75 Notable alumni of
Hampton University
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Hampton University is 948th in the world, 350th in North America, and 328th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 75 notable alumni from Hampton 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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Booker T. Washington
- Occupations
- autobiographerwriterpedagoguebusinesspersoneducator
- Biography
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Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite.
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Wanda Sykes
- Occupations
- comedianfilm actorwritervoice actorscreenwriter
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Wanda Yvette Sykes is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on The Chris Rock Show, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, Entertainment Weekly named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America. She is also known for her recurring roles on CBS' The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10), and HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001–). She received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nominations for her roles in ABC's Black-ish (2015–2022), and Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2020). She currently stars in the Netflix original series The Upshaws (2021–), the HBO Max comedy series The Other Two (2019–2023), and The Good Fight (2021).
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Mary Jackson
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- In 1942 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- computer scientistaerospace engineermathematician
- Biography
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Mary Jackson was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her career. She started as a computer at the segregated West Area Computing division in 1951. In 1958, after taking engineering classes, she became NASA's first black female engineer.
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Alberta Williams King
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Alberta Christine Williams King was an American civil rights organizer best known as the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and as the wife of Martin Luther King Sr. She was the choir director of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. She was shot and killed in the church by 23-year-old Marcus Wayne Chenault six years after the assassination of her eldest son Martin Luther King Jr.
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DJ Envy
- Occupations
- radio personalityrapperrecord producerVJdisc jockey
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RaaShaun Casey, known professionally as DJ Envy, is an American disc jockey (DJ), record producer, and radio personality. He is one of the two hosts of the syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club, alongside Charlamagne tha God, on Power 105.1.
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Mo'ne Davis
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- Studied in 2019
- Occupations
- softball playerbaseball player
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Mo'ne Ikea Davis is an American former Little League Baseball pitcher and former Hampton University softball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was one of two girls who played in the 2014 Little League World Series and was the first girl to earn a win and to throw a shutout in Little League World Series history. She was the 18th girl overall to play and the sixth to get a hit. She was also the first Little League baseball player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a Little League player.
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Javicia Leslie
- Occupations
- actor
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Javicia Leslie is an American actress. After landing her first major role in the Lifetime film Swim at Your Own Risk (2016), she appeared as a series regular on the BET drama The Family Business (2018–present) and the CBS comedy-drama God Friended Me (2018–2020). She also starred as the lead of the film Always a Bridesmaid (2019). In 2021, Leslie began portraying the title role of The CW superhero series Batwoman, and Red Death in the first five episodes of the ninth and final season of The Flash.
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Rick Mahorn
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in business management
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Derrick Allen Mahorn is an American former professional basketball player who played power forward and center for the Washington Bullets, Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers, and the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently a radio analyst for the Detroit Pistons, works as a co-host/analyst on SiriusXM NBA Radio, and during the summer is the head coach of the Aliens of the BIG3.
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Darrell Britt-Gibson
- Occupations
- television actoractor
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Darrell Hadari Britt-Gibson is an American actor, known for his role as Darius "O-Dog" Hill on the HBO series The Wire. He has also appeared on the Showtime series Californication, the Starz series Power, the FX series You're the Worst, and the HBO series Barry and We Own This City. He has also starred in the films Keanu, 20th Century Women (2016), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021).
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Ruth E. Carter
- Occupations
- costume designer
- Biography
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Ruth E. Carter is an American costume designer for film and television. She is best known for her collaborations with Spike Lee, John Singleton, and Ryan Coogler. During her film career, Carter has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for her work on Lee's biographical film Malcolm X (1992), Steven Spielberg's historical drama film Amistad (1997), and winning twice for Coogler's Marvel superhero films Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). She was the first African-American to win and be nominated for Best Costume Design and the first Black woman to win multiple Academy Awards in any category. Her other film credits include Do the Right Thing (1989), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Love & Basketball (2000), Serenity (2005), The Butler (2013), Selma (2014), Marshall (2017), Dolemite Is My Name (2019), and Coming 2 America (2021).
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Sashi Brown
- Occupations
- athlete
- Biography
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Sashi Brown is an attorney and American football executive who is the president of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). Brown began his NFL career with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Cleveland Browns.
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Sylvia Trent-Adams
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Sylvia Trent-Adams is a retired U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps rear admiral, who last served as the principal deputy assistant secretary for health from January 2, 2019 to August 31, 2020. She previously served as the deputy surgeon general of the United States from October 25, 2015 to January 2, 2019. Trent-Adams also served as the acting surgeon general of the United States from April 21, 2017 to September 5, 2017. She retired from the U.S. Public Health Service on September 30, 2020 after over 33 years of combined uniformed service. On October 5, 2020, Trent-Adams was named to the board of directors for AMN Healthcare.
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Tishaura Jones
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- 1990-1994 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in finance
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executivehealth administrator
- Biography
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Tishaura Oneda Jones is an American politician who has served as the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri since April 2021. A member of the Missouri Democratic Party, Jones served from 2008 to 2013 in the Missouri House of Representatives; and as Treasurer of the City of St. Louis from 2013 to 2021.
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Christine Darden
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- Studied in 1962
- Occupations
- aerospace engineermathematician
- Biography
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Christine Darden is an American mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer who devoted much of her 40-year career in aerodynamics at NASA to researching supersonic flight and sonic booms. She had an M.S. in mathematics and had been teaching at Virginia State University before starting to work at the Langley Research Center in 1967. She earned a Ph.D. in engineering at George Washington University in 1983 and has published numerous articles in her field. She was the first African-American woman at NASA's Langley Research Center to be promoted to the Senior Executive Service, the top rank in the federal civil service.
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Kay Coles James
- Occupations
- politician
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Kay Coles James is an American public official who served as secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from January 2022 to August 2023, and as the director for the United States Office of Personnel Management under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. Previous to the OPM appointment, she served as Virginia secretary of health and human resources under then-Governor George Allen and was the dean of Regent University's government school. She is the president and founder of the Gloucester Institute, a leadership training center for young African Americans.
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Charles Phillips
- Occupations
- businesspersoninternational forum participantmilitary officer
- Biography
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Charles E. Phillips is an American business executive in the tech industry. He is the co-founder of Recognize, a focused investment firm. From 2010 to 2019, he was the CEO of Infor, a company that specializes in enterprise software applications for specific industries.
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Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini
- Occupations
- politicianchief executive officer
- Biography
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Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini was a Swazi business executive who served as the tenth prime minister of Eswatini, holding the office from October 2018 until his death on 13 December 2020.
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Spencer Christian
- Occupations
- journalistgame show host
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Spencer Christian is an American television broadcaster, best known as the former weather forecaster for ABC's Good Morning America from 1986 to 1998. He currently is the weather forecaster for ABC-owned KGO-TV in San Francisco. Christian is also the author of several children's books.
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Freeman A. Hrabowski III
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- In 1970 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity president
- Biography
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Freeman Alphonsa Hrabowski III is an American educator, advocate, and mathematician. In May 1992, he began his term as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), one of the twelve public universities composing the University System of Maryland. Hrabowski has been credited with transforming UMBC into an institution noted for research and innovation. Under his leadership, UMBC was ranked the #1 Up and Coming University in the U.S. for six consecutive years (2009-2014) by the U.S. News & World Report magazine. When that designation was retired, U.S. News & World Report began including UMBC on its annual Most Innovative National Universities list.
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Percy Sutton
- Occupations
- politicianaircraft pilotlawyer
- Biography
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Percy Ellis Sutton was an American political and business leader. An activist in the Civil Rights Movement and lawyer, he was also a Freedom Rider and the legal representative for Malcolm X. He was the highest-ranking African-American elected official in New York City when he was Manhattan borough president from 1966 to 1977, the longest tenure at that position. He later became an entrepreneur whose investments included the New York Amsterdam News and the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
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Elizabeth Omilami
- Occupations
- writerpastoractorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Elisabeth Williams-Omilami is an American human rights activist and an actress.
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Marcus Dixon
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Marcus Dwayne Dixon is an American football coach and a former defensive end in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He is the defensive line coach for the Minnesota Vikings. Dixon was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Hampton University.
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Derrick Baskin
- Occupations
- actorstage actor
- Biography
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Derrick Baskin is an actor best known for his role of "Comfort Counselor" Mitch Mahoney in the popular Broadway show The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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Francena McCorory
- Occupations
- sprinterathletics competitor
- Biography
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Francena Lynette McCorory is a retired American track and field athlete, known primarily for running the 400 meters. She was the 2011 World bronze medalist in the 400 meters and was a member of the gold medal-winning 2012 and 2016 United States Olympic 4 x 400 m relay teams. She was the IAAF 400 meter Indoor World Champion in 2014. McCorory retired in 2021.
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Robert Russa Moton
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Robert Russa Moton was an American educator and author. He served as an administrator at Hampton Institute. In 1915 he was named principal of Tuskegee Institute, after the death of founder Booker T. Washington, a position he held for 20 years until retirement in 1935.
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Darrell K. Williams
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in psychology
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lt Gen. Darrell K. Williams, is an American U.S. Army military leader and university president. He served as a general officer in the United States Army directing the Defense Logistics Agency until July 8, 2020. He was previously the Commanding General, Combined Arms Support Command, the Sustainment Center of Excellence as well as the Senior Mission Commander for Fort Lee, Virginia. He currently oversees the Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation Program on behalf of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence as a Leidos Vice President and managing director. Williams is the founding chair of the Mary S. Peake Fellowship, a one-year program for next-generation leaders helping local businesses grow, named in honor of Mary S. Peake.
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James West
- Occupations
- acousticianinventorengineer
- Biography
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James Edward Maceo West is an American inventor and acoustician. He holds over 250 foreign and U.S. patents for the production and design of microphones and techniques for creating polymer foil electrets.
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Frankie Muse Freeman
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Marie Frankie Muse Freeman was an American civil rights attorney, and the first woman to be appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1964–79), a federal fact-finding body that investigates complaints alleging discrimination. Freeman was instrumental in creating the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights founded in 1982. She was a practicing attorney in State and Federal courts for nearly sixty years.
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Moogega Cooper Stricker
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- astronomerengineer
- Biography
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Moogega Cooper is an American astronomer, and the Lead of Planetary Protection for the Mars 2020 Mission and is involved with the InSight Mission. Dr. Cooper also takes part in programs and speaking engagements to encourage young women or and others from underrepresented communities to pursue careers in science and technology.
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Robi Reed
- Occupations
- film directorfilm producer
- Biography
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Robi Reed is an American casting director and producer. She has over 50 films and television shows to her credit, including The Best Man, Soul Food, For Colored Girls, Love Jones, Set It Off, In Living Color and Girlfriends. She began her career working with the writer-director Spike Lee. His 1988 release, School Daze, was her first film as a casting director. She went on to cast Lee's Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Crooklyn, Clockers and Jungle Fever.
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Charles Wesley Turnbull
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Charles Wesley Turnbull was a Virgin Islander politician, educator and historian who served as the sixth elected Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1999 to 2007.
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Navarro Gray
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Navarro Gray is an American lawyer best known for his accomplishments in the entertainment industry - specifically in representing Fetty Wap in obtaining his recording deal with Lyor Cohen's 300 Entertainment and more recently his recording deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. He appeared on the reality television show Love & Hip Hop as the attorney for Latin Music star Anais.
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Devin Green
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Devin Green is a former American professional basketball player who last played for GS Pétroliers in 2020, winning the Basketball Africa League's (BAL) inaugural pre-qualification championship in Yaounde, Cameroon. He played college basketball at Hampton, finishing in 2005. After his tenure at Hampton University he joined the Los Angeles lakers for the 2005-2006 season and following that with an appearance in the 2006-2007 Los Angeles Lakers preseason.
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Vanessa Gilmore
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Vanessa Diane Gilmore is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She was appointed to this position by President Bill Clinton in 1994. At that time, she was the youngest sitting federal judge in the United States. She was also the first graduate of the University of Houston to be appointed to the federal bench.
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Donna Britt
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Donna Marie Britt is an American author and former syndicated newspaper columnist, reporter and critic. Her first book, Brothers: A Memoir of Loving and Giving, was published in 2011 by Little, Brown and Company.
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Ayo Kimathi
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 51)
- Biography
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Ayo H. Kimathi is an American Black nationalist, anti-LGBT activist, and international lecturer. Born in Southeast Greater Community hospital, he spent his early life in Southeast Washington, D.C., where he became interested in Black history and racial politics. The title he goes by when lecturing is the "Irritated Genie of Soufeese." His website has endorsed the killing of Whites and "black traitors". At one point it held an "enemies list" which included Rev. Al Sharpton, Lil Wayne, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, and Barack Obama.
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McKinley L. Price
- Occupations
- politiciandentist
- Biography
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McKinley Lenard Price is an American politician and dentist who served as the mayor of the city of Newport News, Virginia from 2010 until 2022.
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John H. Sengstacke
- Occupations
- publisher
- Biography
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John Herman Henry Sengstacke was an American newspaper publisher and owner of the largest chain of African-American oriented newspapers in the United States. Sengstacke was also a civil rights activist and worked for a strong black press, founding the National Newspaper Publishers Association in 1940, to unify and strengthen African-American owned papers. Sengstacke served seven terms as president of the association, which by the early 21st century had 200 members.
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Samella Lewis
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- In 1945 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in art history
- Occupations
- historianprintmakercuratorartistart historian
- Biography
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Samella Sanders Lewis was an American visual artist and art historian. She worked primarily as a printmaker and painter. She has been called the "Godmother of African American Art". She received Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement from the College Art Association (CAA) in 2021.
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Ashleigh Shanti
- Occupations
- cooksommelier
- Biography
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Ashleigh Shanti is an American chef and sommelier. She is a freelance chef. Shanti specializes in African American foodways, including Black Appalachian cuisine. From 2018 until 2020 she was the chef de cuisine of Benne on Eagle in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Spencer Overton
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Spencer A. Overton is an American lawyer, President of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and law professor at George Washington University Law School. He is a leading election law scholar, and is a tenured Professor of Law at George Washington University.
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Robin R. Sanders
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Robin Renee Sanders is the former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) from 2003 to 2005, and to Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. She is a 2010 D.Sc. graduate of Robert Morris University and served as Deputy Commandant at the Eisenhower Resource College at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. She has received numerous awards on her work with and advocacy for African small businesses and African Diaspora issues, and six awards from the United States Department of State. She also served twice as the Director for Africa at the National Security Council at the White House, and received the medal of honor from the President of the Republic of Congo.
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Thavolia Glymph
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Thavolia Glymph is an American historian and professor. She is Professor of History and African-American Studies at Duke University. She specializes in nineteenth-century US history, African-American history and women’s history, authoring Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household and The Women's Fight: The Civil War's Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation (2020). Elected the 140th president of the American Historical Association, she is the first Black woman to serve in that office.
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Robert A. Molloy
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Robert Anthony Molloy is the Chief United States district judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands and former judge of the United States Virgin Islands Superior Court.
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Marquay McDaniel
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Marquay McDaniel is the receivers coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a former professional Canadian football wide receiver who played for 10 seasons in the CFL, six with the Calgary Stampeders and four with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was originally signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2007. McDaniel was named a CFL All-Star in 2013, and won a Grey Cup championship in 2014. He played college football for the Hampton Pirates.
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Coline Creuzot
- Occupations
- songwritersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Coline Creuzot is an American singer and Sony ATV songwriter.
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Edna Greene Medford
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Edna Greene Medford is a professor of history at Howard University who specializes in 19th-century African-American history.
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Reggie Doss
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Reginald Lee Doss is a former American football defensive end who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams. He is an alumnus of Hampton University.
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Ebenezer Ako-Adjei
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Ako Adjei, was a Ghanaian statesman, politician, lawyer and journalist. He was a member of the United Gold Coast Convention and one of six leaders who were detained during Ghana's struggle for political independence from Britain, a group famously called The Big Six. He has been recognized as a founding father of Ghana for his active participation in the immediate politics of Ghana's pre-independence era. Adjei became a member of parliament as a Convention People's Party candidate in 1954 and held ministerial offices until 1962 when as Minister for Foreign Affairs he was wrongfully detained for the Kulungugu bomb attack.
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Thomas Adams
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Thomas Maurice Adams is an American professional basketball player who last played for Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Poland.
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Ted Thomas, Sr
- Occupations
- cleric
- Biography
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Bishop Ted Gera Thomas Sr. was an American cleric with the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) who was consecrated to be the senior bishop of the Historic First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Virginia, one of the largest dioceses/jurisdictions of the COGIC in Virginia.
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Kitwana Jones
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Kitwana Shaloyd Jones is a former Canadian football defensive end. He was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders as an undrafted free agent in 2005. Jones has also played professionally for the Edmonton Eskimos and Montreal Alouettes. He played college football at the University of North Carolina and Hampton University.
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Courtney Dunbar Jones
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Courtney Adele Dunbar Jones is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Tax Court.
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Angela Angel
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- In 2001 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Angela Angel is an American politician who represented district 25 in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Maryland's 4th congressional district in 2022.
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Leslie Garland Bolling
- Occupations
- sculptorwood carver
- Biography
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The sculptor Leslie Garland Bolling was born in Surry County, Virginia, United States on September 16, 1898, the son of Clinton C. Bolling, a blacksmith, and his wife Mary. His carvings reflected everyday themes and shared values of the Black culture in the segregated South in the early 20th century. Bolling was associated with the Harlem Renaissance and is notable as one of a few African-Americans whose sculpture had lasting acclaim.
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Beverly Gooden
- Born in
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United States - Biography
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Beverly Gooden is an African American writer and social activist known for her work in domestic violence, victimology, and women's health, who created the Why I Stayed hashtag and movement in 2014. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, the U.S. Office on Women's Health, and NBC's Today.
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Dietra Trent
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dietra Yvette Trent served as the Virginia Secretary of Education under Governor Terry McAuliffe. She previously served as Deputy Secretary of Education from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2016 and was elevated after Anne Holton's resignation as Secretary to campaign for her husband, Tim Kaine's vice presidential bid in 2016.
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Brandon Jones
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Brandon Terrel Jones is a Belizean American athlete. He competed for Belize at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 200 m race; his time of 21.49 seconds in the heats was a seasonal best but did not qualify him for the semifinals.
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Matthew James
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Matthew James is a former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 80th district, comprising parts of the cities Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake.
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Virginia Lacy Jones
- Occupations
- librarianteacher
- Biography
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Virginia Lacy Jones was an American librarian who throughout her 50-year career in the field pushed for the integration of public and academic libraries. She was one of the first African Americans to earn a PhD in Library Science and became dean of Atlanta University's School of Library Sciences.
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Jennie B. Moton
- Occupations
- suffragisteducatorofficial
- Biography
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Jennie B. Moton was an American educator and clubwoman. As a special field agent for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) in the 1930s and 40s, she worked to improve the lives of rural African Americans in the South. She directed the department of Women's Industries at the Tuskegee Institute, presided over the Tuskegee Woman's Club, and was a two-term president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW).
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Keyanna Conner
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Keyanna Conner is an American politician. She served as the Virginia Secretary of Administration in the Cabinet of Governor Ralph Northam. She worked for Mark Warner's campaign and administration before joining Northam's cabinet.
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Nevin McCaskill
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Nevin McCaskill is a former American football guard. He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Hampton.
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Grace E. Harris
- Years
- 1933-2018 (aged 85)
- Biography
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Grace E. Harris., was an administrator from Virginia Commonwealth University.
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William H. Ash
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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William Horace Ash was an African-American politician and former slave. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates during the 1887–1888 session. In 2012 he was one of several African-Americans recognized by the MLK Commission and the Virginia Senate for being elected to the Virginia General Assembly during the Reconstruction Era.
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Anna DeCosta Banks
- Years
- 1869-1930 (aged 61)
- Occupations
- nurse
- Biography
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Anna DeCosta Banks was employed at the Hospital and Training School for Nurses in Charleston, South Carolina, where she was the first head nurse. Banks is known for her nursing career, as well as a later position held as superintendent for 32 years at the same training school for nurses. Specifically designed for women of color, this hospital was later renamed McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital in her honor.
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John A. Kenney Sr
- Occupations
- physiciansurgeon
- Biography
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John Andrew Kenney Sr. was an African-American surgeon who was the medical director and chief surgeon of the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, from 1902 to 1922. He served as secretary of the National Medical Association (NMA) from 1904 to 1912, and was elected president of the NMA in 1912. He was the editor-in-chief of its journal, the Journal of the National Medical Association, from 1916 to 1948. He also served as the personal physician of both Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver.
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Stephen J. Wright
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Stephen Junius Wright Jr. was an American academic administrator. He served as the seventh president of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1957 to 1966. He was also the president of the United Negro College Fund. In 1960, Wright served on a committee chaired by Madison Sarratt to put an end to the Nashville sit-ins.
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Ben Stanley
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Benjamin Alfred Stanley is an American college basketball player. He last played for the Old Dominion Monarchs of the Sun Belt Conference and previously played for the Hampton Pirates and Xavier Musketeers.
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Bertha C. Boschulte
- Occupations
- activistpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Bertha C. Boschulte was an American educator, women's rights activist, statistician and politician. During her tenure as a teacher, she actively worked to attain women's suffrage in the Virgin Islands. After obtaining her master's degree in Public Health, she worked as the director of the Statistical Service from 1952 and was then appointed as director of the Division of Vital Records and Statistical Services. From 1955 to 1957, she was the General Services director of the Department of Health. Boschulte ran for a Senate seat and was elected in 1964, serving one term. She worked on the Commission on the Status of Women from 1969 and in 1970 was elected chair of the Virgin Islands Board of Education. In 1976, the new Junior High School in Bovoni Estate was named the Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School, in her honor.
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Della Irving Hayden
- Years
- 1851-..
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Della Irving Hayden was an American educator. She founded Franklin Normal and Industrial Institute in Virginia in 1904.
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Chanita Hughes-Halbert
- Born in
- United States
- Occupations
- university teachermedical researcherpsychologist
- Biography
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Chanita Ann Hughes-Halbert is an American psychologist and medical researcher. She is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina and the AT&T Distinguished Endowed Chair for Cancer Equity at the Hollings Cancer Center. She is the first woman and first African American from South Carolina elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
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Peter J. Carter
- Occupations
- politician
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Peter Jacob Carter was an American Republican politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Northampton County from 1871 to 1879. He was one of the first African-Americans to serve in Virginia's government. He fell ill while traveling via steamboat between Norfolk and the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and died soon thereafter; the cause of his death was likely appendicitis. He was interred in the family cemetery near Franktown. A historic marker in his honor was erected by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in 2009. It stands in front of Bethel Baptist Church, which had been constructed on land that he had donated.
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George Washington Fields
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- Studied in 1875-1878
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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George Washington Fields was the first African-American graduate of Cornell Law School and among the first class of African Americans to graduate from Cornell University. He is believed to be the only formerly enslaved individual to graduate from Cornell.
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Albert J. Edmonds
- Enrolled in Hampton University
- Graduated with Master of Arts in counseling psychology
- Occupations
- military leader
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Albert Joseph Edmonds is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who served as director of the Defense Information Systems Agency from 1994 to 1997. He was born in Columbus, Georgia. Edmonds was commissioned in 1964 upon graduation from the Air Force Officer Training School.
