List of people from Tuskegee, Alabama

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Tuskegee, Alabama:

Activism

• Rosa Parks, African American civil rights activist^[1]
• Sammy Younge Jr., Civil Rights Movement activists and voting rights activist^[2]

Art

• Frederick Arthur Bridgman, artist known for his paintings of "Orientalist" subjects^[3]

Athletics

• Alice Coachman, first African American female Olympic gold medalist, high jump^[4]
• Herman Hill, former Major League Baseball player^[5]
• Stanley Jackson, former NBA player^[6]
• Ken Johnson, former forward for the Portland Trail Blazers^[7]
• Rimp Lanier, former Major League Baseball player^[8]
• Chad Lucas, professional football wide receiver^[9]
• Zeke Moore, former cornerback for the Houston Oilers^[10]
• Chukie Nwokorie, former NFL player^[11]
• James Patrick, Canadian football safety^[12]
• Gilbert Renfroe, former professional football quarterback^[13]
• Gerald Robinson, former Auburn University and NFL defensive end^[14]
• Andre Thornton, major league baseball player^[15]
• Tony Tolbert, former defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys^[16]
• Frank Walker, NFL cornerback^[17]
• Rory White, NBA player for the Phoenix Suns, San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers, and the Milwaukee Bucks^[18]
• Willie Whitehead, former Auburn University and NFL defensive end^[19]

Education

• Howard R. Lamar, historian of the American West and a former president of Yale University^[20]
• Booker T. Washington, educator, author, orator, and leader in the African-American community.

Government

• Eric Motley, former US State Department official and director of the Aspen Institute^[21]
• Frank Park, U.S. Representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district from 1913 to 1925^[22]
• Edward W. Pou, U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 4th District from 1901 to 1934^[23]
• Charles Winston Thompson, U.S. Representative from 1901 to 1904^[24]
• Myron Herbert Thompson, Senior Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama^[25]
• Michael L. Vaughn, politician who represents District 24 in the Maryland House of Delegates^[26]
• Otis D. Wright II, U.S. District Judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California^[27]

Literature

• Clarissa Scott Delany, poet, essayist, educator and social worker associated with the Harlem Renaissance^[28]
• Sadie Peterson Delaney, chief librarian of the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Medical Center for 34 years and a pioneer in bibliotherapy^[29]
• Angela Johnson, poet and writer of children's books^[30]
• Nella Larsen, author of the Harlem Renaissance^[31]
• Phyllis Alesia Perry, novelist and journalist^[32]

Military

• Theodore W. Brevard, Jr., officer in the Confederate States Army^[33]
• William A. Campbell, member of the Tuskegee Airmen^[34]
• Lt Gen Russell C. Davis former Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard^[35]
• Evander McIvor Law, American Civil War general^[36]
• The Tuskegee Airmen

Music

• Dave Edwards, multireedist and lead alto saxophonist for the Lawrence Welk Show^[37]
• Tom Joyner, nationally syndicated radio DJ^[38]
• Lionel Richie, graduated from Tuskegee University, rhythm & blues singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and occasional actor^[39]
• Caughey Roberts, jazz alto sax player best known for his time in the Count Basie Orchestra in the 1930s^[40]

Science

• Keith Black, neurosurgeon^[41]
• George Washington Carver, botanist
• Nathaniel Chisholm, engineer whose research focuses on nanotechnology^[42]
• Adriel Johnson, biologist and faculty member at the University of Alabama in Huntsville who was killed in the 2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting^[43]

Television

• Robin Roberts, anchor of Good Morning America^[44]
• Keenen Ivory Wayans, actor, comedian, writer, director^[45]

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2. Bourlin, Olga. "Younge, Samuel ("Sammy") Leamon, Jr. (1944-1966)". BlackPast.org. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
3. "Frederick Arthur Bridgman / American Art". Americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
4. "Alice Coachman". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
5. "Herman Hill Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
6. "Stanley Jackson NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
7. "Ken Johnson NBA & ABA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
8. "Rimp Lanier Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
9. "Chad Lucas NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. 1981-11-07. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
10. Zeke Moore (2013-12-30). "Zeke Moore, DB at". Nfl.com. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
11. Chukie Nwokorie. "Chukie Nwokorie, DE at". Nfl.com. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
12. "James Patrick | Roster | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. 1982-06-04. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
13. "Gilbert Renfroe College & Pro Football Statistics". Totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
14. Gerald Robinson. "Gerald Robinson, DE at". Nfl.com. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
15. Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
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20. "Elms and Magnolias: Yale and the American South :: Curator: Garry Lacy Reeder II". Library.yale.edu. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
21. "A Path All His Own". Washingtonpost.com. 1972-12-17. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
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25. "History of the Federal Judiciary". Fjc.gov. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
26. "Michael L. Vaughn, Maryland State Delegate". Msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
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28. Henry Louis Gates; Evelyn Brooks Higgenbotham (2009). Harlem Renaissance Lives: From the African American National Biography. Oxford University Press. pp. 154–6. ISBN 978-0-19-538795-7. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
29. Gubert, B. K. (1993). Sadie Peterson Delaney: Pioneer Bibliotherapist. American Libraries, 24(2), 124-125.
30. "WOSU Presents Ohioana Authors | Angela Johnson". Ohioana-authors.org. 1961-06-18. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
31. Hutchinson, George. (2006) In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line, Harvard University Press
32. Moore, Shirley Walker (2006). "Perry, Phyllis Alesia (1962-)". In Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu. Writing African American Women: An Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 705–6. ISBN 0-313-33197-9.
33. "Theodore Washington Brevard". Civilwarreference.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
34. "William A. Campbell Obituary". The Monterey Herald. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
35. Robert Ewell Greene, Black Defenders of the Persian Gulf War, 1991, page 43
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37. "MUSICAL FAMILY BIOS 5". Welkmusicalfamily.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
38. "Tom Joyner". Black America Web. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
39. Huey, Steve. "Lionel Richie Biography". allmusic. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
40. Caughey Roberts (1912-08-25). "Allmusic.com". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
41. David, Emru & Tamu Townsend. "Dr. Keith Black". Blackhistorypages.net. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
42. "Dr. Nathaniel Chisholm, 2006 | Tuskegee University". Tuskegee.edu. 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
43. "Adriel Duland Johnson Sr. Obituary: View Adriel Johnson's Obituary by The Huntsville Times". Obits.al.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
44. "The Paley Center for Media | She Made It | Robin Roberts". She Made It. 1960-11-23. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
45. "Keenen Ivory Wayans". The New York Times. AllRovi. Retrieved 2014-05-21.