Diamond Makers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated

Business
• Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. – Prominent Los Angeles, CA Attorney
• Robert Johnson – BET Founder
• Reginald F. Lewis* – Former CEO of world’s largest AA company, TLC
• Percy Sutton – Entrepreneur and Owner of the Apollo Theater
• Lerone J. Bennett, Jr – Editor
• Keith Clinkscales – CEO/President of Vibe Magazine
• John E. Jacob – Exec VP of Anheuser-Busch, Inc and former CEO, National Urban League
• C.C. Spaulding – First President of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co.
• Bert Collins – Current President of NC Mutual Life Insurance
• Edward G. Gartner – President of Soft Sheen Products, Inc.

Civic
• Dr. Rev. Ralph Abernathy* – Civil Rights Leader and former president of SCLC
• Dr. Samual D. Proctor
• Dr. Rev. Leon Sullivan – Pastor of Zion Baptist Church – Philadelphia, PA
• Rev. Gardner C. Taylor
• Bishop Eddie L. Long
• Rev. Calvin O. Butts – Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church – Harlem, NY
• Dr. William Gibson – Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of NAACP
• C. Vernon Mason – Prominent civil rights attorney and activist

Education
• Dr. Joseph B. Johnson
• Dr. Harold M. McNeil
• Dr. Robert L. Randolph
• Dr. Dallas Simmons
• Dr. William E. Sims
• Dr. Harrison B. Wilson Jr.
• Dr. Samuel Massie
• Dr. Horace M. Bond – Past president of Lincoln University (PA)
• Dr James Shepherd* – Founder and first president of NCCU
• Dr. Kenneth B. Clark – Prominent social psychologist and researcher
• Dr. C. Eric Lincoln – Author of Black Muslims in America
• Arthur Schomburg – Historian and scholar of African-American culture

Entertainment
• Marvin Sapp-Pastor and Grammy Award-Winning Gospel Singer
• Alfred” Finesse” Mitchell-Comedian
• John Marshall Jones-Actor & TV sitcom, Smart Guy
• Kenny Burrell – Jazz
• Donald Byrd – Jazz
• John Singleton – Oscar nominated Director/Screenwriter
• Dr. Billy Taylor – Jazz
• Cedric the Entertainer – Comedian, The Steve Harvey Show
• Joe Clair – Rap City Host
• Tavis Smiley – BET Talk Show Host
• Montell Jordan – R&B Singer
• William Grant Still – Composer and Musician
• William Raspberry – Syndicated Columnist for Washington Post
• Ed Bradley – Investigative Reporter for 60 Minutes
• Ralph Wiley – Sports Writer and Author
• Whitman Mayo – Actor who starred as Grady on ‘Sanford and Son’
• Jester Hairston – Actor who starred as Rolly Forbes on ‘Amen’
• Earnest Thomas – Actor who starred as Roger on ‘What’s Happening’

Government
• Past Grand Polemarch Thomas Bradley – Former Mayor of LA
• John Conyers – Congressman (D-MI)
• Vernon Jones – Georgia State Representative
• George Crockett Jr.- Congressman (D-MI)
• Walter Fauntroy – Congressman (D-D.C.)
• Mayor Elihu Harris – Oakland, CA.
• Judge Carl Stokes – First A-A mayor of a major US city (Cleveland)
• Louis Stokes – Congressman (D-OH)
• Mayor Wellington Webb – Denver CO
• Mayor Michael White – Cleveland, OH
• Marvin Arrington – Atlanta City Council President
• Mervyn Dymally – Congressman (D-CA)
• Rep. Alcee Hastings – Florida
• Rep. Albert R Wynn – Maryland
• Rep. Sanford Bishop – Georgia
• Bennie Thompson – Congressman (D-MS)
• Edward Perkins – Ambassador to Australia
• W. Wilson Goode – First AA Mayor of Philadelphia

Military
• Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr USAF* – First AA 4 Star General
• Thomas D. Parham, Jr USN

Science
• Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr USAF* – First AA 4 Star General
• Thomas D. Parham, Jr USN

Sports
• Colin Kaepernick-Football
• Arthur Ashe* – Tennis
• Ernest Byner – Football
• Wilt Chamberlain* – Basketball
• Willie D. Davis – Football
• Greg Lloyd – Football
• Kenny Lofton – Baseball
• Bill Russell – Basketball
• Oscar Robertson – Basketball
• Gayle Sayers – Football
• Kerry Kittles – Basketball
• Lorenzen Wright – Basketball
• Jon Drummond – Track and Field
• Anfernee Hardaway – Basketball
• J.J. Birden – Football
• Bernie Bickerstaff – Basketball
• Rolando Blackman – Basketball
• Danny Manning – Basketball
• Johnny Newman – Basketball
• Elliot Perry – Basketball
• Chris Oldham – Football
• Ron Dickerson – Football
• Derek Loville – Football
• Steve Wallace – Football
• Eric Davis – Football
• Larry Finch – Basketball
• Alex English – Basketball
• Alan Henderson – Basketball
• Larry Brown – Football
• Glynn Milburn – Football
• Carl Jackson – Football
• Bob Simmons – Football
• John Chaney – Basketball
• Sam Jones – Basketball
• Allan Houston – Basketball