1st in History
1st HBCU established
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
What is the name of Spike Lee’s Production Company
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Lauryn Hill took home 5 Grammys for this album
The Misseducation of Lauryn Hill
Colin Powell’s role in the George W. Bush Administration
Secretary of State
Martin Luther King, Jr. attended this HBCU
Morehouse College
1st Rapper to win a grammy
Fresh Prince (Will Smith)
This movie is based in 1930s Harlem and is centered around the 2 main characters named Quick & Sugar
Harlem Nights
She went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992
Mae Jemison
Black pilots who fought in World War II. They formed the 332d Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces
Tuskegee Airmen
He helped establish what is now Tuskegee University
Booker T. Washington
1st African-American author of a published book of poetry
Phillis Wheatley
Movie based on The 54th Massachusetts Regiment
Glory
Considered the Queen of Gospel Music
Mahalia Jackson
1st regiment of African Americans from the North to serve during the Civil War
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment
The school Jessie Jackson went to before he came to A&T.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1st African-American General in the US Army
General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in “Gone with the Wind”
Hattie McDaniel
Played Rosa Parks in the movie “The Rosa Parks Story”
Angela Bassett
1st black four-star general in the US Army
General Michael Langley
High School the Little Rock 9 attended
Little Rock Central High School - 1957
1st African-American to earn a Ph.D At Harvard
W. E. B. DuBois
One of the longest-running sitcoms in history And the second-longest-running series with a primarily African American cast
The Jeffersons
Millionaire who created hair-care solutions and remedies with Black women in mind and sold them door-to-door.
Madam C.J. Walker
Name given to the members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army at Ft. Leavenworth
The Buffalo Soldiers
Recognized of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of organisms
Dr. Ernest E. Just