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HBCU institutions have a rich legacy of matriculating many African-American leaders in the worlds of business, law, science, education, military service, entertainment, and sports. This list of alumni includes people such as Oprah Winfrey, she attended Tennessee State University perusing a broadcasting career. Martin Luther King Jr.,who began his studies at Morehouse College in Atlanta, following in the footsteps of his father, Martin Luther King, Sr. W. E. B. Du Bois, relying on money donated by neighbors attended Fisk University, a historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1885 to 1888. Who earned a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Clark Atlanta University in 1909. Althea Gibson, entered Florida A&M University on a full athletic scholarship. Michael Strahan, played one season of football, which was enough for him to get a scholarship offer from Texas Southern University. Alice Walker, After high school, went to Spelman College in Atlanta on a full scholarship in 1961 and later transferred to Sarah Lawrence College, graduating in 1965.  Thurgood Marshall, attended Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore and was placed in the class with the best students, Subsequently he went to Lincoln University but Marshall wanted to study in his hometown law school, the University of Maryland School of Law, but did not apply because of the school's segregation policy. Marshall instead attended Howard University School of Law, In 1933, he graduated first in his class at Howard. Spike Lee, enrolled in Morehouse College, a historically black college, where he made his first student film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn. He took film courses at Clark Atlanta University and graduated with a BA in Mass Communication from Morehouse. Rod Paige,earned a bachelor's degree from Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi.  Anika Noni Rose,attended Florida A&M University where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in theater. the Tuskegee Airmen were educated at Tuskegee University, located near Tuskegee, Alabama.