Notable 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 persons 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 | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Abernathy | 1951 | Civil rights activist | |
| Marvin S. Arrington, Sr. | 1963 | Politician and jurist | |
| Bryan Barber | 1996 | Director of the 2006 film Idlewild | |
| Renee Blake | Charter Communications executive | ||
| Benjamin Brown | Civil rights activist and Georgia State Representative (1966, 1969-77) | ||
| Sir Edward Miles III | 1998 | Philanthropist | |
| Aki Collins | 1997 | Assistant coach with the Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team | |
| Marva Collins | 1957 | Educator; founder and director of the Westside Preparatory School in Chicago, Illinois | |
| Mary Frances Early | 1957 | First African-American graduate of the University of Georgia | |
| Wayman Carver | Composer; first person to use extensive use of the flute in jazz | ||
| Amanda Davis | News anchor at WAGA (Fox5) in Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Pearl Cleage | Author | ||
| DJ Drama | Music producer | ||
| Henry O. Flipper | First black graduate of West Point | ||
| C. Hartley Grattan | 1923 | Economist, historian | |
| Grace Towns Hamilton | 1927 | First African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly | |
| James A. Hefner | 1962 | Economist | |
| Fletcher Henderson | 1920 | Pianist, band leader and composer | |
| New Jack | Professional wrestler | ||
| Alexander Jefferson | 1942 | Retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and a member of the Tuskegee Airmen | |
| Robert R. Jennings | President of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University | ||
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson | 1976 | U.S. Congressman, Georgia 4th District | |
| James Weldon Johnson | 1904 | Writer | |
| Otis Johnson | 1969 | Mayor of Savannah, Georgia | |
| C. LeFoy Grant | 1999 | Television editor and producer; founder of HBCU Unit Network | |
| Reatha Clark King | Scientist, philanthropist, and educator, and former president and executive director of General Mills Foundation | ||
| Kenny Leon | Actor and former artistic director of Atlanta's Alliance Theatre | ||
| Lucy Craft Laney | Educator, opened the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia in late 19th century | ||
| Curtis Johnson | 2008 | NFL linebacker | |
| Walt Landers | NFL player | ||
| Emmanuel Lewis | 1997 | Actor | |
| Martha S. Lewis | Government official in New York City and state | ||
| Evelyn G. Lowery | American civil rights activist and leader; marched in the historic Selma to Montgomery March | ||
| Mason "Mase" Durrell Bethea | Rapper | ||
| Jody Mayfield | Composer, jazz musician | ||
| Eva Pigford | Model/actress; winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 3 | ||
| Nnegest Likke | Movie director and screenwriter | ||
| Jacque Reid | 1995 | Journalist | |
| Pernessa C. Seele | Immunologist and the CEO and founder of Balm in Gilead, Inc. | ||
| C. Lamont Smith | Sports agent, the founder and president of All Pro Sports and Entertainment | ||
| Morris Stroud | 1969 | Former professional football player | |
| Horace E. Tate | Georgia state senator and educator who oversaw the merger of the black and white teachers' associations | ||
| Michelle Y Madison | Music executive | ||
| Bobby Wilson | 2004 | Singer better known by his stage name Bobby V | |
| Phuthuma Nhleko | CEO of the MTN Group | ||
| Jo Ann Robinson | 1948 | Civil rights activist | |
| Horace T. Ward | Judge and first black student to legally challenge segregation in higher education in the Deep South | ||
| Lisa Washington | 1998 | News anchor of WHNT TV, Huntsville, Alabama | |
| Antavius M. Weems | 1995 | celebrity lawyer | |
| Walter Francis White | 1916 | NAACP leader | |
| Hosea Williams | Civil rights activist | ||
| Madaline A. Williams | First black woman elected to the New Jersey state legislature | ||
| Louis Tompkins Wright | First black surgeon to head the Department of Surgery at Harlem Hospital in New York City, New York | ||
| Richard R. Wright | 1876 | First black Paymaster in the U.S. Army and first president of Savannah State University | |
| Dorothy Yancy | president of Johnson C. Smith University | ||
| Ella Gaines Yates | First African-American director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System | ||
| Chaka Zulu | Hip hop producer and manager |
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