Famous HBCU Grads
Graduated from Howard University 1986, becoming the first black women to lead a major party ticket. A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This fraternity was the first Greek-letter organization to return to Morris Brown College after the school regained accreditation.
Who is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
This agricultural scientist and inventor created hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans.
Who is George Washington Carver?
In 1969 he was expelled from Morehouse College for locking staff in the building for academic protest but eventually graduated in 1972.
Who is Samuel L. Jackson?
Which D9 sorority was founded by seven school teachers in Indianapolis, Indiana?
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Nurse Marie Van Brittan patented what system in1966 that included alarms, microphones etc, after feeling unsafe in her home
What is The Home Security System?
Famous filmmaker (Love & Basketball, Crookyln) who took his film classes at CAU (then known as Clark College) but graduated from Morehouse in 1979.
Spike Lee
While many D9 organizations were founded at Howard University, which two were founded at other institutions?
Who are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.( Cornell University) and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. ( Indiana University)?
This inventor created the first automatic traffic signal and an early version of the gas mask used by firefighters.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Atlanta’s first black female police chief who graduated from Morris Brown College in 1972
Who is Beverly Harvard?
This Sorority was incorporated January 29 1913.
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated?
This mathematician, known as a “human computer,” helped NASA send astronauts into orbit and inspired the film Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
2001 Morehouse Graduate, Former linebacker for Arizona Cardinals who later transition to acting in hit tv shows like STARZ "Force" and " The Rookie".
Answer: Who is Issac Keys?
He was Diamond on Starz "Force".
This sorority currently has 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, and so forth.
What is Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.?
Lonnie G. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, accidentally invented what top- selling toy while trying to create a new, eco- friendly heat pump?
What is The Super Soaker Water Gun?