African-American academics

This list has 4 sub-lists and 220 members. See also African-American writers

L1. African-American academics


List of Top 10 African-American academics

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African-American academics - the complete list

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Below you will find our complete list of African-American academics - there are currently 220 records in this list.
# Topic Description Page Views
1. Condoleezza Rice American Republican politician; U.S. Secretary of State; political scientist 46,953
2. James Baldwin American writer, novelist 3,808
3. Angela Davis American political activist 1,976
4. Avery Brooks American actor, director, musician, singer, and professor 1,875
5. Anna Deavere Smith Playwright, actress 733
6. Henry Louis Gates American professor 491
7. Michael Eric Dyson American, Personality 482
8. Toni Morrison American novelist 326
9. Thomas Sowell American, Writer 283
10. Anthony Braxton American, Composer 272
11. Cornel West American philosopher, scholar, public intellectual 245
12. Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist 198
13. Tukufu Zuberi American sociologist 152
14. Marjorie Lee Browne American mathematician, educator 145
15. Hamilton E. Holmes 90
16. Anna J. Cooper American educator, feminist, essayist 90
17. Melissa Harris-Perry American, Pundit 59
18. Susan Rice American diplomat 36
19. Clayborne Carson American, Activist 32
20. Molefi Asante 30
21. Winona Cargile Alexander Sorority founder 27
22. Marc Lamont Hill American, Writer 25
23. W. E. B. Du Bois American sociologist, historian and civil rights activist 23
24. Alondra Nelson American, Sociologist 22
25. George C. Royal American, Scientist 21
26. Charlotte Hawkins Brown American, Educator 21
27. John Hopps American, Scientist 21
28. Farai Chideya American journalist 20
29. M.K. Asante Jr. American, Screenwriter 20
30. William A. Massey (mathematician) 19
31. Jacob Carruthers 18
32. Ruth Ella Moore American, Biologist 18
33. John Edgar Wideman Fiction writer, memoirist, essayist 17
34. Booker T. Washington educator 17
35. Marvalene Hughes 16
36. Charlotte E. Ray Lawyer 16
37. St. Elmo Brady American, Scientist 14
38. Otelia Cromwell American, Writer 13
39. William Montague Cobb American, Anthropologist 13
40. Sylvester James Gates American, Scientist 13
41. Glenn Loury American, Economist 11
42. Karin Stanford 11
43. Jack Ford (politician) an American Democratic politician who served as the mayor of Toledo, Ohio 10
44. John Henrik Clarke American, Historian 10
45. Elizabeth Alexander (poet) Poet 10
46. Cleveland Sellers A Man who Contributed to the fight against discrimination among African Americans 10
47. Lisa Delpit 10
48. Robert Hayden American, Writer 9
49. Beulah Burke American, Educator 9
50. Priscilla Slade American, Educator 9
51. Arlie Petters American, Scientist 9
52. Vincent Brothers 8
53. Ruth Simmons American academic 8
54. Andrew Brimmer American, Economist 8
55. Abram Lincoln Harris Economist, anthropologist, academic 7
56. St. Clair Drake African-American sociologist 7
57. Kelly Miller (scientist) American mathematician 7
58. Kerrie Holley Research computer scientist 7
59. John McWhorter American, Scientist 7
60. J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. American nuclear physicist 7
61. Percy Lavon Julian African-American chemist 6
62. Gloria Ladson-Billings 6
63. Bertice Berry American, Sociologist 6
64. Anthony Davis (composer) American composer 6
65. Nellie Y. McKay African-American studies scholar 6
66. Winston C. Doby American, Educator 6
67. David Blackwell American mathematician 6
68. Nelson W. Winbush Black member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans 6
69. John Ogbu American, Scientist 6
70. Lani Guinier American, Educator 6
71. Sidney A. McPhee American, Educator 6
72. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson American, Educator 5
73. Ellis O. Knox American, Educator 5
74. France Winddance Twine American, Sociologist 5
75. Charles Henry Turner (zoologist) American zoologist 5
76. Jabari Asim American journalist 5
77. Alvin F. Poussaint Author, professor, psychiatrist 5
78. Na'im Akbar American, Psychologist 5
79. Albert H. Wheeler American musician 5
80. Patrick Francis Healy Irish, Educator 5
81. Fannie Barrier Williams 5
82. Drew S. Days, III 5
83. John Wesley Blassingame American, Historian 5
84. Julia Evangeline Brooks American, Educator 5
85. Marion Mann United States general 5
86. Emmett J. Rice 5
87. Edward Bouchet African American academic 2
88. Billi Gordon American, Screenwriter 1
89. Patricia Hill Collins American, Sociologist 1
90. Carlton E. Brown American, Educator 1
91. Ernest Everett Just American, Biologist 1
92. Willis J. King 1
93. Manning Marable Professor of public affairs and African American studies at Columbia University 1
94. N. K. Jemisin American, Writer 1
95. Lerone Bennett, Jr. 1
96. Anna Easter Brown American co-founder of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority 1
97. Earl G. Yarbrough Former President of Savannah State University 1
98. William Julius Wilson American sociologist -
99. Michelle Alexander -
100. Dolores Cross American, Educator -
101. Linda Darling-Hammond American, Educator -
102. Houston A. Baker, Jr. American, Critic -
103. Maria Louise Baldwin Pioneering female African American educator -
104. William Leo Hansberry American, Historian -
105. Alexander Thomas Augusta American Civil War surgeon -
106. Jason A. Johnson -
107. Deborah Prothrow-Stith -
108. Louise Thompson Patterson American, Educator -
109. Horace Mann Bond -
110. Charles L. Reason American mathematician -
111. Thomas C. Holt American, Historian -
112. Benjamin Arthur Quarles American historian -
113. James A. Colston President of the Bronx Community College -
114. Charles Bennett Ray -
115. Roscoe Giles American, Scientist -
116. Pearl Cleage American novelist -
117. Scott W. Williams American mathematician -
118. John T. Wolfe Jr. President of Savannah State College -
119. Martin David Jenkins American academic -
120. Bobby Jones (academic) American academic -
121. W. E. Bennett American, Scientist -
122. T. J. Bryan American, Educator -
123. Reginald Wilson American psychologist -
124. Charles R. Johnson Novelist, short story writer, essayist and academic -
125. Archibald Grimké -
126. Mary McHenry American, Educator -
127. Arthur J. Bond American, Educator -
128. Nathan Huggins American, Historian -
129. Pheoris West American, Artist -
130. Melvin Dixon Poet, novelist, professor, translator -
131. Edward Jones-Imhotep American, Philosopher -
132. Betty E. King -
133. James B. Dudley American, Educator -
134. Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran American academic -
135. Albert J. Raboteau American academic -
136. Martha Louise Morrow Foxx American, Educator -
137. Bobby William Austin American, Sociologist -
138. Samuel M. Nabrit -
139. Thelma Glass American, Scientist -
140. Michael K. Dorsey American, Educator -
141. Andrew Hugine, Jr. -
142. Sharon Sutton American architect -
143. Annette Gordon-Reed American historian -
144. Israel Hicks American, Director -
145. Herb Boyd Journalist -
146. Paul Robeson Jr. American, Critic -
147. Gloria Johnson-Powell American, Scientist -
148. Todd Boyd -
149. Michael V. Drake American, Scientist -
150. Claudia Tate American literary critic -
151. Cuesta Benberry American, Educator -
152. Gerald Horne American, Writer -
153. John Hope Franklin American, Historian -
154. ZerNona Black -
155. Lewis Woodson American academic -
156. Leonidas Berry -
157. Merze Tate American academic -
158. Sidney A. Ribeau American, Educator -
159. William Henry Harrison Hart -
160. Dayo Gore -
161. Shelby Steele American academic -
162. Johnnetta B. Cole American, Educator -
163. Earl Lewis American, Educator -
164. Leonard Jeffries American academic known for black supremacist and antisemitic views -
165. Frank M. Snowden, Jr. American diplomat -
166. W. D. Wright American academic -
167. Richard Yarborough American academic -
168. William Spriggs American, Economist -
169. Anne Harper Charity Hudley -
170. Benjamin W. Arnett American, Educator -
171. Joel Augustus Rogers American, Writer -
172. William H. Lash government official & law professor -
173. Joseph L. Graves -
174. James A. Hefner African American academic, economist -
175. Wilson Jeremiah Moses American, Historian -
176. Theophilus Gould Steward American author, educator, clergyman -
177. Asa Grant Hilliard III American, Psychologist -
178. Randall Kennedy -
179. George E. Kent -
180. Walter E. Williams American writer -
181. Carolyn Meyers American, Educator -
182. Thomas McCants Stewart Liberian judge -
183. Roger Wilkins American historian -
184. Janie Porter Barrett Harmon prize winner -
185. Norman Francis American, Educator -
186. Gloria Randle Scott American academic -
187. Edgar Toppin American academic -
188. John G. Jackson (writer) American academic -
189. Edmond Keller American, Educator -
190. Ernest Lyon U.S. Minister and Consul General to Liberia -
191. William Sanders Scarborough American scholar -
192. John W. E. Bowen, Sr. -
193. Joseph Jewell -
194. Nathan A. Scott, Jr. American literary critic -
195. Beverly Daniel Tatum American academic -
196. John R. Rickford -
197. Victoria Gray Adams Activist -
198. S. O. Y. Keita American, Anthropologist -
199. Charlene Drew Jarvis American politician -
200. Lillie Burke American, Educator -
201. Angela P. Harris American, Educator -
202. Boyce Watkins American academic -
203. C. Eric Lincoln Professor of Religion and of Sociology -
204. Harold Scott American actor and director -
205. Michael Lomax -
206. David Levering Lewis American, Historian -
207. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot American, Writer -
208. Gerald Early American, Philosopher -
209. Edgar Amos Love Founded Omega Psi Phi Fraternity -
210. Conrad Worrill American activist and academic -
211. Katheryn Russell-Brown American, Educator -
212. Harold Cruse American, Educator -
213. Claude Steele American, Scientist -
214. Edsel Albert Ammons -
215. Mat Johnson Writer -
216. Maxine Leeds Craig American, Sociologist -
217. Russell L. Adams Author and professor -
218. Laurence C. Jones American, Educator -
219. Renee A. Blake American, Scientist -
220. Stuart C. Lord American, Educator -

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