Wanda Austin

First African-American President of USC (Interim)

Verna Dauterive

Opening of Peter and Verna Dauterive Hall; First Interdisciplinary Building at USC

Crispus Attucks Wright

First African-American Multimillion Dollar Major Gift Donor to USC

Maulana Karenga

Best Known as the Creator of the Pan-African and African-American Holiday of Kwanzaa; Ph.D Dornsife

Amy Trask

First Female CEO of the NFL, Oakland Raiders; USC Law School Graduate

Samuel L. Williams

First African-American USC Trustee; 1961 Graduate of USC Law School

Stayce Harris

First African-American Female to Pilot a 747; First African-American Female Lt. General in the Air Force

Rev. Thomas Kilgore

Establishment of USC Black Alumni Association; Scholarship Assistance Provided to Low-income Students, All Minorities (with Alumni Verna Dauterive, Peter Dauterive, Thomas Griffith, Sr., Portia Griffith)

Aulanna Peters

First African-American Female SEC Commissioner

Michael Garrett

First USC Heisman Trophy Winner

Cynthia Watson Arnold

First USC African-American Helen of Troy

Linda Murray Fuller

First USC African-American Song Girl

Adam Herbert

First African-American President, Indiana University; Graduate of School of Public Policy

Yvonne Braithewaite Burke

First African-American Congresswoman, California; Graduate of USC Law School

Chester Carter

First African-American USC Student Senator

Edwin L. Jefferson

First African-American Justice for the California Second Appellate Court of Appeals; USC Law School Graduate

Faye Jackson

First African-American Female Nationally Renowned Journalist

Helen Wheeler Riddle

First African-American Female USC Law School Graduate

Brice Union Taylor

First USC All-American in Trojan Football History

Paul Revere Williams

First African-American Architect

Vada Watson Somerville

First Female Graduate, USC School of Dentistry (Married to John Somerville)

Booker T. Washington

USC Address and Visit with President of USC (Fundraising Tour for Tuskegee Institute)

Howard Porter Drew

“The Fastest Man in the World”; World Record Holder in Track and Field 100 Meter (Attended USC 1913-16)

John A. Somerville

First 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

Joseph P. Widney

Former USC President Publishes “Race Life of the Aryan Peoples,” a Best-selling Book on “Scientific Racism”

Clarence Bertrand Thompson

First African-American Law School Graduate

Laura Gertrude Brown

Graduates with a Degree in Music; Her Degree is Conferred by USC President Joseph P. Widney

USC Is Established