Watch The Yard has created a list of some of Alpha Phi Alpha’s top 20 most influential members.
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1.
Roland Martin – Jounalist
2.
Duke Ellington – Legendary Jazz Musician
3.
Lionel Richie – Award Winning Singer
4.
Stuart Scott – ESPN correspondent
5.
Keenan Ivory Wayans – Actor/ Producer
6.
David Dinkins – First Black Mayor Of NYC
7.
Gerald Albright – Jazz Saxophonist
8.
Frederick Douglass – Douglass has been called the father of the civil rights movement.
9.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Civil Rights Activist
10.
John H. Johnson – Founder & Publisher,
Ebony & Jet Magazines
11.
Andrew Young- Former Mayor, Atlanta
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
12.
Paul Robeson –
Activist, Scholar, Singer, Football Player
13.
W.E.B. Dubois –
Writer, Historian, Civil Rights Activist
14.
Thurgood Marshall –
Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice
15.
Dick Gregory –
Activist/ Comedian
16.
Cornel West –
Author/ Activist
17.
Garrett Morgan –
Inventor of traffic signal
18.
Earnest “Dutch” Morial –
1st Black Mayor of New Orleans
19.
Thomas J. Burrell – CEO, Burrell Advertising
20.
Donny Hathaway – Musician