89 Notable alumni of
Morehouse College
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Morehouse College is 663rd in the world, 244th in North America, and 225th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 89 notable alumni from Morehouse College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Martin Luther King Jr
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- 1944-1948 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in sociology
- Occupations
- pacifistpoliticianpreachercivil rights advocatehuman rights activist
- Biography
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and nonviolent civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination.
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Samuel L. Jackson
- Occupations
- television producervoice actorcharacter actorfilm producerfilm actor
- Biography
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Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American actor. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed more than $27 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing actor of all time. In 2022, he received the Academy Honorary Award as "a cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide".
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John David Washington
- Occupations
- film actorAmerican football playertelevision actoractor
- Biography
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John David Washington is an American actor and former professional football player. He is the son of actor Denzel Washington. He started his career in college football at Morehouse College and signed with the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Professionally, Washington spent four years as a running back for the United Football League's Sacramento Mountain Lions.
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Spike Lee
- Occupations
- television producerfilm directorfilm editorfilm producermascot
- Biography
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Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee has won numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Peabody Awards. He has also been honored with an Honorary BAFTA Award in 2002, an Honorary César in 2003, and the Academy Honorary Award in 2015.
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Brian Tyree Henry
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Brian Tyree Henry is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role as rapper Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles in the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
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Metro Boomin
- Occupations
- music executiverecord producercomposerrapperdisc jockey
- Biography
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Leland Tyler Wayne, known professionally as Metro Boomin, is an American record producer and music executive. Known for his dark production style, he is regarded as one of the most influential producers in modern hip-hop and trap music. His frequent collaborators include Big Sean, Future, Young Thug, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Don Toliver, 21 Savage, Gucci Mane, Gunna, and Nav.
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Herman Cain
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- businesspersonradio personalitypoliticianwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Herman Cain was an American businessman and Tea Party movement activist in the Republican Party. Cain graduated from Morehouse College with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He then earned a master's degree in computer science at Purdue University while also working full-time for the U.S. Department of the Navy. In 1977, he joined the Pillsbury Company where he later became vice president. During the 1980s, Cain's success as a business executive at Burger King prompted Pillsbury to appoint him as chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza, in which capacity he worked from 1986 to 1996.
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Killer Mike
- Occupations
- rapperactorsingersongwriteractivist
- Biography
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Michael Santiago Render, better known by his stage name Killer Mike, is an American rapper and activist. He made his recording debut on Outkast's fourth album Stankonia (2000), and guest appeared on the duo's Grammy Award-winning single "The Whole World" from their greatest hits album Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast (2001). He signed with Big Boi's Purple Ribbon Records (known then as Aquemini Records) and Columbia Records to release his debut studio album Monster (2003), which was met with critical acclaim and peaked at number ten on the Billboard 200. He parted ways with the label and released two albums—I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind (2006) and I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II (2008)—before signing with T.I.'s Grand Hustle to release his fourth album, Pledge (2011), and later Williams Street to release his fifth album, R.A.P. Music (2012). His sixth album, Michael (2023), was met with continued acclaim and won three awards at 66th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album.
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Rockmond Dunbar
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorfilm directoractor
- Biography
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Rockmond Dunbar is an American actor, best known for his roles as Baines on the NBC series Earth 2, Kenny Chadway on Showtime family drama Soul Food, and Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin on the Fox crime drama Prison Break. He also played Sheriff Eli Roosevelt on the FX Drama series Sons of Anarchy, FBI Agent Dennis Abbott on The Mentalist, FBI Agent Abe Gaines in the Hulu series The Path, and Michael Grant on 9-1-1.
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Shaun King
- Occupations
- writercivil rights advocatetelevision producer
- Biography
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Jeffery Shaun King is an American writer and activist. He uses social media to promote causes of social justice, particularly Black Lives Matter in the United States.
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Raphael Warnock
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- In 1991 graduated with bachelor's degree in psychology
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianpastor
- Biography
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Raphael Gamaliel Warnock is an American Baptist pastor and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Warnock has been the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church since 2005.
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Martin Luther King III
- Occupations
- human rights activist
- Biography
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Martin Luther King III is an American human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate. The elder son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he served as the fourth president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004. As of 2024, he is a professor of practice at the University of Virginia.
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Bill Nunn
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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William Goldwyn Nunn III was an American actor known for his roles as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing, Robbie Robertson in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man film trilogy and as Terrence "Pip" Phillips on The Job (2001–02).
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Guru
- Occupations
- record producerrappermusiciansingersongwriter
- Biography
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Keith Edward Elam, better known by his stage name Guru (a backronym for Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal), was an American rapper, record producer and actor. He was a member of the hip hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Martin Luther King Sr
- Occupations
- Christian minister
- Biography
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Martin Luther King Sr. was an African-American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the civil rights movement. He was the father and namesake of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He was the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church from 1931 to 1975.
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Jeh Johnson
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- 1975-1979 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jeh Charles Johnson is an American lawyer and former government official. He was United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017.
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Erik King
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Erik King is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Sergeant James Doakes on Showtime's television series Dexter. He is also known for his roles as Moses Deyell on Oz, and as Bobby Davidson in Missing Persons.
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Saul Williams
- Occupations
- writerscreenwriterrappermusiciancomposer
- Biography
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Saul Stacey Williams is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor. He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop, and for his lead roles in the 1998 independent film Slam and the 2013 jukebox musical Holler If Ya Hear Me.
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Dexter Scott King
- Occupations
- produceractorauthorlawyeractivist
- Biography
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Dexter Scott King was an American civil and animal rights activist and author. The second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he was also the brother of Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, and Yolanda King; and also grandson of Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. He is the author of Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir.
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PJ Morton
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterguitarist
- Biography
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P.J. Morton is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Since 2012, he has been the keyboardist for the pop band Maroon 5. Morton originally joined the band as a touring member in 2010 and became an official member in 2012 after Jesse Carmichael went on a short hiatus (he returned to the lineup playing guitar in 2014).
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Fonzworth Bentley
- Occupations
- musicianfashion designeractortelevision actorrapper
- Biography
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Derek Watkins, known professionally as Fonzworth Bentley, is an American rapper, actor, television presenter, and author. He is perhaps best known for being Sean Combs' former personal valet and assistant, as first seen in Making the Band 2, and was the host of MTV's From G's to Gents. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Julian Bond
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Horace Julian Bond was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In 1971, he co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, and served as its first president for nearly a decade.
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Edwin Moses
- Occupations
- bobsledderathletics competitor
- Biography
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Edwin Corley Moses is an American former hurdler who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in the event four times. In addition to his running achievements, Moses was also an innovative reformer in the areas of Olympic eligibility and drug testing. In 2000, he was elected the first Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, an international service organization of world-class athletes.
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Bakari Sellers
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bakari T. Sellers is an American attorney, political commentator, and politician.
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Cedric Richmond
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- In 1995 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Cedric Levan Richmond is an American attorney, politician, and political advisor who is serving as senior advisor to the Democratic National Committee. Richmond was previously a senior advisor to the president and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement in the Biden administration. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 2011 to 2021. His district included most of New Orleans.
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Maynard Jackson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. was an American attorney and politician who served as the 54th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 1974 to 1982, and again as the city's 56th mayor from 1990 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Black mayor of Atlanta and of any major city in the South; his three terms made him the second longest-serving mayor in the city's history, after six-term mayor William B. Hartsfield.
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Eddie Glaude
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is an American academic, author, and pundit. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. He chaired Princeton's Center for African American Studies from 2009-2015, and continued in the position from 2015-2023 as it expanded to its current form, the department of African American Studies.
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Howard Thurman
- Occupations
- philosophertheologianwritereducator
- Biography
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Howard Washington Thurman was an American author, philosopher, theologian, Christian mystic, educator, and civil rights leader.
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Jerome Boger
- Occupations
- American football officialAmerican football player
- Biography
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Jerome Leonard Boger is a former American football official who worked in the National Football League (NFL) for the 2004 through 2022 seasons. He has worn uniform number 23 since 2006; before that, he wore uniform number 109. He started in the league as a line judge and was promoted to referee in 2006 after two seasons. Along with Gene Steratore, he was one of two new referees for 2006, replacing retired officials Bernie Kukar and Tom White. Boger became the third African-American referee in the NFL after Johnny Grier (1988), who previously wore uniform number 23, and Mike Carey (1995).
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Randall Woodfin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Randall Woodfin is an American lawyer and politician who is the 34th and current mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, after winning the October 3, 2017, runoff against incumbent William A. Bell. He previously served as president of the Birmingham City School Board (2013–2015) and as a city attorney of Birmingham from 2009–2017.
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Brandon J. Dirden
- Years
- 1970s
- Occupations
- stage actoractor
- Biography
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Brandon J. Dirden is an American actor, best known for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the Broadway production of Robert Schenkkan's All the Way.
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Sanford Bishop
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district since 1993. He became the dean of Georgia's congressional delegation after the death of John Lewis. A member of the Blue Dog Coalition, he belongs to the moderate faction of the Democratic Party. His district is in southwestern Georgia and includes Albany, Thomasville, and most of Columbus and Macon.
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Major Owens
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- In 1956 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianbureaucratlibrarian
- Biography
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Major Robert Odell Owens was an American politician and librarian who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007, representing the New York's 11th and then 12th congressional district. He was first elected to replace retiring representative Shirley Chisholm. Owens shepherded the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 through the House. He retired at the end of his term in January 2007 and was succeeded by Yvette Clarke.
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David Satcher
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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David Satcher is an American physician, and public health administrator. He is a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the 11th Assistant Secretary for Health, and the 16th Surgeon General of the United States.
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William J. White
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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William Jefferson White was an American civil rights leader, minister, educator, and journalist. He was the founder of Harmony Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia, in 1869, and of other churches. In 1867 he helped found the Augusta Institute, which became Morehouse College; he also helped found Atlanta University and was a trustee of both schools. He was a founder in 1880 and the managing editor of the Georgia Baptist, a leading African American newspaper for many years. He was an outspoken civil-rights leader.
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Jamal Simmons
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Jamal Nkosi Simmons is an American political advisor who formerly served as the communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris from January 2022 to January 2023.
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Lerone Bennett, Jr
- Occupations
- biographerwriterediting staffhistorianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Lerone Bennett Jr. was an African-American scholar, author and social historian who analyzed race relations in the United States. His works included Before the Mayflower (1962) and Forced into Glory (2000), a book about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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Walter E. Massey
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Walter Eugene Massey is an American educator, physicist, and executive. President Emeritus of both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and of Morehouse College, he is chairman of the board overseeing construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope. During his long career, Massey has served as head of the National Science Foundation, director of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), chairman of Bank of America, and as trustee chair of the City Colleges of Chicago. He has also served in professorial and administrative posts at the University of California, University of Chicago, Brown University, and the University of Illinois.
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Floyd McKissick
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Floyd Bixler McKissick was an American lawyer and civil rights activist. He became the first African-American student at the University of North Carolina School of Law. In 1966 he became leader of CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality, taking over from James Farmer. A supporter of Black Power, he turned CORE into a more radical movement. In 1968, McKissick left CORE to found Soul City in Warren County, North Carolina. He was an active Republican and endorsed Richard Nixon for president that year, and the federal government, under President Nixon, supported Soul City. He became a state district court judge in 1990 and died on April 28, 1991.
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Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- In 1911 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- clergymanteacheruniversity president
- Biography
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Mordecai Wyatt Johnson was an American educator and pastor. He served as the first African-American president of Howard University, from 1926 until 1960. Johnson has been considered one of the three leading African-American preachers of the early 20th-century, along with Vernon Johns and Howard Thurman.
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Nick Brown
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- 1995-1999 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science
- Occupations
- politicianreality television participantlawyer
- Biography
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Nicholas William Brown is an American lawyer serving as the 19th attorney general of Washington since 2025. He served as United States attorney for the Western District of Washington from October 2021 to June 21, 2023, and was elected the Attorney General for Washington in 2024. Brown is the first African American to serve as Attorney General of Washington.
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Sebastian Ridley-Thomas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sebastian Ridley-Thomas is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. A Democrat, he represented the 54th Assembly District, which includes the Los Angeles County communities of Century City, Culver City, Westwood, Mar Vista, Palms, Baldwin Hills, Windsor Hills, Ladera Heights, View Park, Crenshaw, Leimert Park, Mid City, and West Los Angeles.
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Howard Zehr
- Occupations
- criminologist
- Biography
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Howard J. Zehr is an American criminologist. Zehr is considered to be a pioneer of the modern concept of restorative justice.
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Sharif Street
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sharif Street is an American politician and attorney. He is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the 3rd district since 2017. In 2018, Street was elected Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party under Chairwoman Nancy Patton Mills of Allegheny County, and was elected Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party on June 18, 2022, the first person of color to fill that role.
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Derek Fordjour
- Occupations
- visual artistfilm directorfilm screenwriterfilm producer
- Biography
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Derek Fordjour is an American interdisciplinary artist and educator of Ghanaian heritage who works in collage, video/film, sculpture, and painting. Fordjour lives and works in New York City.
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John Monds
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Monds is an American politician and activist. He was the Libertarian nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2010. He was the first African American to appear on the general election ballot for Governor of Georgia.
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George J. Hazel
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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George Jarrod Hazel is an American lawyer who is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He previously served as the chief deputy state's attorney for Baltimore, Maryland.
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Ted Colbert
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Theodore Colbert III is a businessman, engineer, and the former Chief Executive Officer for Boeing Defense, Space & Security, a subdivision at The Boeing Company. He has served in the position from March 2022 until September 2024. Previously, he served as the CEO of Boeing Global Services, and prior to that, he served as the Chief Information Officer at The Boeing Company.
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Lee Harris
- Occupations
- legal scholarpolitician
- Biography
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Lee Ardrey Harris is an American politician who currently serves as the Mayor of Shelby County, previously serving as a member of the Tennessee Senate, representing the 29th district. Harris is also a law professor. Prior to his election to the state senate, Harris represented District 7 on the Memphis City Council. He was born and raised in Memphis, and studied at Morehouse College, followed by Yale Law School.
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Nasheet Waits
- Occupations
- musicianjazz musician
- Biography
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Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer.
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Ceasar Mitchell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ceasar C. Mitchell, is an American politician and attorney who served as President of Atlanta City Council from 2010 to 2018. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2017 Atlanta mayoral election.
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Amos C. Brown
- Occupations
- civil rights advocatepastor
- Biography
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Amos Cleophilus Brown is an African American pastor and civil rights activist. He is the president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP, and has been the pastor of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco since 1976. Brown was one of only eight students who took the only college class ever taught by Martin Luther King Jr. He serves on the board of the California Reparations Task Force.
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Kenneth Dunkin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kenneth Dunkin is an American politician. Dunkin previously served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 5th District from December 2002 until January 2017 and as an appointed by Governor Bruce Rauner to fill a vacancy on the Board of Commissioners for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in May 2018, serving until December of that same year.
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John Silvanus Wilson
- Biography
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John Silvanus Wilson, Jr. is an American academic administrator who served as the 11th president of Morehouse College from 2013 to 2017. Before returning to lead his alma mater in 2013, Wilson served in the United States Department of Education, at George Washington University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Donald Hopkins
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Donald R. Hopkins is a Bahamian American physician, a MacArthur Fellow and is the Vice President and Director of Health Programs at The Carter Center. He graduated from Morehouse College with a B.S., from the University of Chicago with a Doctor of Medicine, and from the Harvard School of Public Health with a Master of Public Health. He studied at the Institute of European Studies, University of Vienna.
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Tope Folarin
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer and executive director of the Institute for Policy Studies. He won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story "Miracle". In April 2014 he was named in the Hay Festival's Africa39 project as one of the 39 Sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with the potential and the talent to define the trends of the region. His story "Genesis" was shortlisted for the 2016 Caine Prize.
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Ramon Harewood
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Ramon Bernard Harewood is a Barbadian former professional American football offensive tackle. He played college football at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He was selected in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft, with the Ravens signing him to a three-year contract.
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Karim Webb
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- restaurateur
- Biography
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Karim Webb is an American restaurateur based in Los Angeles. He is best known for creating a successful franchise restaurant in South Los Angeles in 2011, the first full-service restaurant in the area since the 1992 Los Angeles riots. His business model includes training in management, business and life skills for workers and youth in the local community.
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Delman Coates
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- pastor
- Biography
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Delman L. Coates is an American Baptist minister. He is senior pastor of Mt. Ennon Baptist Church, a megachurch located in Clinton, Maryland, since 2004.
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Jonathan Lee Walton
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- teachertheologian
- Biography
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Jonathan Lee Walton is an American author, ethicist and religious scholar. He is the President of Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He was previously Dean of Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Presidential Chair in Religion & Society and Dean of Wait Chapel. He is the author of A Lens of Love: Reading the Bible in its World for Our World.
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Gary G. Bennett
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Gary G. Bennett Jr. is the Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, Global Health and Medicine at Duke University. In November 2022, he was appointed Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, effective February 2023.
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Louis Wade Sullivan
- Occupations
- businesspersonpoliticianphysician
- Biography
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Louis Wade Sullivan is an active health policy leader, minority health advocate, author, physician, and educator. He served as the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services during President George H. W. Bush's Administration and was Founding Dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
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Roger Reeves
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Roger William Reeves is an American poet and essayist.
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Alvin Holsey
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 60)
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in computer science
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Alvin Holsey is a United States Navy four-star admiral and naval aviator who has served as the commander of United States Southern Command since 7 November 2024. He previously served as military deputy commander of the United States Southern Command from 2023 to 2024. He previously served as commander of the Navy Personnel Command and Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel from 2021 to 2022. He has command assignments as commander of Carrier Strike Group 1 from 2018 to 2020, and commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s first hybrid electric propulsion warship, the USS Makin Island (LHD-8) from 2013 to 2014, having started out as its executive officer in February of the former year.
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Kevin D. Rome
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Kevin D. Rome Sr. is an American university administrator. He served as the 16th president of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee. He was previously the president of Lincoln University from 2013 to 2017.
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James Nabrit, Jr
- Occupations
- educatorlawyer
- Biography
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James Madison Nabrit Jr. was a prominent American civil rights attorney who won several important arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, served as president of Howard University for much of the 1960s, and was appointed Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations by President Lyndon B. Johnson. His brother, Samuel M. Nabrit, was appointed to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. His son, James Nabrit III, was also a civil rights attorney.
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Julien Neals
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Julien Xavier Neals is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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Rashad Taylor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rashad Jamal Taylor is a political consultant and former politician from Atlanta, Georgia. A Democrat, he served from 2009 to 2013 in the Georgia House of Representatives, representing the City of Atlanta from the 55th House District. He was first elected in November 2008. After re-election in 2010, he was elected Vice Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, the fourth highest ranking leadership position in the House. At 31, Taylor was the youngest member of the General Assembly leadership, House or Senate, Democrat or Republican.
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James H. Shelton III
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James H. Shelton III was most recently the head of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Education division. He was formerly the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Education. In this role, he oversaw a broad range of management, policy, and program functions.
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Perry Thurston Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Perry Eugene Thurston Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2016 to 2022. He represented the 33rd district, which includes Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes, North Lauderdale, Margate, Oakland Park, and surrounding areas in Broward County. He previously served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the Fort Lauderdale area from 2006 to 2014, and was the House minority leader in his final term. Thurston was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General of Florida in 2014.
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George W. Crockett, Jr
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianlawyerjournalist
- Biography
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George William Crockett Jr. was an African-American attorney, jurist, and congressman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He also served as a national vice-president of the National Lawyers Guild and co-founded what is believed to be the first racially integrated law firm in the United States.
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Lloyd McNeill
- Occupations
- postage stamp designerartistjazz musicianeducatorflautist
- Biography
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Lloyd McNeill was a jazz flutist and visual artist based out of New York City. He is generally recognized as a jazz flutist of eminent ability, alongside James Newton, Yusef Lateef, Sam Rivers, James Moody, Bobbi Humphrey and Eric Dolphy.
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Miles Marshall Lewis
- Occupations
- journalistmusic critic
- Biography
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Miles Marshall Lewis is an American pop culture critic, essayist, literary editor, fiction writer, and music journalist. He graduated from Morehouse College in 1993.
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Benjamin Griffith Brawley
- Years
- 1882-1939 (aged 57)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Benjamin Griffith Brawley was an American author and educator. Several of his books were considered standard college texts, including The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States (1918) and New Survey of English Literature (1925).
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Terrance Carroll
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Terrance D. Carroll is an American lawyer, minister, former Colorado legislator and former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, the first African American ever to hold that office in Colorado. Carroll was elected as a Democrat in 2002 and represented House District 7 which encompasses parts of Denver, Colorado.
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Tupac A. Hunter
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tupac Amaru Hunter is an American politician who is a former member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 5th district which encompasses northwest Detroit, Dearborn Heights and Inkster. He served as the Minority Floor Leader.
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Cam Kirk
- Occupations
- photographer
- Biography
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Cameron "Cam Kirk" Kirkland is a photographer and videographer. Cam Kirk has worked with and produced work for many hip hop artists and entertainers, including Young Jeezy, T.I., Monica, 2 Chainz, Mike Will Made It, Estelle, Schoolboy Q, Future, Gucci Mane, D.C. Young Fly, Young Dolph, Yo Gotti, and DJ Khaled.
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Frank Smith
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frank Smith, Jr., is a civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C.
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Louis S. Peterson
- Occupations
- playwright
- Biography
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Louis Stamford Peterson was an American playwright, actor, screenwriter, and professor. He was an American playwright and the first African-American playwright to have a dramatic play produced on Broadway. He was also one of the first African-American writers to be nominated for an Emmy Award.
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Samuel Woodrow Williams
- Occupations
- Christian minister
- Biography
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Samuel Woodrow Williams was a Baptist minister, professor of philosophy and religion, and Civil Rights activist. Williams was born on February 12, 1912, in Sparkman then grew up in Chicot County, Arkansas. An African American, Williams attended Morehouse College where he received his bachelor's degree in philosophy and later attended Howard University earning his master's degree in divinity.
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Derrius Quarles
- Occupations
- recording artistauthorhuman rights activistbusinesspersonmotivational speaker
- Biography
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Derrius Quarles is a entrepreneur, human rights activist, recording artist, product designer, and author. Born on the South Side of Chicago in the Bronzeville neighborhood, he is the Co-Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of BREAUX Capital, an award-winning financial technology company serving Black Men and Million Dollar Scholar, an education social enterprise as well as the Founder of DQ and Partners.
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James Gailliard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James David Gailliard is an American pastor and politician. He is senior pastor and CEO of Word Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and a Democratic former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Gailliard represented the 25th district (including most of Nash County) from 2019 to 2023. He attended Morehouse College and St. Joseph's University.
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T. B. Ellis
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Tellis Burthorne Ellis Jr. was an American football and basketball coach. He was the head football coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. He led the Tigers to a 24–21–3 record from 1946 to 1951 before being replaced by future College Football Hall of Fame coach John Merritt. He was educated at Morehouse College and Boston University.
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Samuel B. McKinney
- Occupations
- civil rights advocatepastor
- Biography
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Samuel Berry McKinney was an American Christian pastor and Civil Rights leader. He was the pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle for four decades. He attended the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, and he served on the Seattle Human Rights Commission.
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Emanuel K. Love
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Emanuel K. Love was a minister and leader in the Baptist church from Savannah, Georgia. He was pastor of one of the largest churches in the country and was a prominent activist for black civil rights and anti-lynching laws. He played an important role in establishing separate black Baptist national organizations and advocating for black leadership of Baptist institutions, especially schools.
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Earl F. Hilliard
- Enrolled in Morehouse College
- In 1964 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Earl Frederick Hilliard is an American politician from the U.S. state of Alabama who served as the U.S. representative for the state's 7th district. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate. His son Earl Hilliard Jr. is also a politician.
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Harrison N. Bouey
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Harrison N. Bouey was a minister in South Carolina, Alabama, and Missouri and a missionary in Liberia. He was noted as a leader in efforts to help Africans emigrate to Africa at the end of reconstruction in the 1870s. He was also involved in education in the south, and was an early leader of Selma University in Selma, Alabama, and co-founder of Western College Preparatory School in Macon, Missouri.
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Nathan Baskerville
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nathan Angus Baskerville is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who represented the 32nd district from 2013 to 2017. Baskerville also has his own law practice.
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Calvin Edouard Ward
- Years
- 1925-2018 (aged 93)
- Occupations
- pianistmusicologistmusic theoristmusic educator
- Biography
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Calvin Edouard Ward was an American concert pianist, music theorist and educator.
