HBCUs
This distinguished HBCU's alumni consist of Vice-President Kamala Harris, Chadwick Boseman, Gov. Douglas Wilder, and Debbie Allen.
What is Howard University?
In 1990, Lonnie Johnson created one of the most success children's toys of all time by using water pressure.
What are Super Soakers?
She freed over 300 slaves in her time and was one of the leaders of the Underground RailRoad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Now known for his famous quote, "Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America", this civil rights activist-turned-politician was instrumental in ending legal racial segregation in the United States.
Who is John Lewis?
The High School Cam Wade Graduate from.
What is Gilman?
The amount of HBCUs found across the country.
What is 107?
Without Garrett Morgan's invention in 1923, driving at an intersection would be a whole lot more dangerous.
what is the traffic light?
This Maryland native was an American Politician and Civil Rights advocate. He served as a voice for the people as a Baltimore Congressman from 1996 to his sudden death in 2019.
Who is Elijah Cummings?
This civil rights activist got her start early. She was one of the first African American children to integrate into the previously all white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
The oldest HBCU.
What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania which became the nation's first Historically Black College and University on February 25, 1837.
In 1940, Frederick McKinley Jones received a patent for this vehicle which helps deliver fresh food to your local grocery store.
What is a refrigerated truck?
After escaping slavery, this native Marylander became a national leader of the abolitionist movement. He became famous for his speeches and writings on antislavery.
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
Who is Rosa Parks?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received his B.A. in Sociology at this HBCU.
What is Morehouse College?
Mary Van Brittan Brown is credited with being one of the co-inventors of the first one of these in 1966. It keeps us and our Amazon packages safe.
what is the Home Security System?
This Maryland Native served on the Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991. The Airport in Maryland is also named after him.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
A controversial figure, he co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966.
Whos is Huey P. Newton?
This Alabama HBCU's first campus buildings were built by students and faculty.
What is Tuskegee University?
Mark Dean invented this device that allows us to see color on computers, instead of just a black and white screen.
What is the color PC monitor?
This successful businessman, born in Maryland, became the first African-American to build a billion dollar company. There is a museum downtown named after him.
Who is Reginald F. Lewis?
This prominent journalist and activist reported on the harsh realities of living while black in the American South.
who is Ida B. Wells?