HBCUs
HBCUs make up what percentage of colleges and universities in the US
What is 3?
Founding pastor in 1866 of Zion Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga
Who is Reverend Ephraim Rucker?
Who plays the title role in the movie Black Panther?
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
Developed the multiple-barrel machine gun.
Who is Richard Spikes?
First African American woman to sing on the radio.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
The largest HBCU in the country.
What is North Carolina A&T?
The community leader who started a library for African American children in Marietta.
Who is Hattie G. Wilson?
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years a Slave?
Who is Lupita Nyong'o?
Invented the clothes dryer.
Who is G.T Sampson?
First African American to sign a contract with an NFL team post WWII.
Who is Kenny Washington?
This school created the first HBCU history course.
What is Virginia State University?
The principal of the Lemon Street High School in Marietta (a secondary school for black high school students) from 1929-1960.
Who is M.J. Woods?
Who was the first black person to receive an Oscar for his or her performance in a movie?
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
Invented the hearing aid.
Who is Harry Hopkins?
Won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture in the 1959 film, Imitation of Life.
Who is Juanita Moore?
The first HBCU in the South.
What is Clark Atlanta University?
First black person elected to the Marietta City Council in 1978.
Who is Hugh Lewis Grogan, Jr.?
The hip-hop group that created the theme song, "Fight the Power" to Spike Lee's film "Do the Right Thing".
Who is Public Enemy?
Invented the super soaker water gun.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
Number of African Americans that were part of the Black Cabinet to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935.
What is 45?
The first HBCU owned and operated by African Americans.
What is Wilberforce University?
The first African American graduate from Marietta High School.
Who is Daphne Delk?
Who was the director of the 2014 movie Selma?
Who is Ava DuVernay?
Invented the potato chip.
Who is George Crum?
First African American to serve as the US Secretary of State.
Who is Colin Powell?