W. Sherman Jackson , Oscar Williams , Jr. , Donnie Bellamy , Al-Tony Gilmore , Baiyina Muhammad and Richard Mizelle , Jr. are graduates of North Carolina Central University .
Over 75 graduates of the history department , including Earlie E. Thorpe , Percy Murray , Beverly Washington Jones , Stephanie Shaw , Freddie Parker , Carlton Wilson , Joyce Blackwell , Felix Armfield , Arwin Smallwood , Beverly Bunch-Lyons , Glen Harris , Jim C. Harper , Shannon King , Philip Rubio , Kennetta Hammond Perry , Jarvis Hargrove , Brandon Winford , and Tony Frazier , have earned Ph .
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