HBCUs
Known as the Harvard of HBCU's
Howard University
Inventor who was born into slavery but later came up with about 300 uses for the peanut
George Washington Carver
First African American to win an Oscar
Hattie McDaniel
Popular vegetable side dish that is usually fried to disguise it's slimy consistency
Okra
Belcalis Almanzar
Cardi B
One of the founders of the United Negro College Fund, an educator, national civil rights pioneer and activist, she co-founded an HBCU in Florida
Mary McLeod Bethune
NASA's "human computer" who calculated the path for the Freedom 7 that put the first US astronaut in space
Katherine Johnson
First Black tennis player at the US National Championships and the first Black person to play at Wimbledon
Althea Gibson
Maulana Karenga created this celebration to unite and empower the African American community in the aftermath of the deadly Watts Rebellion
Kwanzaa
Caryn Elaine Johnson
Whoopi Goldberg
HBCU that Oprah Winfrey attended
Tennessee State University
A successful almanac-maker and self-taught student of mathematics and astronomy
Benjamin Banneker
Directed the film Selma, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Ava DuVernay
Location of "Black Wall Street," one of the wealthiest Black communities in the US, where many residents, homes and businesses were destroyed by a white mob in 1921
Tulsa, Ok
Eric Marlon Bishop
Jaime Foxx
The only HBCU founded by a Black woman, Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, in 1902
Voorhees College (SC)
An Egyptian polymath (a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning) considered to be the first architect, engineer, and physician in recorded history
Imhotep
First African American Heisman Trophy winner (1961), who played football for Syracuse University, was the first pick in the 1962 NFL draft, and passed away of leukemia at the age of 23 without ever playing in a professional game
Ernie Davis
She was a model turned restaurateur and was known as the "Black Martha Stewart"
B. Smith
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.
Snoop Dogg
The nation's first HBCU founded on Feb 25, 1837
Cheyney University (PA)
Without any professional education, he developed the procedure to treat "blue baby syndrome" (cyanotic heart disease) while working as a surgical research assistant and being classified and paid as a janitor
Vivien Thomas
He was named an All-American twice while playing football at Rutgers and was the class valedictorian. He attended Columbia Law School while playing in the NFL. He was also a singer, actor and a social activist.
Paul Robeson
Vegan food influencer, who is known for her bubbly personality and the quote "Have a good day and if you can't, don't go messing up nobody else's!"
Tabitha Brown
Ahmir Khalib Thompson
Questlove