FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

Founded in 1914 at Howard University.

Official Website:
http://www.pbs1914.org/

Founding Date:
1914

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Flex Alexander	Actor	15-Apr-1970		One on One
Nnamdi Azikiwe	Head of State	16-Nov-1904	11-May-1996	First President of Nigeria, 1963-66
George Washington Carver	Botanist	c. 1860	5-Jan-1943	Crop rotation and peanut butter
Morris Chestnut	Actor	1-Jan-1969		Two Can Play That Game
Jake Gaither	Football	11-Apr-1903	18-Feb-1994	Head Coach, Florida A&M, 1945-69
Ryan Howard	Baseball	19-Nov-1979		First Baseman, Philadelphia Phillies
James Weldon Johnson	Author	17-Jun-1871	26-Jun-1938	God's Trombones
Alain Locke	Author	13-Sep-1886	9-Jun-1954	Leader in the Harlem Renaissance
Nelson Mandela	Head of State	18-Jul-1918	5-Dec-2013	President of South Africa, 1994-99
Huey Newton	Activist	17-Feb-1942	22-Aug-1989	Black Panther
Kwame Nkrumah	Head of State	21-Sep-1909	27-Apr-1972	First President of Ghana
Rod Paige	Government	17-Jun-1933		US Secretary of Education, 2000-04
Scottie Pippen	Basketball	25-Sep-1965		Six-time NBA world champion
A. Philip Randolph	Activist	15-Apr-1889	16-May-1979	20th century civil rights leader
Jerry Rice	Football	13-Oct-1962		Hall of Fame NFL wide receiver
Edolphus Towns	Politician	21-Jul-1934		Congressman, New York 10th
Blair Underwood	Actor	25-Aug-1964		Malibu's Most Wanted
Hines Ward	Football	8-Mar-1976		Pittsburgh Steelers
Armstrong Williams	Columnist	5-Feb-1959		Black conservative pundit on the take
Jesse T. Williams, Sr.	Business	c. 1940		VP at Goodyear, 1988-98
Malik Yoba	Actor	17-Sep-1967		New York Undercover

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