HBCU Grads
W.E.B. DuBois
What is Fisk University
In the past, you might have seen this famous person counting pennies at her house. She was the first African-American woman to own a bank and she was committed to improving her community.
Who is Maggie Walker
The date Hampton University was founded
What is April 1, 1868
led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957
Who is Daisy Bates
Improved Ironing Board
Who is Sarah Boone
Oprah Winfree
What is Tennessee State University
For the past 30 years, it has been celebrated on the first weekend in October in Richmond, Virginia. This free outdoor celebration, highlights African American culture and historic Jackson Ward. Adults and children come to enjoy food, art, musical performances and much more!
What is the 2nd street festival
The motto of Hampton University
What is "The Standard of Excellence, An Education for Life"
Poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She knows why the caged bird sings.
Who is Maya Angelou
Home Security System
Who is Mary Van Brittan Brown
Toni Morrison
What is Howard University
Located in Shockoe Bottom, this facility (no longer standing) was the largest slave holding facility in Richmond and the owner was known for his cruelty.
What is Lumpkin's Slave Jail
Current President of Hampton University
first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate
Who is Amanda Gorman
Three-Light Traffic Light
Who is Garrett Morgan
Wanda Sykes
What is Hampton University
These two Richmond Attorneys helped fight for integration of schools which led to the historical Brown vs. Board of Education ruling by the supreme court, that required all US schools to integrate.
Who are Spottswood Robinson and Oliver Hill
He worked his way through Hampton, and then went on to attend Wayland Seminary in Washington D.C. After graduation, he returned to Hampton and became a teacher.
Who is Booker T Washington
Abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, she escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
Automatic Elevator Doors
Who is Alexander Miles
Keshia Knight Pulliam
What is Spelman College
The name given to the courageous college students, who were arrested while engaged in a protest and sit-in at a popular downtown Richmond department store, on February 22, 1960.
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This tree became the site of the first Southern reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
What is the emancipation oak
Educator and activist. She became known for her involvement in a politically charged murder case in the early 1970s. Influenced by her segregated upbringing in Birmingham, Alabama, she joined the Black Panthers and an all-Black branch of the Communist Party as a young woman. She became a professor at UCLA, but fell out of favor with the administration due to her ties
Who is Angela Davis
Carbon Light Bulb Filament
Who is Lewis Latimer