HBCU Celebrities
Kamala Harris
Howard University in 1986 with a Bachelor's in Art.
HBCUs
Historically Black Colleges & Universities. (goated)
E-FUNK
YOU KNOW!
Current active members
215
Celebrated
February (celebrate it every month tbh)
Megan Thee Stallion
Texas Southern University (TSU) in 2021. With a Bachelor's of Science in Health Administration.
The Mecca
Howard University
Founder and Year founded
Founded by Dr. James E. Shepard (goat) in the year 1910
Average GPA
3.1 GPA
TMCF and UNCF
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF)
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
Oprah Winfrey
Tennessee State University (TSU) in 1986 with a Bachelor's degree in Speech communications and Performing arts.
All-Women HBCUs
Spelman College - Atlanta, Georgia
Bennett College - Greensboro, North Carolina
TWO worst flight of steps
The Jesus steps
FARRISON NEWTON (worst one imo)
Athlete integration year
2018
Founder and year initiated
Dr. Carter G Woodson in 1926 to ensure Black History was included in Education.
Samuel L Jackson
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.
Nation's first HBCU
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Original color schemes
Red, White, and Blue (1910)
Olive, Green, and White (1920)
Original Cohort Number
40, all in-state students
Original Inegration of Black History Month
Originally "Negro History Week"
- Until 1976 when U.S President Gerald Ford, expanded it into the full month of February.
2Chainz
Attended Alabama State University (ASU) then Transferred to Virginia State University (VSU) graduating with a Bachelors in Psychology, in the late 90s.
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)
St. Augustine University (SAU)
and Barber Scotia (BS)
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
Rebrand
2012
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.