Located in New Orleans, Xavier University of Louisiana was established in 1925 when St. Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament founded the coeducational secondary school from which it evolved. Drexel, supported by the interest of a substantial inheritance from her father, banker-financier Francis Drexel, founded and staffed many institutions throughout the United States in an effort to help educate Native Americans and Blacks.
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| - Located in New Orleans, Xavier University of Louisiana was established in 1925 when St. Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament founded the coeducational secondary school from which it evolved. Drexel, supported by the interest of a substantial inheritance from her father, banker-financier Francis Drexel, founded and staffed many institutions throughout the United States in an effort to help educate Native Americans and Blacks.
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| - Xavier is the only Catholic HBCU in the United States
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- The first Black to perform as a principal player with the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Germany. Thirty-four years later she is still performing in Europe, and has been awarded the highly coveted title of Kammersaengerin by the German government. A soprano, she has performed on five continents.
- President of the Louisiana NAACP from 1966 until his death in 1981.
- Director of the Executive Residence and Chief Usher at the White House.
- Former Cook County Board President
- A community pharmacist in Memphis, Tennessee, and a specialist in the use of herbal medicines. Named as one of America's 50 most influential pharmacists by American Druggist magazine.
- Elected Cook County Board President in 2006, succeeding his father.
- First female president at Norfolk State University . A 25-year veteran in higher education, she previously served as vice president for finance and chief operating officer at Florida Atlantic University.
- First African-American mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the father of former New Orleans mayor Marc Morial.
- First African American to sign a contract with an NBA team. Attended but did not graduate; left to join the Army during World War II.
- Dean of the University of Cincinnati's College of Education. Has been heralded in such national publications as the New York Times and the Washington Post for his innovative teacher education programs.
- The founder and CEO of Indecorp, the largest Black-owned financial institution in the U.S. Also serves as chair and CEO of the Independence Bank and the Drexel National Bank in Chicago.
- retired, USAF General; Only the third African-American to reach the rank of four-star general in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, serving as head of the USAF Space and Defense Systems Command. Now an executive with the defense contractor TRW Corporation.
- Judge; Currently serving his second consecutive, eight-year term as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court in New Orleans.
- Currently serving as superintendent of the Inglewood Unified School District in Los Angeles, Calif. While serving as principal at Washington High in Los Angeles, he turned a "bad" urban school in an educational model of excellence, the basis for the TV movie "The George McKenna Story," starring Denzel Washington.
- Vice President and chief information officer for SBC Messaging in San Ramon, Calif., a telecommunications subsidiary of voice mail service provider SBC Communications.
- First African American U.S. Secretary of Labor; former director of the White House office of Public Liaison.
- Former Head Football Coach at Alabama State University, Alcorn State University, and Southern University. He is a member of College Football Hall of Fame.
- Current United States Surgeon General; First physician under the age of 40 and First AA woman named to the American Medical Association's Board of Trustees; Former president - Alabama State Medical Association; Recipient of MacArthur Genius Award.
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| - Deo Adjuvenate Non Timendum
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| - "If God is with us, Nothing is to be feared"
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