activist Nene Leakes – American television personality and entrepreneur Jean Carn – jazz and pop singer Kimberly Alexander – member of the Georgia House of Representatives Carl Wayne Gilliard – member of the Georgia House of Representatives Carrie Thomas Jordan – educator James Alan McPherson – Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Billy Nicks – former head football coach of Morris Brown and Prairie View A&M University Sommore – comedian and member of the Queens of Comedy Charles W. Chappelle – attended late 1880s; Aviation pioneer, international businessman, president of the African-American Union, electrical engineer and architect/construction Donzella James – former member of the Georgia State Senate Beverly Harvard – first black female police chief of Atlanta George Atkinson – former NFL defensive back for the Oakland Raiders Solomon Brannan – former AFL defensive back for the Kansas Chiefs and New York Jets Ezell Brown – Educational entrepreneur, founder of Education Online Services Corporation Donte Curry – former NFL linebacker for Carolina Panthers and Detroit Lions Tommy Hart – former NFL defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers Alfred Jenkins – former NFL and WFL wide receiver Atlanta Falcons 1975–1983 and Birmingham Americans 1974 Ezra Johnson – former NFL defensive end for the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts Greg Grant – former NBA player Howard Simon Mwikuta – former kicker for the Dallas Cowboys and the first native-born African to play in the NFL Teck Holmes – Castmate on MTV's The Real World: Hawaii, actor, and TV personality References External links African Methodist Episcopal Church Historically black universities and colleges in the United States Universities and colleges affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church Private universities and colleges in Georgia (U.S. state) Unaccredited institutions of higher learning in the United States Educational institutions established in 1881 Universities and colleges in Atlanta Old Fourth Ward 1881 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) English Avenue and Vine City