HOWARD HISTORY
This Civil War general was the first president and founder of the University
Who is General Oliver Otis Howard?
This Howard alumna is an award-winning actress and advocate. She was also our last Commencement speaker.
Who is Taraji P. Henson?
The year was Howard University was founded
What is 1867?
You can find these sisters on the Yard dressed in salmon pink and ivy green
Who is Alpha Kappa Alpha?
Howard University marching band name
What is Showtime Marching Band?
This President is a two-time Howard graduate, completing both his undergraduate and medical degree at Howard.
Who is Dr. Wayne A Frederick?
As a student, she was involved in activism, student government and pledged AKA in the spring of 1986. She would later go on to become the 2nd black woman to run for president.
Who is Vice President Kamala Harris ?
A long-standing rivalry centered around who is the real HU involves this school.
What is Hampton University (Institute)?
This sorority was founded at Howard University on January 13, 1913.
What is Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. ?
Fast Life Yungstaz song, HBCU tradition in a crowd
What is Swag Surfin'?
Founded in 1868, this college is known as "the flagship"
What is the College of Arts and Sciences?
This person was best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God." She graduated from Howard University in 1918 and co-founded the Howard University newspaper, The Hilltop.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This is the first line of the Alma Mater
What is "Reared against the eastern sky"?
The first international fraternal organization founded on the campus of a historically Black college
What is Omega Psi Phi?
School of Business students wear business formal on this day of the week
What is Tuesday?
Howard University has this many schools and colleges
What is 14?
An alumnus of the School of Law, this New York politician was our last Charter Day speaker
Who is Congressman Gregory Meeks?
These are the names of the 5 Halls in the Harriet Tubman Quadrangle dorms
What is Baldwin, Crandall, Frazier, Truth & Wheatley ?
Founded in 1906, the first Black fraternity in the Divine Nine
What is Alpha Phi Alpha?
This song plays from the clocktower after the Alma Mater
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Black National Anthem)?
The "A" Building is named after this trailblazing president
Who is Mordecai W. Johnson?
This famous alumni ophthalmologist created a device that improved laser cataract surgery
Who is Patricia E. Bath?
Howard University motto, Truth and Service in Latin is this
What is Veritas et Utilitas?
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, founded in 1914 is constitutionally bound to this sorority
What is Zeta Phi Beta?
This was the theme of Howard Homecoming 2019
What is Howard Forward?