This is a selected list of notable Rosenwald Fund Fellowship recipients from the years the fund's fellowship program was active, 1928-1948. •
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==