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Notable alumni

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See also: Category:Clark Atlanta University alumni
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This is a list of notable alumni which includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Atlanta University, Clark College, Clark University, and/or Clark Atlanta University. It does not include other notable people who may have attended Clark Atlanta University as cross-registered students (credit as an alumnus is not given to Clark Atlanta University, which has spurred controversy over the school's cross-registration policies).

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Ralph Abernathy 1951 Civil rights activist [1]
Marvin S. Arrington, Sr. 1963 Politician and first black graduate of Emory University School of Law [2]
Carolyn Long Banks 1962 First black woman to sit on the Atlanta City Council [3]
Ajamu Baraka Human rights activist and 2016 Green Party vice presidential nominee [4]
Brenda S. Banks 1982 Archivist [5]
Bryan Barber 1996 Film director [6]
Kenya Barris 1996 Television producer [7]
Hamilton Bohannon Songwriter and record producer
Joseph Bouie Jr. Politician and university administrator [8]
Winifred Burks-Houck Environmental organic chemist and the first female president of National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) [9]
Ruby Chappelle Boyd 1943 Librarian [10]
James Albert Bray 1893 C.M.E. bishop, educator, academic administrator [11]
Melanie L. Campbell 1983 Voting rights activist [12]
Wayman Carver Composer
Theresa Chapple Epidemiologist [13]
Pearl Cleage Author [14]
Pinky Cole 2009 Restaurateur [15]
Aki Collins 1997 Assistant coach with the Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team [16]
Marva Collins 1957 Educator [17]
Clarence Cooper 1964 Federal judge [18]
Bryan-Michael Cox Record producer and songwriter [19]
N'Dea Davenport Singer [20]
Amanda Davis News anchor [21]
James Dean 1966, 1968 Social worker and politician [22]
DJ Drama 2000 Music producer
DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr. 1930 Methodist minister, architect of churches [23]
Mary Frances Early 1957 First African-American graduate of the University of Georgia [24][25]
James Felder 1961 Civil rights activist [26]
Henry O. Flipper First black graduate of West Point [27]
Vincent Fort 1981 Georgia State Senator [28]
C. Hartley Grattan 1923 Economist, historian [29]
Grace Towns Hamilton 1927 First African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly [30]
William Leo Hansberry 1921 Scholar [31]
James A. Hefner 1962 Economist
Fletcher Henderson 1920 Pianist, band leader and composer [32]
Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne 1881 Black suffragist, civil rights activist, and Atlanta socialite [33]
Alexander Jefferson 1942 Retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and a member of the Tuskegee Airmen [34]
Robert R. Jennings University administrator
Curtis Johnson 2008 Former NFL linebacker
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson 1976 U.S. Congressman [35]
James Weldon Johnson 1904 Noted author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter and civil rights activist; writer of the poem "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", widely known as the "Negro National Anthem" [14]
Otis Johnson 1969 Mayor of Savannah, Georgia [36]
Bomani Jones 2001 Sportswriter, co-host of Highly Questionable
Dewey W. Knight, Jr. 1957 Department director [17]
Walt Landers Former NFL player
Lucy Craft Laney Educator
Kenny Leon 1978 Film director [14]
Emmanuel Lewis 1997 Actor
Martha S. Lewis Government official in New York City and state [37]
Barbara Lewis King 1957 Founder of the Hillside Chapel and Truth Center; played an important role in the African American church and community [38]
Nnegest Likke Movie director and screenwriter
Evelyn G. Lowery Civil rights activist
Mase Rapper
Greg McCrary Football player
Mary Jackson McCrorey Educator, mission worker [39]
New Jack Professional wrestler
Isaiah DeQuincey Newman State field director, South Carolina NAACP, first African American elected to the South Carolina Senate after Reconstruction
Phuthuma Nhleko CEO of the MTN Group
Major Owens Librarian, U.S. Congressman (New York)
Dinah Watts Pace 1883 Educator [40]
Harry Pace 1903 African-American recording pioneer, founder of Black Swan Records, Insurance executive [41]
Duke Pearson Pianist and composer
Eva Pigford Model/actress
Rachel E. Pruden-Herndon Judge and attorney; first African-American woman admitted to the Georgia Bar [42]
Jacque Reid 1995 Journalist
Jo Ann Robinson 1948 Civil rights activist
Lamont Robinson 2004 Illinois House 5th district State Representative [43]
Pernessa C. Seele Immunologist; CEO and founder of Balm in Gilead, Inc. [44]
Amy Sherald 1997 Artist [45]
C. Lamont Smith Sports agent; founder and president of All Pro Sports and Entertainment
Marilyn Strickland 1992 U.S. Congresswoman, Washington's 10th District; first Korean-American woman elected to Congress in its 230-year history [46]
Morris Stroud 1969 Former professional football player
Bazoline Estelle Usher 1906, 1937 Educator, Georgia Woman of Achievement [47]
Bobby V 2004 Singer, born Bobby Wilson
Walshy Fire DJ, producer and member of Major Lazer
Horace T. Ward Judge [14]
Walter Francis White 1916 NAACP leader
Hosea Williams Civil rights activist [48]
Madaline A. Williams First black woman elected to the New Jersey state legislature [49]
Louis Tompkins Wright Surgeon [14]
Richard R. Wright 1876 Paymaster in the U.S. Army [50]
Ella Gaines Yates Librarian

Notable faculty and administrators

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Name Department Notability Reference
Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen Music Professor
Enos Luther Brookes Chemistry Head of Science Department [51]
Robert D. Bullard Sociology Ware Professor of Sociology, Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center [52]
Wayman Carver Music Jazz flute and saxophone player) [53]
Pearlie Craft Dove Education Educator, philanthropist, and community service activist [54]
W.E.B. Du Bois Sociology Author and civil rights activist [55]
Mary Frances Early Music First African American graduate of the University of Georgia [56]
John Hope First African American president of Morehouse College and Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University) [57]
Virginia Lacy Jones Librarian and Dean of the School of Library and Information Studies
Shelby F. Lewis Political science [58]
Whitman Mayo Drama Professor
Alfred Msezane Physics Professor [59]
Ira De Augustine Reid Sociology Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department
Henry Ossawa Tanner Painter [60]
Donda West English Mother of rapper Kanye West
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. Mathematician and nuclear scientist
Whitney M. Young Jr. Executive Director of the National Urban League

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