Notable Alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Atkins | 2002 | Former NFL player | |
| Mamye BaCote | 1961 | Virginia House of Delegates (2004-present) | |
| Bessye J. Bearden | 1900's | Journalist and Social Activist; mother of artist Romare Bearden | |
| Simeon Booker | 1941 | award-winning Journalist and the first African-American Reporter for the Washington Post | |
| Michael Brim | 1988 | National Football League player | |
| Roslyn M. Brock | 1987 | Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | |
| Henry Allen Bullock | 1928 | Historian, winner of the Bancroft Prize | |
| Emmett C. Burns, Jr. | Maryland House of Delegates (1995-2006) | ||
| Terry Davis | Former NBA player | ||
| Robert Prentiss Daniel | 1924 | President of Shaw and Virginia State universities for more than 30 years in total | |
| Will Downing | attended | R&B Singer | |
| AJ English | Professional Basketball Player | ||
| Walter Fauntroy | 1955 | Civil rights leader, minister, former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, from Washington, D.C.'s At-large district and was a candidate for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination | |
| Dr. Anderson J. Franklin | Professor of Psychology at the School of Education at Boston College | ||
| Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. | 1948 | first African-American to reach the rank of Admiral in the United States Navy | |
| Abram Lincoln Harris | 1922 | Economist; Chair, Economics Dept. Howard University (1936-1945); Professor University of Chicago | |
| Pete Hunter | 2002 | National Football League player | |
| Eugene Kinckle Jones | 1906 | Member of the Black Cabinet under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. | |
| Dwight Clinton Jones | 1967 | Mayor of Richmond, Virginia (2009-present) | |
| Howard S. Jones (inventor) | 1943 | Inventor, microwave systems hardware; 31 U.S. Patents | |
| Charles Spurgeon Johnson | 1916 | first black President of Fisk University | |
| Lyman T. Johnson | 1930 | integrated the University of Kentucky | |
| Leontine T. Kelly | 1960 | a Bishop of the United Methodist Church | |
| Henry L. Marsh | 1956 | first African-American Mayor of Richmond, Virginia and Member of the Virginia Senate from the 16th district | |
| Bai T. Moore | Liberian author and poet | ||
| Delores McQuinn | 1976 | Virginia House of Delegates (2009-present) | |
| Charles Oakley | Professional Basketball Player | ||
| Wendell H. Phillips | member, Maryland House of Delegates (1979-1987) | ||
| Samuel DeWitt Proctor | 1942 | President of VUU and president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, where he made close acquaintance with then student body president Jesse Jackson | |
| Randall Robinson | Attorney; Founder of TransAfrica | ||
| James R. Roebuck, Jr. | 1966 | member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 188 | |
| Spottswood William Robinson III | 1937 | Prominent Civil Rights Attorney, Dean of Howard University Law School, First African American to be appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Herbert Scott | 1974 | National Football League player, 2 time All-Pro, 3 time Pro Bowl; Dallas Cowboys | |
| Wyatt T Walker | Activist, civil rights motivator, musician, Theologian who gave letter to Dr. Martin Luther King from Coretta; close confidant and preacher | ||
| Ben Wallace | Professional Basketball Player, NBA Defensive Player of the Year, NBA Champions; Detroit Pistons | ||
| Douglas Wilder | 1951 | first African-American Governor of Virginia (1990-1994) and Mayor of Richmond (2005-2009) | |
| Donald F. Turner | Professor at Harvard Law School |
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