Greek Life
What does HBCU stand for?
Historically Black Colleges & Universities
First African-American president of the United States
Barack Obama
First African-American athlete at Marshall University
Hal Greer
Invented hair care line for black women
Madam C.J. Walker
What was the 1st black Greek sorority?
Alpha Kappa Alpha
First African-American woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
What sport did Martin Luther King Jr. play at Morehouse college?
Football
Discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts
George Washington Carver
What university was the NPHC founded at?
Howard University
When was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
January 1st, 1863
Beyonce used to sing with this group
Destiny's Child
Invented the potato chip
George Crum
Name all NPHC sororities
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Delta Sigma Theta
Zeta Phi Beta
Sigma Gamma Rho
The first state to ban slavery
Vermont
First African-American woman to win 5 Grammys in a year
Lauryn Hill
Invented the home security system
Mary Van Brittan Brown
What NPHC sorority was Kamala Harris in?
Alpha Kappa Alpha
What year did the Civil Rights Act end segregation?
1964
First known African-American born in the United States
William Tucker
Invented the traffic light
Garrett Morgan