Notable Alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rita Heard Days | Member of both houses of the Missouri State Legislature | ||
| Mervyn M. Dymally | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 31st State Senate district. | ||
| Lloyd L. Gaines | Disappeared mysteriously after fighting for the right to equal education | ||
| George Howard, Jr. | First African-American federal judge in Arkansas | ||
| Leo Lewis | Member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame | ||
| Carey Means | Voice of Frylock on Aqua Teen Hunger Force | ||
| Zeke Moore | Former NFL defensive back | ||
| Oliver Lake | Jazz musician | ||
| Julius Hemphill | Jazz musician | ||
| Lemar Parrish | Former eight-time pro bowl National Football League (NFL) defensive back in the 1970s and early 1980s, and former head coach of the Blue Tiger football team from 2004 to 2009 | ||
| Captain Wendell O. Pruitt, U.S. Army Air Force | Captain Pruit was a fighter pilot with the famed 332nd Fighter Group (the Tuskegee Airmen) during World War II. Captain Pruitt was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his attack on, and destruction of, an warship in Trieste harbor, in northern Italy. | ||
| Joe Torry | Actor and comedian | ||
| Ronald Townson | American vocalist. He was an original member of The 5th Dimension, a popular vocal group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. | ||
| Maida Coleman | Senate Minority leader in Missouri | ||
| Blaine Luetkemeyer | U.S. Congressman | ||
| William Tecumseh Vernon | Minister and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a former president of Western University (now defunct) in Kansas, the first historically black college established west of the Mississippi. |
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