Notable Alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| George E. Curry | editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association news service (NNPA) and BlackPressUSA.com, and is chairman of the Board of Trustees at Knoxville College | ||
| Dr. Michael Eric Dyson | attended, but transferred | Professor of sociology at Georgetown University, author, media commentator, talk radio show host | |
| C. Virginia Fields | 1967 | social worker and former Borough President of Manhattan, New York | |
| Johnny Ford | Mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama | ||
| Jake Gaither | 1927 | Legendary Florida A&M University football coach who won more than 85 percent of his games over a 24-year period, from 1945 to 1969 | |
| Grady Jackson | former defensive tackle in the National Football League | ||
| Vernon Jarrett | first African-American columnist for the Chicago Tribune and former president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) | ||
| Ken Johnson | former defensive end in the National Football League | ||
| Lyman T. Johnson | educator and influential leader of racial desegregation in the state of Kentucky during the 1940s | ||
| Dr. Edith Irby Jones | first female president of the National Medical Association | ||
| Barbara Rodgers | former anchor for KPIX TV in San Francisco | ||
| Ralph Wiley | noted author, speaker, and sports columnist for The Oakland Tribune, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN | ||
| Palmer Williams, Jr. | actor, star of Tyler Perry's House of Payne |
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