Howard University History
This civil rights leader and Supreme Court Justice graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1933.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This leader delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This jazz musician, known for songs like *What a Wonderful World*, was nicknamed "Satchmo."
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This scientist, born into slavery, revolutionized agriculture with innovations in peanut and crop rotation research.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This Black entrepreneur and philanthropist became the first female self-made millionaire in the U.S.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
Howard University was founded this year.
What is 1867?
This organization, founded in 1909, remains one of the oldest and most prominent civil rights organizations in the U.S.
What is the NAACP?
This literary movement of the 1920s celebrated Black culture, art, and intellect in Harlem, New York.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This NASA mathematician, featured in *Hidden Figures*, helped put a man on the moon.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
He founded Motown Records in 1959, changing the landscape of American music.
Who is Berry Gordy?
This historic Howard University building, named after a U.S. congressman, is home to the School of Communications.
What is the Cathy Hughes School of Communications (formerly C.B. Powell Building)?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This poet and playwright wrote *A Raisin in the Sun*, the first play by a Black woman to be performed on Broadway.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
This doctor performed the first successful open-heart surgery in 1893.
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
This Black Wall Street community was destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
What is Greenwood, Tulsa?
Howard University’s law school was instrumental in laying the groundwork for this landmark Supreme Court case in 1954.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This radical civil rights organization, co-founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, focused on self-defense and community programs.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This filmmaker became the first Black director to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2018.
Who is Jordan Peele?
The first Black astronaut to travel in space in 1983.
Who is Guion Bluford?
The first Black CEO of a Fortune 500 company, he led Fannie Mae in 1999.
Who is Franklin Raines?
This legendary professor and sociologist, who wrote The Philadelphia Negro, was a faculty member at Howard University in the early 20th century.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This Black woman refused to give up her seat to a white passenger before Rosa Parks but was largely overlooked in the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This iconic Howard University alumna was the first Black woman to win an Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Who is Taraji P. Henson?
This Black woman physicist pioneered laser cataract surgery techniques.
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
She became the first Black woman billionaire in 2003, thanks to her media empire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?