Clark Atlanta University - Notable Faculty

Notable Faculty

Name Department Notability Reference
Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen Music Professor
Carlton E. Brown Administration President Clark Atlanta University
W.E.B. DuBois Sociology Scholar, author, and civil rights activist


Virginia Lacy Jones One of the first African-Americans to earn a PhD in the Library Sciences
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. Mathematician and nuclear scientist
Whitney M. Young Jr. Dean of Social Work, prior to becoming Executive Director of National Urban League
Whitman Mayo Drama Professor
Henry Ossawa Tanner The first African American painter to gain international acclaim.
Mary Frances Early Music The first African American graduate of the University of Georgia

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