norman C. Francis (1931- )
Norman C. Francis is the longest-seated university president in the United States. Born March 20, 1931, in Lafayette, Louisiana, Francis...
Isiah Warner (1946- )
Professor Isiah M. Warner is the Boyd Professor of Chemistry and Philip W. West Professor Analytical & Environmental Chemistry at...
Lionel Hodge Newsom (1919-1991)
Educator and HCBU President Lionel Hodge Newsom was born on November 11, 1919 in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Lawson and...
Michael Vincent Drake (1951- )
Michael Vincent Drake, a physician and college administrator, became president of two major American universities. Born on July 9, 1951...
Earl G. Graves Sr. (1935-2020)
Earl G. Graves, the founder of Black Enterprise, a nationally-recognized Black business magazine, was born on January 9, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York. Both...
Clarence E. “Big House” Gaines, (1923-2005)
College Basketball has had many legendary coaches that have become household names through their success on the court. For Coach Clarence Edward Gaines,...
