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KAP in Arts & Entertainment
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Tavis Smiley - Former Host of "BET Tonight" - Alpha Chapter
John Singleton - Director of Boyz N The Hood, Poetic Justice, and Higher Learning
Courtesy of Sadi Davidson, Gamma Beta
Joe Clair - Former Host of BET's Rap City - Courtesy of Said Davidson, Gamma Beta
Montell Jordan - Recording Artist - Beta Omega (Pepperdine), 1989 - Courtesy of David Craig
Donald Byrd - Trumpeter
Kenny Burrell - Jazz Artist
Billy Taylor - Jazz Pianist
Cedric the Entertainer - Comedian - Courtesy of Sadi Davidson, Gamma Beta
Mark Adkins - Sinbad's Manager/Brother - Delta Pi - Spring '81
Whitman Mayo - Actor - Played "Grady" on the "Sanford and Son" sitcom
Earnest Thomas - Actor - Played "Roger" on the "What's Happening" sitcom
Jester Hairston - Actor - Played "Rolly Forbes" on "Amen" and "Pops" in "I'm Gonna' Get You Sucka'!"
Gregory D. Ridley Jr. - Artist - Alpha Delta Chapter, 1947
Painting and sculptures in over 500 public collections in U.S.
Max Banks - Actor - Played Goldie in the Blaxploitation film "The Mack" - Xi Chapter, 1953
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KAP in Business
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Reginald F. Lewis - The late CEO of Beatrice International Foods
(The largest Black-owned business, worth over $1 Billion)
Edward Gardners - President of Soft Sheen Products, Inc.
Percy E. Sutton - CEO of Inner City Broadcasting Corp., and Owner of the Famed Apollo Theater in N.Y.
William Cox - CEO of Publishers of Blacks in Higher Education, and recent inductee into the HBCU Hall of Fame
Robert Johnson - Former CEO of Black Entertainment Television, Inc. (BET)
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KAP in 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. General Russel Davis - First African American to command the National Guard
Lt. General Andrew Chambers - Former commander of the famed 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and
commander of the 5th (U.S.) Corps - Retired
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KAP in Politics
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Johnny L. Cochran, Jr. - Attorney
Dr. Rev. Ralph Abernathy - Civil rights leader and former President of SCLC
Carl Stokes - First Black Mayor of a major US city (Cleveland, OH)
Rep. Sanford Bishop - Congressman, D-GA
Rep. John L. Conyers - Congressman, D-MI
Introduced legislature to make Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday a National Holiday
Rep. George W. Crockett, Jr. - Congressman, D-MI
Rep. Bennie L. Thompson - Congressman, D-MS
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KAP in Religion
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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
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KAP in Sports
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Basketball
Anfernee Hardaway - Kappa Beta, Spring '93 - NBA Phoenix Suns, Selected to 1995 1st Team All NBA,
Starter for '96 Eastern Conference All-Star Team
Wilt Chamberlain - NBA Hall of Fame, Center for the LA Lakers
Oscar Robertson "The Big O" - NBA Hall of Fame
Bill Russell - NBA Hall of Fame, Center for the Boston Celtics
Alan Henderson - Alpha Chapter - NBA Atlanta Hawks
Allan Houston - Former New York Knicks
Kerry Kittles - Former New Jersey Nets
Danny Manning - Former Utah Jazz
Lorenzen Wright - Kappa Beta, Spring '96 - NBA Los Angeles Clippers
Elliot Perry - Kappa Beta, Spring '90 - NBA Milwaukee Bucks
Bernie Bickerstaff - Head Coach of the NBA Charlotte Bobcats
Darrell Walker - Former NBA Player and Head Coach of the NBA Toronto Raptors
Football
Rod Smith - NFL Denver Broncos - Spring '92 Mu Epsilon
Stanley Pritchett - NFL Philadelphia Eagles - Fall '83 Zeta Epsilon
Greg Lloyd - 1995 All-Pro - Spr. '83 Gamma Zeta
Larry Brown - Super Bowl XXX Most Valuable Player - Courtesy of George A. Williams, Gamma Phi, 87
Eric Davis - NFL Carolina Panters, DB
Glyn Milburn - NFL Chicago Bears
Willie Jackson - NFL Cincinatti Bengals
Aeneas Williams - All-Pro Cornerback - NFL Arizona Cardinals
John Henry Johnson - NFL Pittsburgh Steelers - Fullback, 1954-66 - Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1987
Willie Davis - NFL Green Bay Packers - Cornerback, 1958-69 - Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1981
Lem Barney - NFL Detroit Lions - Cornerback, 1967-77 - Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 1992
Michael Wiley - NFL Dallas Cowboys - Zeta Chapter
Charles Lee - NFL Green Bay Packers - Lambda Omega Chapter
Anthony Lucas - NFL Green Bay Packers - Iota Tau Chapter
Baseball
Kenny Lofton - MLB Clevland Indians, 1994 All Star
Tennis
Arthur Ashe - Tennis Legend, Civic Activist
Track and Field
Jon Drummond - World Class Sprinter and 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist (4 x 100 relay) |