Black Knowledge
Black History
NSBE History
Chapter History
Leadership & Initiatives
100

When playing outside, this was a clear indicator that it was time to get home.

What are the street lights?

100

This annual observance begins each February, highlighting the achievements and contributions of Black Americans.

What is Black History Month?


100

NSBE divides its chapters into this many geographic regions across the United States and abroad.


What is six?

100
Our chapter won national medium sized chapter of the year for these two years.
What is 2023 and 2024?
100

This NSBE initiative focuses on increasing exposure to STEM for student prior to college.

What Pre-College initiative?

200

“Bye Felicia“ is a quote from this comical movie.

What is ‘Friday’?

200

In 1955, this teenager’s open-casket funeral became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.


Who is Emmett Till?

200

This annual NSBE event brings together thousands of students and professionals for career fairs, workshops, and competitions.

What is the NSBE Annual Convention?

200

Our chapter resides in Region V know for being the predecessor of many initiatives which is why it holds this nickname.

What is the Vanguard Region?

200

T.O.R.C.H. is an acronym for this initiative.

What is Technical Outreach and Community Help?

300

In 2005, this Twista & Faith Evan’s song Debuted in ‘Coach Carter’ and became synonymous with Black movie endings that reveal where the characters ended up after the story ends.


What is Hope?

300

This Black revolutionary organization launched a Free Breakfast for Children program in the late 1960s and influence the national free breakfast program we know today/

What is the Black Panther Party?

300

The collective name of the six engineering students, led by Edward Barnette, Jr., founded NSBE.


Who are “The Chicago Six”?

300

These three members held REB positions in 2024-2025.

Who are Benjamin Bryant, Chinonye Omeife, and Matin Adelekan

300

This current REB PCI chair hails from Missouri S&T.

Who is Meimona Ibrahim?

400

Played by Tupac Shakur, this character becomes power hungry after getting his hands on a gun, turning against his own friends in an act of betrayal.

Who is Bishop? (Juice 1992) 

400

Founded in 1909, this organization used legal challenges and advocacy to fight racial discrimination; Thurgood Marshall was one of its key lawyers.


What is the NAACP?

400

NSBE was founded in 1975 at this university.

What is Purdue University?

400

The Missouri S&T NSBE chapter was founded in this year.

When was 1977?

400

The president emeritus for the 2025-2026 school year

Who is Shawn Robinson?
500

This actor is known for playing the mother/grandmother figure that dies in every movie she is in.

Who is Loretta Devine?

500

This 1921 event destroyed a prosperous Black business district in Oklahoma, later known as “Black Wall Street.”

What is the Tulsa Race Massacre? 

500

This year marked NSBE’s official incorporation as a national organization, expanding beyond Purdue.

What is 1976?

500

This is the first NSBE Region V Chair, hailing from Missouri S&T.

Who is Michael W. Joshua?

500

This Missouri S&T chapter initiative, started in the 2025-2026 school year, works to bring members together through leadership and challenges.

What are Mentorship Pods?