USC Black Alumni Include: Byron Allen Comedian, CEO Entertainment Studios Reggie Jones-Sawyer Sr. California State Assemblymember, 59th Winner District; BAA Endowed Donor Cynthia Watson Arnold USC’s 1st African American Helen of Troy P Jackie Lacey 1st African American County Wanda Austin CEO, Aerospace Corporation; USC Trustee District Attorney Danny Bakewell Jr. President & COO, Bakewell Company, Reginald Lathan President, ChemTrans; Former USC Trustee; Los Angeles Sentinel BAA Endowed Donor Karen Bass Congresswoman, 37th District of California LA Sparks, WNBA; Broadcaster Marva Smith Battle-Bey Director, Vermont/Slauson Economic NFL Hall of Famer Development Corp. Dr. Paula McGee WNBA Pioneer; Ordained Minister Cedric Berry Regional Metropolitan Opera Finalist, 1999 Lloyd McKinney BAA Endowed Donor Maj. General Charles Bolden Jr. 1st African American NASA Administrator; Pat Means Publisher T, urning Point Magazine Pilot and Astronaut; USC Trustee Women’s Hall of Famer; Jacqueline Bowens CEO, DCHA; BAA Endowed Donor Former WNBA Basketball Coach; Broadcaster Carl Beverly TV Producer; BAA Endowed Donor Denise Nicholas Actress; Author Aja Brown Mayor, Compton, California Bernard Parks Los Angeles City Councilman, 8th District Laura Gertrude Brown First USC African American Graduate, 1894 Former NFL ; Founder, Hollyrod Marc Brown News Anchor Foundation; Broadcaster Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Jan Perry General Manager, Los Angeles Economic and Yvonne Brathwaite Burk e 1st African American Los Angeles Workforce Development Department 1st County Supervisor Aulanna Peters, Esq. African American Female SEC Commisioner 1st Levar Burton Emmy Award-Winning Actor/Director Diana McNeil Pierson Known African American Female Ron Coleman USC Basketball USC Graduate, 1907/1909 Curtis Conway USC All-American Athlete; NFL Leonard Pitts Jr. Pulitzer Prize-Winning Commentator, Ryan Coogler Director,Screenwriter Journalist and Novelist Candace Cooper Justice, California Court of Appeals Shonda Rhimes Writer/Producer/Director Cynthia Cooper-Dyke Two-Time WNBA Most Valuable Player Linda Johnson Rice Chairman, Johnson Publishing Company; Peter Dauterive CEO, Founders Savings & Loan; Former USC Trustee 1st Major BAA Donor, BAA Co-Founder Helen Wheeler Riddle USC’s 1st African American Female Dr. Verna Dauterive Educator; Philanthropist; USC Trustee, BAA Co-Founder Law School Graduate Anthony Davis USC All-American Athlete; NFL Dr. Mark Ridley-Thomas Supervisor, Los Angeles County, 2nd District Howard Drew “World’s Fastest Human,” 1912; C.R. Roberts USC Record Holder BAA Endowed Fund Patrice Rushen Grammy-Nominated Performer, Sandra Evers-Manly President, Northrop Grumman Foundation, Musical Director and Producer BAA Endowed Donor Toni Scott Acclaimed Sculptor, Artist Allyson Felix Olympic Gold Medalist in Track and Field, John Singleton Oscar-Nominated Writer/Director Sara V. Finney Television Producer; BAA Endowed Donor Vada & John Somerville 1st African American USC School of Dentistry DeVon Franklin Film Producer Graduates; 1st African American SCion Family Leonard Fuller Former USC Trustee; BAA Endowed Donor Tim Story Film Director Linda Murray Fuller USC’s 1st African American Song Girl Brice U. Taylor 1st USC All-American Athlete USC’s 1st Heisman Trophy Winner; Clarence B. Thompson 1st Known African American Former USC Athletic Director USC Law School Graduate, 1904 Macy Gray Grammy Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter Tina Thompson USC All-American Athlete, Lt. General Stayce Harris 1st African American Woman to Pilot a 747; USAF WNBA Dr. Adam Herbert Jr. President Emeritus, Indiana University; BAA Alan Todd Turner, MD President, Metropolitan Radiology, Inc.; BAA Endowed Donor Endowed Donor Eric Holoman President, Enterprises, EquiTrust Gregory Watson Athlete; Endowed Scholarship Fund Terri Holoman CEO, Faith by terrilyn, Major Donors Bill West Retired Vice Chair, Mays Chemical Company Varnette Honeywood Acclaimed Artist Forest Whitaker Oscar-Winning Actor; Film Director/Producer Faye Jackson Pioneering Journalist; BAA Endowed Fund Charles White Heisman Trophy Winner Paul Jackson Jr. Jazz Guitarist Faye Williams Entrepreneur; BAA Endowed Donor Dennis James Founder, Flying ACES Youth Program Paul Williams Famed Los Angeles Architect James Edwin L. Jefferson 1st African American Justice, Samuel L. Williams 1st African American President, California 2nd Appellate Court of Appeals California State Bar; Former USC Trustee USC All-American Athlete; NFL; Entrepreneur Crispus Attucks Wright Noted Civil Rights Attorney; Benefactor, USC Gould School of Law