Politics

Lawrence Douglas Wilder - Became Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1990. He also received the Bronze Star for his military heroics in the Korean War.

William Hastie - First Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

George L.P. Weaver - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor.

Robert C. Weaver - First African American to serve on the Presidential Cabinet when he became Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966 under President Franklin Roosevelt.

Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. - Secretary, Department of the Army.

Rev. Jesse Jackson - Candidate for the United States Presidency in 1984 and 1988.

Dr. David Satcher - Formerly, the Director of the CDC and the Present of Meharry Medical College.

Togo West - Secretary of the Army.

Colonel Charles Young - Click here for more information.