Notable Alumni of Alabama A & M University

Joseph Lowery 1921–2020

Civil rights leader, co-founded SCLC with Martin Luther King Jr

Also attended: Paine College

Spouse: Evelyn G. Lowery (Clark Atlanta University, Clark University)

Mandela Barnes 1986–

45th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin

Bachelor of Arts · Media studies · Class of 2020

Laura Hall 1943–

Alabama House of Representatives member

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus

Sylvester Ayodele Arise 1956–

Nigerian senator from Ekiti State

Miriam Witherspoon 1960–2009

Birmingham city councilor and disability advocate

Don Calloway 1979–

Attorney and politician

Also attended: Boston University

Sylvia Bozeman 1947–

Mathematician and Spelman College professor emerita

Bachelor of Science

Also attended: Emory University, Vanderbilt University

Robert D. Bullard 1946–

Sociologist known as father of environmental justice

Also attended: Iowa State University

Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green

Medical physicist developing laser nanoparticle cancer treatment

Also attended: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jeanette Scissum 1939–

Mathematician and space scientist, sunspot cycle forecaster

Shelia Nash-Stevenson

NASA engineer, first Black woman in Alabama with physics PhD

George Edmund Haynes 1880–1960

Sociologist and co-founder of the National Urban League

Also attended: Yale University, Columbia University in the City of New York, Fisk University

Spouse: Elizabeth Ross Haynes (Alabama State University, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Sun Ra 1914–1993

Jazz composer and bandleader

Ruben Studdard 1978–

Singer, winner of American Idol season two

Jearl Miles Clark 1966–

Athlete in the 400 and 800 meters

Mickell Gladness 1986–

Former professional basketball player

Also attended: Lawson State Community College

Obie Trotter 1984–

Professional point guard basketball player

Eugene Sepuya 1983–

Former Ugandan international footballer

Matthew Mendy 1983–

Gambian footballer

Also attended: George Mason University

Jean Harbor 1965–

Nigerian-American former soccer forward

Robert Mathis 1981–

Indianapolis Colts defensive end and linebacker

John Stallworth 1952–

Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver

Patricia Ofori 1981–2011

Ghanaian women's national team footballer

Johnson O. Akinleye

12th chancellor of North Carolina Central University

Also attended: Howard University