HBCU Celebrities
What HBCU did Kamala Harris graduate from
Howard University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics
what are HBCUs?
Historically Black Colleges & Universities. (goated)
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YOU KNOW!
When is it Celebrated?
February (celebrate it every month tbh)
What HBCU did Megan Thee Stallion graduate from
Texas Southern University (TSU) in 2021. With a
- Bachelor's of Science in Health Administration.
What are the All-Women HBCUs?
Spelman College - Atlanta, Georgia
Bennett College - Greensboro, North Carolina
Founded by Dr. James E. Shepard (goat) on July 5th, 1910
TMCF and UNCF
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF)
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
What HBCU did Oprah Winfrey graduate from?
Tennessee State University (TSU) in 1986 with a Bachelor's degree in Speech communications and Performing arts.
What is the Nation's first HBCU?
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
What are the infamous steps?
The Jesus steps
(Great for exercising)
Founder and year initiated
Dr. Carter G Woodson in 1926 to ensure Black History was included in Education.
What HBCU did Samuel Jackson graduate from
Morehouse College with a Bachelor's degree in Drama in 1972.
- Samuel L Jackson Was originally Expelled From Morehouse In The 60s For Holding Martin Luther King Jr.’s Father Hostage.
What was the first HBCU founded by an African American / Black women?
- Voorhees University in South Carolina
- Founded by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright.
Wright went back to Tuskegee to finish her degree before returning to South Carolina to try again. Undeterred and envisioning a better future for blacks through education,
she founded Denmark Industrial School in 1897, modeling it after Tuskegee. New Jersey philanthropist Ralph Voorhees and his wife donated $5,000 to buy the land and build the first building, allowing the school to open in 1902 with Wright as principal. It was the only high school for blacks in the area.
the Two Original color scheme's
Red, White, and Blue (1910)
Olive, Green, and White (1920)
Original concept of Black History Month
Originally "Negro History Week"
- Until 1976 when U.S President Gerald Ford, expanded it into the full month of February.
What HBCU did 2Chainz graduate from
Attended Alabama State University (ASU) then Transferred to Virginia State University (VSU) graduating with a Bachelors in Psychology, in the late 90s.
All HBCUs in North Carolina (Public and Private)
North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NCAT / what is an aggie??)
Fayetteville State University (FSU)
Winston-Salem State University (WSSU)
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU)
Shaw University (SU)
Bennett College (BC)
Livingstone College (LC)
Johnson C Smith University (JCSU)
and St. Augustine University (SAU)
The Secret Game
Basketball game played behind closed doors in the McDougald arena, between NCCU (North Carolina College for Negroes at the time) & Duke University students, in 1944. (Segregation / Jim Crow law era)
NCCU won 88 - 44
First Black woman known to refuse to give up her seat on a bus
Claudette Colvin: Arrested nine months earlier (Before Rosa Parks) for refusing to give up her seat for white passengers.