73 Notable alumni of
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is 786th in the world, 293rd in North America, and 272nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 73 notable alumni from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tyrese Gibson
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- rapperdisc jockeyactortelevision actormodel
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Tyrese Darnell Gibson, also known mononymously as Tyrese, is an American actor and singer. His self-titled debut album, released in 1998, featured the single "Sweet Lady". The record peaked at number twelve on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. His second and third albums, 2000 Watts and I Wanna Go There, were released in 2001 and 2002, respectively. The latter contained the lead single "How You Gonna Act Like That", which became Gibson's highest-charting single, reaching number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. His fourth album, Alter Ego, explored hip hop, while he was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album for his fifth album, Open Invitation (2011). Gibson's sixth album, Black Rose (2015), debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, becoming his highest-charting album. He has sold over 4 million records in the United States.
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Common
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- international forum participantwriterrecord producersingerfilm producer
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Lonnie Rashid Lynn, known by his stage name Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper, actor, and activist from Chicago, Illinois. He has received three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He signed with the independent label Relativity Records to release his debut studio album Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992), and gained further critical acclaim with its follow-ups, Resurrection (1994) and One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997). He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s, and achieved his first mainstream success through his work with the black music collective, Soulquarians.
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Karamo Brown
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- Studied in 1999-2002
- Occupations
- writertelevision personalityactivistentertainerpodcaster
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Karamo Karega Brown is an American television host, reality television personality, author, actor, and activist. Brown began his career in 2004 on the MTV reality show The Real World: Philadelphia. He currently stars as the culture expert in the Netflix series Queer Eye.
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Anika Noni Rose
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- television actorstage actorsingerfilm actorvoice actor
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Anika Noni Rose is an American actress and singer. She is best known for voicing Tiana, Disney's first African-American princess, in The Princess and the Frog (2009). She was named a Disney Legend in 2011.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms
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- politicianlawyer
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Keisha Lance Bottoms is an American attorney and politician who served as the 60th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 2018 to 2022. She was elected mayor in 2017. Before becoming mayor, she was a member of the Atlanta City Council, representing part of Southwest Atlanta. Bottoms did not run for a second term as mayor. President Joe Biden nominated Bottoms as vice chair of civic engagement and voter protection at the DNC for the 2021–2025 term. In June 2022, Bottoms joined the Biden administration as senior advisor and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement where she served until February 2023. Bottoms currently serves as a member of the President's Export Council.
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Andrew Gillum
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- activistpoliticianBlack peoplecommunity organizer
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Andrew Demetric Gillum is an American former politician who served as the 126th mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a Tallahassee city commissioner from 2003 until 2014, first elected at the age of 23.
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Kimberly
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- pianisttelevision actorcomposersinger
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Kimberly Michelle Pate is an American singer and television personality. She is best known for appearing as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta during its first two seasons, later returning to the show during its fifth season. Michelle subsequently signed with Atlantic Records. Her debut studio album, Rebellious Soul, debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, and number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Her second studio album Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? was released on December 9, 2014. The album debuted at number six in the US and spawned three singles "Love 'Em All", "Maybe I Should Call" and "Hard to Do". The album sold 87,000 copies in its first week in sales.
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Meshach Taylor
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
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Meshach Taylor was an American actor, widely known for his role as Anthony Bouvier on the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–93), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He was also known for his portrayal of Hollywood Montrose, a flamboyant window dresser in the 1987 film Mannequin and its 1991 sequel. He played Sheldon Baylor on the CBS sitcom Dave's World (1993–97), appeared as Tony on the NBC sitcom Buffalo Bill opposite Dabney Coleman, and appeared as the recurring character Alastair Wright, the social studies teacher (and later school principal) on the Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
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Kwame Kilpatrick
- Occupations
- player of American footballpolitician
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Kwame Malik Kilpatrick is an American politician, convicted fraudster and racketeer, who previously served as the 72nd mayor of Detroit – from 2002 to 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the 9th district in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1997 to 2002. Kilpatrick resigned as mayor in September 2008 after being convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to four months in jail and was released on probation after serving 99 days.
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Ibram X. Kendi
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- In 2004 graduated with Bachelor of Science in publishing
- Occupations
- historianwriteruniversity teachereditor
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Ibram Xolani Kendi is an American author, professor, anti-racist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in America. In July 2020, he founded the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University where he serves as director. Kendi was included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020. Kendi has attracted criticism for his alleged financial mismanagement of the Center for Antiracist Research.
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Althea Gibson
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- autobiographertennis playertennis coachgolfer
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Althea Neale Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam event (the French Championships). The following year she won both Wimbledon and the US Nationals (precursor of the US Open), then won both again in 1958 and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years. In all, she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments: five singles titles, five doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. "She is one of the greatest players who ever lived", said Bob Ryland, a tennis contemporary and former coach of Venus and Serena Williams. "Martina couldn't touch her. I think she'd beat the Williams sisters." Gibson was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. In the early 1960s, she also became the first Black player to compete on the Women's Professional Golf Tour.
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Meadowlark Lemon
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- actorbasketball player
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Meadow Lemon III, known professionally as Meadowlark Lemon, was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister. Ordained in 1986, in 1994 he started Meadowlark Lemon Ministries in Scottsdale, Arizona. For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters and was a 2003 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Cannonball Adderley
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- jazz musiciancomposersaxophonistconductorrecord producer
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Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Byron Donalds
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- politician
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Byron Lowell Donalds is an American politician and financial professional serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 19th congressional district since 2021. His district, which was once represented by former senator Connie Mack III and former CIA Director Porter Goss, serves most of the heart of Southwest Florida, including Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Estero, and Naples.
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Al Green
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- Studied in 1966-1971
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Alexander N. Green is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Texas's 9th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Green served as the justice of the peace of Harris County, Texas from 1977 to 2004. The 9th district includes most of southwestern Houston and part of Fort Bend County, including most of Missouri City. It also includes western portions of Pearland.
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T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
- Occupations
- voice actorwriterdancerstage actortelevision actor
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T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh is an American actress and singer. In addition to her status as an original cast member of the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color (1990–1994), Keymáh is also known for her roles as Erica Lucas on the CBS sitcom Cosby (1996–2000), Tanya Baxter on the Disney Channel sitcom That's So Raven (2003–2005), and as the star and host on the Keymáh Network sketch variety show The Cool Crystal Show (2020–present).
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Andre Dawson
- Occupations
- baseball player
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Andre Nolan Dawson, nicknamed "the Hawk" and "Awesome Dawson", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for four different teams as a center and right fielder, spending most of his career with the Montreal Expos and Chicago Cubs.
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Roy Wood Jr
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- In 2001 graduated with Bachelor of Science in journalism
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision produceractordisc jockeycomedian
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Roy Norris Wood Jr. is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his correspondent appearances on The Daily Show. A resident of Manhattan, Wood was raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee. After graduating from Ramsay High School in 1996, Wood began his career in stand-up comedy as the opening act for Tommy Davidson. He had a position as head writer on the WBHJ radio series Buckwilde Morning Show from 2001 to 2006. Wood has been featured on NBC's reality television series Last Comic Standing in 2010 and the TBS sitcom Sullivan & Son from 2011 to 2014. He formerly hosted two podcasts for Comedy Central: Roy's Job Fair and Beyond the Scenes.
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Alcee Hastings
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- In 1963 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Alcee Lamar Hastings was an American politician and former judge from the state of Florida. He was notable for having been impeached and removed from office as a judge for bribery and perjury.
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Pam Oliver
- Occupations
- journalistsports commentatorannouncerathletics competitor
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Pam Oliver is an American sportscaster known for her work on the sidelines for various National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Football League (NFL) games.
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John W. Thompson
- Occupations
- chief executive officermanagerbusinessperson
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John Wendell Thompson is an American technology executive who was the chair of Microsoft from 2014 until June 2021, and chair of Illumina from 2021 until 2023. He is a former chief executive of Virtual Instruments, a vice-president at IBM and the former chief executive of Symantec. Thompson later became an independent director on the board of Microsoft, and in February 2014, was named chairman. He led the search for Microsoft's next CEO; as a result, Satya Nadella was selected.
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Corrine Brown
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- In 1971 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- faculty memberpolitician
- Biography
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Corrine Brown is an American former politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1993 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party. After a court-ordered redistricting significantly changed her district and a federal indictment for corruption, Brown was defeated in the 2016 Democratic primary by Al Lawson, who went on to win Brown's former seat.
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Robby Robinson
- Occupations
- bodybuilderactor
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Robby Robinson is an American former professional bodybuilder. Known early in his career as Robin Robinson, he is also known as The Black Prince and Mr Lifestyle. He won various competitions including Mr America, IFBB Mr. World, Mr Universe, Masters Olympia, and other titles of the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (IFBB), and appeared in several films (including the landmark docudrama Pumping Iron) over a 27-year career as a professional bodybuilder, retiring from competition in 2001 at the age of 55.
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Dee Rees
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm director
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Diandrea Rees is an American screenwriter and director. She is known for her feature films Pariah (2011), Bessie (2015), Mudbound (2017), and The Last Thing He Wanted (2020). Rees has also written and directed episodes for television series including Empire, When We Rise, and Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.
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Rico Love
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterrapperrecord producer
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Richard Preston Butler Jr., better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American record producer, songwriter, singer, and rapper. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but split his childhood between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and New York City's Harlem neighborhood. He attended Florida A&M and, while visiting Atlanta, Georgia, worked his way into the music industry through connections with singer Usher, who would become one of Butler's frequent collaborators.
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Angela Robinson
- Occupations
- actorsingerstage actor
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Angela Robinson is an American actress and singer. Best known for playing the role of Veronica Harrington in the OWN primetime soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots, winning the Gracie Award for Outstanding Female Actress. During her career she acted on Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, working under the direction of Sheldon Epps, Tina Landau, Kathleen Marshall, Gary Griffin.
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Nat Adderley
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- recording artistcomposerjazz trumpeterjazz musician
- Biography
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Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years.
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Marquis Grissom
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Marquis Deon Grissom is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants between 1989 and 2005.
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David Scott
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- In 1967 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- business executivepolitician
- Biography
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David Albert Scott is an American politician and businessman who has served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 13th congressional district since 2003. Scott's district includes the southern fourth of Atlanta, as well as several of its suburbs to the south and west. Before his election to Congress in 2002, Scott served as a Democratic member of both chambers of the Georgia Legislature and operated a small business. In 2007, the political watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Scott one of the 25 most corrupt members of Congress. In 2023, he succeeded Glenn Thompson as ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee.
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Melvin Carter III
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in business administration
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Melvin Whitfield Carter III is an American politician who is the mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Elected to his first term in 2017 and reelected in 2021, Carter is the 55th mayor of St. Paul and its first African American mayor. His current term of office ends on January 1, 2026. Carter has supported raising the city's minimum wage to $15 per hour. He is one of 11 U.S. mayors who co-founded Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity, a coalition of municipal leaders dedicated to starting pilot reparations programs in their cities.
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Alfred Lawson, Jr
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- In 1970 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- business executivepolitician
- Biography
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Alfred James Lawson Jr. is an American businessman and politician who was the U.S. representative for Florida's 5th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. The district, which was eliminated following redistricting during the 2022 Florida legislative session, stretched across most of the border with Georgia, including most of the majority-black areas between Tallahassee and Jacksonville. Lawson challenged fellow Congressman Neal Dunn in the newly redrawn 2nd congressional district, which pitted them against each other in Lawson's home city. Lawson won the Democratic primary unopposed, and lost to Dunn in the general election.
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Isaac C. Singleton Jr
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- television actorstunt performervoice actoractor
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Isaac Charles Singleton Jr. is an American actor. Isaac is known for voicing the Marvel comics character Thanos in various animated movies, TV Shows and video games, and Sagat from Capcom's Street Fighter series since Street Fighter IV.
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Hal McRae
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Harold Abraham McRae is an American former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1968, 1970–72) and Kansas City Royals (1973–87). Utilized as a designated hitter for most of his career, McRae batted and threw right-handed. He is the father of former major league outfielder Brian McRae.
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Kendrick Meek
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- In 1989 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kendrick Brett Meek is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 17th congressional district from 2003 to 2011. After serving in both houses of the Florida Legislature, Meek was elected to Congress in the 2002 election to succeed his mother Carrie Meek.
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Jerome James
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jerome Keith James is an American former professional basketball player. Originally from Tampa, Florida, James played college basketball at Florida A&M for three seasons and was the national leader in blocks per game in the 1997–98 season, his junior year. James declared for the 1998 NBA draft after his junior year, and the Sacramento Kings selected James in the second round of the draft. Over the course of his career, he has played for the Kings, Seattle SuperSonics and New York Knicks. He has also played for KK Budućnost Podgorica and the Harlem Globetrotters.
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Wycliffe Gordon
- Occupations
- jazz musician
- Biography
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Wycliffe A. Gordon is an American jazz trombonist, arranger, composer, band leader, and music educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. Gordon also sings and plays didgeridoo, trumpet, soprano trombone, tuba, and piano. His nickname is "Pinecone".
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Carrie P. Meek
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- In 1946 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianacademic administrator
- Biography
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Carrie Mae Pittman Meek was the United States Representative for Florida's 17th congressional district, from 1993 to 2003. Having been elected in the September 1992 primary with no general election opponent, she was the first African American since the Reconstruction era elected to represent Florida in the United States Congress, where she advocated for the poor and for members of minority groups. An educator, legislator, stateswoman and a member of the Democratic Party, she served from 1979 to 1982 in the Florida House of Representatives, from 1982 to 1992 in the Florida Senate, and from 1993 to 2003, as a congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives. She was the founder of the Carrie Meek Foundation.
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Shevrin D. Jones
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shevrin D. Jones is an American politician who was elected to the Florida State Senate in 2020 to represent the 35th District. He previously was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 101st District, which included southeastern Broward County since 2012.
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Bernard Kinsey
- Occupations
- businesspersonphilanthropistart collectorentrepreneur
- Biography
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Bernard Kinsey is a Los Angeles philanthropist and entrepreneur with a passion for African-American history and art of the 19th and 20h centuries. He and his wife, Shirley, have been called "one of the most admired and respected couples in Los Angeles." They are known for espousing two life principles, “To whom much is given much is required" and live “A life of no regrets”. The couple have one son, Khalil, who is the general manager and curator of The Kinsey African American Art and History Collection and foundation.
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Frederick S. Humphries
- Enrolled in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- Studied in 1957
- Occupations
- chemistchancellor
- Biography
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Frederick Stephen Humphries Sr. was an American academic administrator and chemistry professor who served as President of Tennessee State University (1974 to 1985), and President of Florida A&M University (1985 to 2001). He was also President and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education from 2001 to 2003. Florida A&M University conferred the President Emeritus title upon him on December 11, 2009. He was Regent Professor at the Florida A&M University College of Law from 2003 until his retirement in 2014.
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Rodney Smith
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Rodney Smith is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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Patricia Stephens Due
- Occupations
- activist
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Patricia Stephens Due was one of the leading African-American civil rights activists in the United States, especially in her home state of Florida. Along with her sister Priscilla and others trained in nonviolent protest by CORE, Due spent 49 days in one of the nation's first jail-ins, refusing to pay a fine for sitting in a Woolworth's "White only" lunch counter in Tallahassee, Florida in 1960. Her eyes were damaged by tear gas used by police on students marching to protest such arrests, and she wore dark glasses for the rest of her life. She served in many leadership roles in CORE and the NAACP, fighting against segregated stores, buses, theaters, schools, restaurants, and hotels, protesting unjust laws, and leading one of the most dangerous voter registration efforts in the country in northern Florida in the 1960s.
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Joseph W. Hatchett
- Occupations
- judgelawyermilitary officer
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Joseph Woodrow Hatchett was an American lawyer and judge. He worked in private practice, was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit, and served on the Florida Supreme Court.
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Terri Bjerre
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Terri Bjerre, also known as Terri B!, is an American electronic dance musician.
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LaSalle D. Leffall Jr
- Occupations
- oncologistsurgeon
- Biography
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LaSalle Doheny Leffall Jr. was an American surgeon, oncologist, and medical educator. Recognized as very committed to those he served and his profession, he served as the Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery at Howard University College of Medicine and in leadership positions for several healthcare organizations. He served as president of the American Cancer Society and the American College of Surgeons.
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Janelle Bynum
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Janelle Sojourner Bynum is an American Democratic politician, restaurateur, and former engineer serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. She currently represents the 39th district, which covers northern Clackamas County, including most of Happy Valley and parts of Oregon City, Milwaukie and the surrounding area.
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Bobby Powell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bobby Powell is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate who has represented the 30th district, which includes West Palm Beach and surrounding areas in northeastern Palm Beach County, since 2016. He previously served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the parts of the West Palm Beach area from 2012 to 2016.
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Camille Wardrop Alleyne
- Occupations
- aerospace engineer
- Biography
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Camille Wardrop Alleyne is a Trinidadian aerospace engineer, space scientist, and science ambassador. She is the Associate Program Scientist for the international Space Station at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Gwen Cherry
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerteacher
- Biography
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Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry was an American politician in the state of Florida. She was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 106th district. The first African-American woman to win election to the Florida Legislature, she served from 1970 until 1979.
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Dwight M. Bullard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dwight Bullard is a Democratic politician and teacher from Florida. He served one term in the Florida State Senate, representing parts of South Florida from 2012 to 2016, and before that served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing a district in southern Miami-Dade County from 2008 until his election to the Senate.
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Jovanka Beckles
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jovanka Beckles is an American politician serving as a member of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit Board for Ward 1. She previously served as a member of the Richmond City Council.
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Michael A. Calhoun
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Biography
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Michael A. Calhoun is a retired Army National Guard major general who served as the Adjutant General of Florida. General Calhoun was appointed by Governor of Florida Rick Scott on March 29, 2015.
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Arthenia Joyner
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Arthenia Joyner is an American politician, attorney, and civil rights activist from Florida. She served as a member of the Florida Senate for ten years, representing parts of the Tampa Bay Area from 2006 to 2016. She was the Senate minority leader during her last two years in office. Prior to being elected to the Senate, Joyner served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing an eastern Tampa-based district from 2000 to 2006. Currently, Joyner is Of Counsel with the Swope, Rodante P.A. law firm located in Ybor City, FL.
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Ramon Alexander
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ramon J. Alexander is an American politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022. He represented the 8th district, which includes Gadsden County and sections of Tallahassee in Leon County since 2016. From 2018 to 2020, Alexander served as Democratic whip.
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Alan Williams
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alan B. Williams is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2008 to 2016, representing a district based in Gadsden County and Tallahassee in Leon County. Williams is currently deputy assistant secretary of housing and urban development for congressional and intergovernmental relations.
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James H. Ammons
- Born in
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United States - Biography
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James H. Ammons is an American educator, who is the Chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans. He served as president of Florida A&M University from July 2, 2007, until his resignation took effect on July 16, 2012. He is a native Floridian who grew up in the heart of Florida's citrus belt. He graduated from Winter Haven High School in 1970 and entered Florida A&M University on the Thirteen College Curriculum Program during the fall semester of 1970. Ammons was appointed Chancellor at Southern University in New Orleans January 8, 2021.
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James R. Ford
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James R. Ford was an American educator, politician, and businessman. In 1972, Ford became the first African-American mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, and the first Black mayor of a U.S. state capital city. He later served for fourteen years as a city commissioner, being repeatedly re-elected.
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Enitan Bereola II
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Enitan O. Bereola II is a Nigerian American author, entrepreneur and public speaker based in San Jose, California.
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Mia L. Jones
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mia L. Jones was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 14th District, which includes parts of downtown Jacksonville in northern Duval County, from 2008 to 2016.
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Lin Rountree
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- record producercomposer
- Biography
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Lin Rountree is an American soul/urban jazz trumpeter, record producer, and composer. He has recorded eight solo albums, the last six for Trippin N' Rhythm Records. Between the years 2011 - 2023 Lin Rountree released 21 singles that landed on the National Billboard Top 25 Smooth Jazz Chart which included four number 1 singles; "Pass The Groove" (that stayed #1 for three consecutive weeks), "Fluid" in 2020, "Release" in 2021 and "Solid" in 2023. Rountree's sixth solo album, Stronger Still, peaked at #20 on the Billboard Top 50 Jazz Albums Chart. In 2014, Lin Rountree appeared alongside Jordin Sparks and CeeLo Green in the film, Sparkle.
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John Sepulvado
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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John Sepulvado is a former U.S. public radio journalist and is former host of the California Morning Report on KQED.
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Ckay1
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- rappercomposerrecord producer
- Biography
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Christchankeith "Ckay1" Marshall is an American music composer, arranger, and producer. Ckay1's first full credit production work was in 2006 on Light Poles and Pine Trees for Hip hop group Field Mob. This release reached No. 7 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 2 on Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
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Mary Singleton
- Years
- 1926-1980 (aged 54)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mary Littlejohn Singleton was a Florida teacher and politician, serving on the Jacksonville, Florida City Council before and after the consolidation in 1968 with Duval County. In 1967 she was one of the first two black women elected to the council. She was re-elected after consolidation and served until 1972.
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Henry Lee Adams, Jr
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Henry Lee Adams Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
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James A. Dallas
- Occupations
- businesspersonnightclub ownerteacher
- Biography
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James A. Dallas Sr. was an American educator, entrepreneur, musical patron and civic leader from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was the first African-American man to have a street in downtown Fort Lauderdale named in his honor.
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Teddy B. Taylor
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Teddy Bernard Taylor is a United States diplomat. A member of the Senior Foreign Service, Taylor served as the United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. He was succeeded by Walter E. North on November 7, 2012.
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Jesse J. McCrary, Jr
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Jesse James McCrary Jr. was an American lawyer from the U.S. state of Florida. A civil rights activist, he entered state politics and served as Secretary of State of Florida for five months from 1978 to 1979, becoming the first black member of the Florida Cabinet since the end of Reconstruction. He was inducted into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame.
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Terry Fields
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Terry L. Fields is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008, representing the 14th District, which included parts of downtown Jacksonville in western Duval County. He is currently a candidate for the Florida House in 2016.
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Isiah C. Smith
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Isiah C. Smith was a judge and civil rights attorney. He was Palm Beach County, Florida's third black lawyer. He and William Holland, Palm Beach County's first black attorney, fought successfully to integrate the county's schools, golf courses, department stores, airport taxi service, and the Florida Turnpike's restaurants and bathrooms through lawsuits and negotiations in the mid-1950s. While working with Holland at their practice, Smith also served part-time as Delray Beach City Prosecutor from 1970 to 1977. In 1986, he was appointed by Governor Bob Graham to become a circuit judge for Palm Beach County. He stepped down in 1992, having reached the age of 70, the mandatory retirement age in Florida for jurists.
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Joe Lang Kershaw
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joe Lang Kershaw, Sr. was an American politician, civics teacher, and a graduate of Florida A&M University. Kershaw is the first African-American legislator in the state of Florida since the reconstruction era.
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MJ Randolph
- Years
- 1999-.. (age 25)
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Michael Randolph Jr. is an American professional basketball player for SKN St. Pölten of the Austrian Basketball Superliga. He played college basketball for the Florida A&M Rattlers of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
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Hamid Reza Rasekh
- Occupations
- pharmacologist
- Biography
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Hamid Reza Rasekh is an Iranian pharmacologist and toxicologist and Professor of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Management at Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
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Nathan Pitts
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Nathan Alvin Pitts was an African-American federal administrator, diplomat, and philanthropist. Pitts retired from the Department of Education in 1980 as chief of the division of international education. He was the first black education attaché to the permanent US UNESCO delegation, serving from 1970 to 1975.
