This is a selected list of notable Rosenwald Fund Fellowship recipients from the years the fund's fellowship program was active, 1928-1948.
1928 •
James Weldon Johnson, writer and activist; returning fellow 1930-1931
1929 •
Frances Davis, nurse and activist •
Abram Lincoln Harris, economist; returning fellow 1939, 1945 •
Willis J. King, Methodist bishop, college president, and sociologist •
Flemmie Pansy Kittrell, nutritionist •
Ruby Stutts Lyells, librarian •
Augusta Savage, sculptor; 1929-1931 fellowship •
Julian Steele, social worker, politician, and activist; 1929-1930 fellowship •
Clarence Cameron White, composer and violinist; 1929-1931 fellowship
1930 •
Franz Alexander, psychoanalyst; 1930-1932 fellowship •
Marian Anderson, opera singer •
Richmond Barthé, sculptor •
William E. Blatz, developmental psychologist •
William Stanley Braithwaite, writer •
Paul Cornely, physician, public health pioneer, and activist •
Ethel McGhee Davis social worker and university dean •
Mollie E. Dunlap, librarian and bibliographer; 1930-1931 fellowship •
Ruby Elzy, opera singer; 1930-1931 fellowship •
Simon Haley, agricultural scientist •
Charles S. Johnson, sociologist and university president •
Dorothy B. Porter, librarian, bibliographer, and curator; 1930-1931 fellowship, returning fellow 1944 •
Carleton Washburne, education reformer •
Monroe Work, sociologist and archivist
1931 •
Horace Mann Bond, historian, social scientist, and college administrator; 1931-1932 fellowship •
Ralph Bunche, political scientist and diplomat •
Alan Busby, agricultural scientist •
Mercer Cook, diplomat, writer and translator; returning fellow 1937 •
Mabel Byrd, economist and civil rights activist •
John Dollard, psychologist and social scientist •
Charles R. Drew, surgeon and medical researcher •
Louis Israel Dublin, statistician •
W.E.B. Du Bois, sociologist, historian, writer, civil rights activist; returning fellow 1933-1934 •
Ruth Anna Fisher, historian and archivist •
Roscoe Conkling Giles, surgeon and physician •
Langston Hughes, poet, activist, novelist and playwright, returning fellow 1941 •
Henry A. Hunt, education reformer •
Raphael Lanier, diplomat •
Camille Nickerson, pianist, composer, and musicologist •
William Edouard Scott, painter •
John W. Work III, composer and musicologist; 1931-1932 fellowship
1932 •
Wallace A. Battle, education reformer and university founder •
Ambrose Caliver, education reformer •
Allison Davis, anthropologist; returning fellow 1939-1940 •
Ellsworth Faris, sociologist
1933 •
Margaret Bonds, composer and pianist •
John P. Davis, journalist, lawyer and activist
1934 •
Lorenzo Greene, historian; returning fellow 1940 •
Percy Lavon Julian, research chemist and pharmaceutical innovator; 1934-1935 fellowship •
Kelly Miller, mathematician, sociologist and writer
1935 •
St. Clair Drake, sociologist and anthropologist; 1935-1937 fellowship, returning fellow 1946 •
Katherine Dunham, dancer and choreographer; 1935-1936 fellowship •
Zora Neale Hurston, writer, anthropologist and filmmaker •
Claude McKay, writer and poet; returning fellow 1943
1936 •
Josephine Wilkins, civil rights activist
1937 •
Lewis White Beck, philosopher •
Benjamin A. Botkin, folklorist and writer •
Harmon White Caldwell, lawyer and university president •
John Tyler Caldwell, political scientist and university president; 1937-1938 fellowship •
Horace R. Cayton, Jr., sociologist and writer •
William Schieffelin Claytor, mathematician; 1937-1938 fellowship •
Frank Marshall Davis, writer and labor activist •
Aaron Douglas, painter •
John Hope Franklin, historian; 1937-1938 fellowship •
Margaret Jarman Hagood, sociologist and demographer •
Clinton Everett Knox, diplomat; 1937-1938 fellowship •
James Raymond Lawson, physicist and university president; 1937-1938 fellowship •
Ralph E. McGill, journalist and newspaper publisher •
Benjamin Arthur Quarles, historian; returning fellow 1945 •
Bonita H. Valien, sociologist and writer; returning fellow 1939 •
Preston Valien, sociologist and writer; returning fellow 1939
1938 •
Arna W. Bontemps, poet, writer, and librarian; returning fellow 1942 •
John Aubrey Davis, Sr., political scientist and civil rights activist; 1938-1940 fellowship •
Shirley Graham Du Bois, writer, composer, and activist; 1938-1939 fellowship •
Rufus Carrollton Harris, lawyer and university president •
George Duke Humphrey educator and university president •
Lewis Wade Jones, sociologist •
Fred B. Kniffen, geographer and anthropologist •
Ruth Smith Lloyd, anatomist; 1938-1939 fellowship •
James LuValle, chemist and Olympic athlete; 1938-1939 fellowship •
Ira De Augustine Reid, sociologist •
Charles Shannon, artist •
Frank M. Snowden, Jr., historian, classicist, and diplomat •
Howard Swanson, composer; 1938-1939 fellowship •
Joseph T. Taylor, sociologist and university dean
1939 •
May Justus, writer, educator, and civil rights activist •
John Whitefield Kendrick, economist •
Lawrence D. Reddick, historian; returning fellow 1945 •
Lillian Smith, writer; 1939-1940 fellowship •
Hugh H. Smythe, sociologist, writer, and diplomat; 1939-1940 fellowship •
William Grant Still, composer; 1939-1940 fellowship •
Melvin E. Thompson, politician and governor of Georgia •
Lorenzo Dow Turner, sociolinguist; returning fellow 1940 and 1945
1940 •
Charles Alston, artist; 1940-1941 fellowship •
William Attaway, writer •
Paul P. Boswell, physician and politician •
Selma Burke, sculptor •
Robert L. Carter, lawyer, civil rights activist, and US District Court judge •
Kenneth B. Clark, social psychologist •
Mamie P. Clark, social psychologist; 1940-1942 fellowship •
Marion Vera Cuthbert, writer and college dean •
Charles Twitchell Davis, literary critic; 1940-1941 fellowship •
Edwin Adams Davis, historian •
James A Ford, archaeologist •
Henry Aaron Hill, chemist; 1940-1941 fellowship •
Jacob Lawrence, painter; 1940-1942 fellowship •
Ulysses Lee, academic •
William J. Trent, Jr. economist and civil rights activist •
James A. Washington, Jr., civil rights lawyer, university dean, and D.C. Superior Court Judge •
Mark Hanna Watkins, linguist and anthropologist •
Eric Williams, historian and first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago; returning fellow in 1942 •
C. Vann Woodward, historian
1941 •
Cleo W. Blackburn, social scientist and college president •
David Blackwell, mathematician •
Herman Branson, physicist, chemist, and college president •
William Montague Cobb, physician and anthropologist •
Helen Octavia Dickens, physician and writer •
John Henry Faulk, storyteller and radio host; 1941-1942 fellowship •
Cornelius Golightly, teacher, civil rights activist, and education administrator •
Adelaide M. Cromwell, sociologist, historian, and preservationist; returning fellow 1944 •
Thomas C. Lea III, artist, writer, and historian •
Mabel Murphy Smythe-Haith, economist, civil rights activist, and diplomat •
Samuel Z. Westerfield, Jr., economist and diplomat •
Bell Wiley, historian •
Gordon Randolph Willey, archaeologist and anthropologist •
Margaret Just Butcher, literary scholar, writer, and civil rights activist; 1941-1942 fellowship
1942 •
Thomas Bell, writer •
Sterling Allen Brown, folklorist, poet, and literary critic •
Joseph Delaney, artist •
Owen Dodson, poet, novelist, and playwright •
Wade Ellis, mathematician •
William Fontaine, philosopher •
Thomas Henderson Kerr Jr., composer •
Margaret Morgan Lawrence, psychiatrist and writer •
Arthur S. Link, historian; returning fellow 1944 •
Herman H. Long, social scientist and college president •
Jesse W. Markham, economist •
Gordon Parks, photographer, musician, writer, and film director •
Clarence F. Stephens, mathematician •
Charles Henry Thompson, psychologist, writer, and civil rights legal theorist •
Charles Henry Townes, physicist •
Charles White, artist; 1942-1943 fellowship •
J. Ernest Wilkins Jr., nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician
1943 •
Julian Binford, painter •
Mildred Blount, fashion designer •
Marcus Bruce Christian, poet, writer, and folklorist •
Woody Guthrie, singer-songwriter •
Roi Ottley, journalist •
Thomas Sancton, novelist and journalist; returning fellow 1945, 1947 •
Hudson Strode, writer •
Julius H. Taylor, physicist •
Hale Woodruff, artist; 1943-1944 fellowship
1944 •
Margaret Bush Wilson, lawyer and activist •
Esther Cooper Jackson, civil rights activist and social worker •
E. Franklin Frazier, sociologist and writer •
Robert Gwathmey, artist •
Chester Himes, writer •
Rayford Logan, historian •
Pauli Murray, lawyer, activist, writer and Episcopal priest •
Margaret Walker, poet and writer
1945 •
Conrad Albrizio, painter; 1945-1946 fellowship •
Janet Collins, dancer and choreographer •
Woody Crumbo, artist, musician and dancer •
Dean Dixon, conductor; 1945-1946 fellowship •
Ralph Ellison, novelist and literary critic •
Elizabeth Hardwick, novelist and literary critic •
Winifred Mason, jeweler •
Charles Sebree, painter and playwright •
Kenneth Spencer, opera singer and actor •
Alma Stone Williams, pianist and music teacher
1946 •
Evelyn Boyd, mathematician •
Nat Caldwell, journalist •
Elizabeth Catlett, artist; 1946-1947 fellowship •
Clifton O. Dummett, dentist and dental historian •
Mark Fax, composer and musicologist •
Natalie Leota Hinderas, pianist, composer and musicologist; returning fellow 1948 •
John Tate Lanning, historian •
Walter McAfee, astronomer •
Willard Motley, writer •
Dave Masato Okada, sociologist •
Marion Palfi, photographer •
Rose Piper, painter and textile designer
1947 •
William Artis, sculptor •
Byron Burford, painter •
Edward Burrows, historian and civil rights activist •
Martin Dibner, writer •
Grace Towns Hamilton, politician and social justice advocate •
Robert E. Hayden, writer and U.S. Poet Laureate •
Blyden Jackson, writer and literary critic •
Ulysses Kay, composer; 1947-1948 fellowship •
Thomas Hal Phillips, novelist, actor and screenwriter •
John Rhoden, sculptor •
George C. Stoney, documentary filmmaker •
Alonzo Smythe Yerby, physician and public health official
1948 •
James Baldwin, novelist, playwright, poet and activist •
Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., Tuskegee Airman, television and radio host, and college president •
William James Cousins, sociologist •
L'Tanya Griffin, fashion designer •
Elizabeth L. Sturz, poet and social worker •
Samuel L. Myers, economist and university president •
Marion Perkins, sculptor •
Liston Pope, pastor, theologian, and university dean •
Pearl Primus, dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist •
Oscar W. Ritchie, sociologist •
Haywood Rivers, artist and gallerist •
Samuel Reid Spencer, Jr., college president ==See also==