Divine 9
Five of the D9 orgs were founded at this DC university
Howard University
The first HBCU was
Cheyney State University (known as the Institute for Colored Youth)
This 3-letter acronym is a numeric representation of the grades you've earned
g.p.a. (grade point average)
BA stands for
Bachelor of Arts
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall has the distinction of graduating from two HBCUs. Name one of them (either the PA-based undergrad school or the DC-based law school)
Lincoln University
Howard Law School
This upstate NY university is the site of the first D9 fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha. (It's also the alma mater of one of our panelists.)
Cornell University
The first degree-granting HBCU was...
Lincoln University (Ashmun Institute)
This 5-letter acronym refers to the application that must be completed every year before the school year starts if students are seeking loans and grants, among other things, to pay for school
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
An MBA, which some corporate executives might hold, stands for
Master of Business Administration
Your parents watched this Tennessee State University student every day at 4 on television
Oprah
This pink and green sorority is the first one, and it was founded at Howard University.
AKA/Alpha Kappa Alpha
VA governor Abigail Spanberger was blessed to have students from this HBCU to sing at her inauguration
Hampton University
These two tests had been traditionally used to "gauge a student's fit" for a college/university. (Name both tests.)
ACT / SAT
JD stands for this degree that a gavel-swinger must earn
Juris Doctorate
This NY-Knicks-loving film-maker graduated from an Atlanta men's college. Who's the film-maker?
Spike Lee
The late civil rights icon and presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson was a member of this purple and gold fraternity.
Omega Psi Phi
This Daytona, Florida university was founded by Ms. Nicole's auntie (through marriage), who went on to serve in President Roosevelt's administration
Bethune Cookman
In a college's name A & M stands for...
Agricultural and Mechanical
A DDS degree enables a medical professional to poke around in what body area ...
mouth
The late Chadwick Boseman is memorialized at his alma mater, by featuring his name on its College of Fine Arts.
Howard University
This crimson & cream (red & white) sorority marched for women's right to vote just two months after its founding in 1913.
Delta Sigma Theta (DST)
This leader and educator graduated from "The Home By the Sea" and went on to found an Alabama University. Name the man.
Booker T. Washington
A & T in a college's name stands for
Agricultural and Technical
A Ph.D. stands for
Doctor of Philosophy
This Howard University grad won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988, and she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 while teaching at Princeton University.
Toni Morrison