Opening of Peter and Verna Dauterive Hall; 1st Interdisciplinary Building at USC.
2000
Crispus Attucks Wright
1st African American Multimillion Dollar Major Gift Donor to USC
1994
Maulana Karenga
Best known as the creator of the pan-African and African-American holiday of Kwanzaa; Ph.D Dornsife
1983
Amy Trask
1st Female CEO of the NFL, Oakland Raiders; USC Law School Graduate.
1981
Samuel L. Williams
1st African American USC Trustee, 1961 Graduate of USC Law School.
Stayce Harris
1st African American Female to pilot a 747; 1st Afrcian American Female Lt. General Air Force
1976
Rev. Thomas Kilgore
Establishment of USC Black Alumni Association; Scholarship Assistance provided to low-income students, all minorities (with Verna Dauterive, Peter Dauterive, Thomas Griffith, Sr., Portia Griffith–alumni).
Aulanna Peters
1st African American Female SEC Commissioner.
1968
Cynthia Watson Arnold
1st USC African American Helen of Troy.
Linda Murray Fuller
1st USC African American Song Girl.
Michael Garrett
1st USC Heisman Trophy Winner.
1956
Adam Herbert
1st African American President, Indiana University. Graduate of School of Public Policy
Yvonne Braithewaite Burke
1st African American Congresswoman, California; Graduate of USC Law School.
1949
Chester Carter
1st African American USC Student Senator.
1931
Edwin L. Jefferson
1st African American Justice for the California 2nd Appellate Court of Appeals; USC Law School Graduate.
1927
Faye Jackson
1st African American Female Nationally Renowned Journalist.
Helen Wheeler Riddle
1st African American female USC Law School Graduate.
1925
Brice Union Taylor
1st USC All-American in Trojan Football history.
1919
Paul Revere Williams
1st African American Architect
1918
Vada Watson Somerville
1st Female Graduate, USC School of Dentistry (Married to John Somerville).
1914
Booker T. Washington
USC Address/visit w President of USC. (fundraising tour for Tuskegee Institute)
1913
Howard Porter Drew
“The Fastest Man in the World;” World record holder in Track and Field 100 meter (1913-16 attended USC)
1909
John A. Somerville
1st African American Graduate USC School of Dentistry.
Diana McNeil Pierson
BA in 1909; MS in 1910. At one time thought to be the first Black woman to attend USC.
1907
Joseph P. Widney
Former USC President, publishes “Race Life of the Aryan Peoples”, a best selling book on “scientific racism”.
1904
Clarence Bertrand Thompson
1st African American Law School Graduate.
1894
Laura Gertrude Brown
Graduates with a degree in Music. Her degree is conferred by USC President Joseph P. Widney