HBCU Knowledge
The first HBCU in the South
What is Shaw University?
This man was the head of this predominately black South African political party, The African National Congress
Who is Nelson Mandela
Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Who Is Maya Angelou?
This team won the 2020 Superbowl game
Who are the Kansas City Chiefs?
Most HBCUs were created after this war
What is American Civil War?
The famous march helped influence the Voting Rights Acts passed in August 1965 was lead by this person
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ?
This person has a royal stage name, but was born with the name Dana Owens. She is iconic in the Hip Hop community and has played in several movies.
Who is Queen Latifah?
This famous baseball player wore number 42
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Shaw was the first college in the nation to offer a four-year medical program using which building
What is Leonard Hall
This individual was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Who is Malcolm X ?
What hip hop group is responsible for the song "Killing me softly
Who is the "The Fugees"
Kobe Bryant passed this person to become third on the All time score list
Who is Michael Jordan?
This person along with his wife's tombs can be found in the Memorial garden.
Who is Henry Martin Tupper and his wife Sarah.
This famous African American woman refused to give up her seat to a white man which helped start the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks
This female actor played the role of Celie in the movie version of Alice Walker‟s best-selling book, The Color Purple
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Oldest surviving building on campus which was constructed for higher education of African American women.
What is Estey Hall?
This female founded one of the most influential organizations of the Civil Rights Movement, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at Shaw University in 1960.
Who is Ella Baker?
African American writer whose poems, columns, novels and plays made him a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
Who is Langston Hughes
Tennis player won 23 Grand Slam singles titles than any other woman or man during the open era and 14 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister
Who is Serena Williams