Notable Alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Richard Gene Arno | founder of the National Christian Counselors Association | ||
| Ella Baker | 1927 | leader of SNCC and civil rights activist | |
| Charlie Brandon | Grey Cup champion and all-star CFL football player | ||
| Angie Brooks | 1949 | former President of the United Nations General Assembly and Associate Justice to the National Supreme Court of Liberia | |
| Shirley Caesar | 1984 | pastor and gospel music artist | |
| Henry Plummer Cheatham | 1883 | Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1889 to 1893. | |
| James E. Cheek | 1955 | former President of Shaw University, President Emeritus of Howard University, 1983 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. | |
| Willie E. Gary | 1971 | multi-millionaire attorney and co-founder of the Black Family Channel | |
| Edward A. Johnson | first African-American member of the New York state legislature when he was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1917. | ||
| Lee Johnson | 1975 | President & CEO of Mechanics & Farmers Bank | |
| Lords of the Underground | attended | Hip-Hop Group that was founded in the early 1990s, when all three of its members were students attending Shaw University | |
| Luther Jordan | 1997 | former member of the North Carolina Senate from 1993 to 2002 | |
| Vernon Malone | Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly, 14th Senate district, including constituents in Wake County | ||
| Lee Monroe | 1970 | President of Voorhees College | |
| Peter Wedderick Moore | first President of Elizabeth City Normal College, (now Elizabeth City State University) | ||
| Shelia P. Moses | author | ||
| Ronald "Flip" Murray | 2002 | professional basketball player | |
| Eleanor Nunn, Ph.D. | civil rights activist (one of founders of SNCC) and educator, North Carolina State University | ||
| William L. Pollard | 1967 | President of the Medgar Evers College | |
| Dr. M. T. Pope | 1886 | prominent physician in Raleigh; ran for mayor in 1919. His home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a museum | |
| Benjamin Arthur Quarles | 1931 | historian, administrator, scholar, educator, and writer. | |
| Dr. James E. Shepard | 1894 | founder and President of North Carolina Central University | |
| William Gaston Pearson | 1886 | educator and businessman, co-founder of Mechanics & Farmers Bank, an African-American Bank in Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Ida Van Smith | one of the first African American female pilots and flight instructors in the United States | ||
| James "Bonecrusher" Smith | 1975 | first heavyweight boxing champion with a college degree | |
| Rita Walters | currently serves on the Board of Library Commissioners for the Los Angeles Public Library | ||
| Lucius Walker | 1954 | Baptist minister best known for his opposition to the United States embargo against Cuba | |
| Col. James H. Young | first African American to hold the rank of colonel in the United States of the volunteer regiment during the Spanish American War |
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