Great Blacks born in Macon, Georgia. I feel that every parent and grandparent should learn this list and teach it to their youth. It will help instill pride and fight against them believing negative stereotypes. Knowing our history is important. Here is my partial list of historical accomplishments, by Macon born black Americans that I have accumulated through news research and various other sources. 1. Benton Stewart Pinchback was the first African American to become governor of a state in the United States. 2. William Sanders Scarborough was born into slavery and is generally thought to be the first African-American classical scholar. William Scarborough served as president of Wilberforce University. Sanders wrote a popular university textbook in Classical Greek that was widely used in the 19th century. 3. Leo Moss was a black American folk doll artist from Macon, Georgia. His work was displayed in her Aunt Lens Doll Museum in New York City. 4. Warren Reynolds was the legendary basketball coach at Ballard Hudson High School, North Carolina A&T. He helped build the team at Liberty University, which won a national championship. 5. James Outlaw, Ballard-Hudson, basketball: Outlaw was a Parade All-American in 1970 after averaging 34 points per game as a senior. He went on to play at North Carolina A&T, where he was a two-time All-MEAC player. He also holds the school’s single-season scoring record. 6. Brenda Cliette from Northeast High School was a track and basketball sensation. She won four NCAA championships at Florida State, won gold medals at the Goodwill Games, World University Games and the Pan-American Games. Sbrenda Cliette was a four-time All-American and was an alternate in the 1984 Olympics. 7. Sharone Wright won a state title at Southwest High School and was a McDonalds All-American and played basketball at Clemson. He was picked sixth in the 1994 NBA draft by Philadelphia 76ers. In 2012, Wright was named an ACC Legend. 8. Al Lucas played football at Northeast High School. He was given all-state honors from the AP and Atlanta Journal Constitution as a senior in 1995. Al attended Troy State University. He won the Buck Buchanan Award as Division I-AAs top defensive player. 9. Larry Tharpe attended Southwest High School Southwest and played football. He earned all-conference honors in 1991 at Tennessee State. In 1992, he was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round. 10. Pookie Middlebrooks attended Mount de Sales High School, where he ran track. Middlebrooks won the 1983 GISA 100 meters championship, breaking the state record, which still stands 30 years later. 11. Antonio Pettigrew ran track for Southwest High School. , Pettigrew won five U.S. 400-meter championships. He won the gold medal in the 400 at the 1991 World Championships. 12. Julius Adams attended Ballard Hudson High School and played football. He played for the New England Patriots, where he earned all-rookie honors and a probowl appearance. 13. George Foster played football for Southeast High School, Georgia Bulldogs and Denver Broncos. 14. J.T. Thomas played for Lanier High School (now Central High School), where he became the first black football. He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he played in the Pro Bowl and he played in three Super Bowl victories. 15. Jeff Malone played basketball at Southwest High School and Mississippi State University. Malone is MSU’s all-time leading scorer. Malone played 13 seasons in the NBA with the Washington Bullets and he made two All-Star teams. 16. Isaac Jackson played football for Lanier High School, Kansas State University and the Cincinnati Bengals. 17. The world famous William Holmes Borders (1905-1993) was born in Macon, Georgia. He was pastor of Atlanta’s Wheat Street Baptist Church. Borders led many of Atlanta’s civil rights campaigns, including its bus desegregation protest in 1957. 18. Lucy Craft Laney - The world famous Civil Rights and Freedom Fighter, Miss Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia on April 13, 1854. 19. Rep. Darryl W. Jordan was graduate of Southwest High School in Macon, Georgia. 20. John Oliver Killens was a Pulitzer Prize nominated fiction writer and educator. 21. James Healy was Americas First Black Bishop. 22. Lucille Hegamin, was a famous African American blues singer. 23. Charles C. Smith (boxer) Smith was born in Macon, Georgia, likely into slavery, and he and his mother ... become the first African American to hold a worlds championship boxing title. 24. Johnny Blue Moon Odom attended Ballard Hudson High School, as he posted a 42-2 record as their baseball pitcher. He played with Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three World Series He had a 1.07 ERA in post-season appearances. 25. Beverly Harvard was the first African-American female police chief in a major American city (Atlanta). 26. Rodney Maxwell Davis, Marines Medal of Honor recipient, was born in Macon, Georgia. 27. Calvin C. Waller was Penn States First African American Graduate. 28. Lemuel Hawkins was born in Macon, Georgia. He was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball. 29. Merritt Patrick Sugar Cainwas born in Macon, Georgia. He was a right-handed professional baseball pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1932-1938 for the Negro League’s Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns. He also played with the Chicago White Sox. 30. Robert Scott was born in Macon, Georgia on June 22, 1931. Robert Scott pitched for the New York Black Yankees. 31. Samuel Milton Nabrit, biologist, educator and college president, was born in Macon, Georgia. Nabrit was the first African American to be awarded a Ph.D. by Brown. President Lyndon B. Johnson swore Nabrit in as a member the Atomic Energy Commission, the first African American on that commission. 32. Raymond Pitts was born in Macon, Georgia, where he attended Ballard Normal. Raymond Pitts earned the bachelors cum laude in mathematics and physics at Talladega College. He was a faculty member of Fort Valley State College. The city of Pasadena, California named its human relations award after him. 33. Soul singer Howard Tate, who got a second chance at a musical career three decades after being derailed by disputes with industry executives and the death of his daughter, was amazing. He was a musical star that disappeared for thirty years and presumed dead. He made a career resurgence and receiving a Grammy nomination in 2004. 34. Rosa King was a famous saxophone player throughout Europe. Rosa played with Cab Calloway, Ben E. King, Eric Burdon & The Animals and Lionel Hampton. 35. Edward “Sonny” Bivins of the great R&B group, The Manhattans, was born in Macon, Georgia. 36. Emmet Berry played with Count Basie in the forties. He did collaborations with Lionel Hampton Earl Hines and Horace Henderson. 37. Johnny Jenkins was a guitar player born in Macon, Georgia in 1939. He was the leader of his band the Pinetoppers, which included Otis Redding. He influenced Jimi Hendrix in his style of play. 38. Elmore Smith was a graduate of Ballard-Hudson High School, where he also played basketball. He played for the Boffalo Braves and the Cleveland Cavaliers. He holds the NBA record for most individual blocked shots in a game. 39. Myles Patrick attended Southwest High School and is a former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers. 40. James Thomas Parker was the First full-time offensive lineman named to Pro Football Hall of Fame. 41. Claudine Clark is a legendary recording artist, best known for her big hit Party Lights. 42. Hon. Nate Holden: Speaker was a California State Senator. Senator Holden authored the bill establishing Dr. Martin Luther Kings birthday as a California State holiday. 43. Michael Burnett was bassist for the famous group Cameo. 44. Albert Sharpe was a Georgia AAU Heavyweight Boxing Champion. 45. William P. Randall led the historic Macon bus Boycott, which led to the overturning of a number of Georgia laws calling for the separate seating of races in buses. 46. Ms. Hester Bivins. She was Macons counterpart of Rosa Parks, famed far and wide for her role in triggering the national civil rights movement. She and several of her children took active roles in the bus boycott that succeeded by March 1962 in integrating the seating on all city buses. 47. Norm Nixon played for the Los Angeles Lakers, where they won several championships. 48. Little Richard Penniman was a legendary Rock and Roll recording artist. 49. Readic Comer was a Buffalo Soldier that fought in both World War I and World War II. 50. Rebecca Brewer is nationally known as The Queen of Brewer Hill. 51. Attorney Roy Miller was the first and only person to have the N-word deleted from a major dictionary.
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