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Meet Our Political Science Alumni HBCU Presidents

A Legacy of College and University Presidential Leaders​

Over the span of its existence, CAU and its parent institutions, Atlanta University (1965) and Clark College (1969), have produced a total of 14 university and college presidents. The Dr. Mack Henry Jones Department of Political Science alone produced seven (7) of that total: six graduates of our doctoral program and one former department chair.​​​​

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Mary Holmes College President, 2000 - 2003 

(Ph.D., Political Science, Atlanta University, 1976)

Dr. Nathaniel R. Jackson

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Arkansas Baptist College President, 2016 - 2017​​​​

(Ph.D., Political Science, Clark Atlanta University, 2009)

Dr. Joseph L. Jones

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Mississippi Valley State University President, 1998 - 2007

Jarvis Christian College President, 2012 - 2023​

(Ph.D., Political Science, Atlanta University, 1987)

Dr. Lester C. Newman

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Morris College President: 2024 - Present

(Ph.D., Political Science Clark Atlanta University, 2001)

Dr. Said Sewell

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Alabama State University President: 2012

(Ph.D., Political Science, Atlanta University, 1980)

Dr. Joseph H. Silver, Sr.

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Johnson C. Smith University President, 1994 - 2008

Shaw University President, 2009 - 2010, 2011 - 2013​

(Ph.D., Political Science, Atlanta University, 1978)

Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy

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Dillard University President: 1975 - 1997

(Political Science Chair, Atlanta Universty, 1956 - 1966)

Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook

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