The following are a few names of prominent African-American Greeks:

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Andrew Young
Hon. Thurgood Marshal
W.E.B. DuBois

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Rosa Parks
Coretta Scott King
Dr. Mae Jemison
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
Gladys Knight

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Arthur Ashe
Tom Bradley
Wilt Chamberlain
Oscar Robertson

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Rev. Jessie Jackson, Sr.
Michael Jordan
Langston Hughes
Count Basie
Dr. Benjamin Hooks
Dr. Charles Drew
Bill Cosby

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Camille Cosby
Barbara Jordan
Nikki Giovanni
Mary McLeod Bethune
Aretha Franklin
Cicely Tyson
Shirley Chisholm
Lena Horne

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Dr. George Washington Carver
James Weldon Johnson
Blair Underwood
Jerry Rice
Emmitt Smith
Huey P. Newton

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Esther Rolle
Jayne Kennedy
Ja'Net DuBois
Vanessa Williams
Dionne Warwick
Patti LaBelle

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
Hattie McDaniel
Corrine Brown
Joyce Warren
Ann Marie Horsford

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity
T.C. Carson
Spencer Christian
Calvin Murphy
Elvin Hayes