Famous Alumni
This CAU graduate is now a famous restauranteur who created the famous vegan restaurant, "Slutty Vegan"
Who is Aisha "Pinky" Cole?
Every year in October, Spelhouse and Clark students and alum convene for highly-anticipated weeks of celebration.
What is Homecoming?
This 2012 Meek Mill song starts slow but then bursts into an energetic rap that pumps up the crowd.
What is “Dreams and Nightmares”?
Spelhouse celebrated a "Martha's Vineyard" inspired clothing line from this major luxury apparel company.
What is Polo Ralph Lauren?
Originally called the Augusta Institute, this college for men moved to Atlanta in 1879 before taking its current name.
What is Morehouse College?
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple attended Spelman College.
Who is Alice Walker?
During NSO week, Sparkhouse freshmen come together for this assembly/event where we connect with our AUC family.
What is "Olive Branch"?
This song never fails to get the crowd hyped, featuring a wave-like dance move that is a signature moment at many HBCU events.
What is “Swag Surfin”?
This institution was spotlighted on social media after students took their own creative spin on their FDOC uniforms.
What is Clark Atlanta University?
This institution was the first four-year liberal arts college for African Americans in the South.
What is Clark College?
This Spelman alumna was the first African-American woman CEO of Sam’s Club and later Starbucks’ COO.
Who is Rosalind Brewer?
This institution's physical gesture represents rising to the challenge and reaching new heights.
What is the Spelman hand?
When this 2005 ballad plays, you can expect the whole crowd to sing along to the iconic line: “...never knew what I was missin’.”
What is "Love" by Keyshia Cole?
Morehouse held this annual gala during Founder's Week in February, an event to celebrate African American achievement and raise scholarship funds.
What is "A Candle in the Dark"?
Like many HBCUs, Clark, Spelman, and Morehouse all began in one of these religious establishments.
What is a church?
A graduate of Clark Atlanta University’s predecessor, Atlanta University, this sociologist wrote The Souls of Black Folk and pioneered early data-driven studies of Black life.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois?
Students of Spelman, Morehouse, and Clark refer to each other with these familial titles (list all three that used in the AUC).
Cousins, sisters, and brothers
Often played by HBCU marching bands, this Earth, Wind & Fire hit asks, “Do you remember…"?
What is “September”?
This current Clark student recently unseated an incumbent and has been elected the new mayor of Stockbridge, Georgia.
Who is Jayden Williams?
This institution is recognized as the first HBCU in the United States to confer graduate degrees for African Americans.
Atlanta University
The hit film, "Blackkklansman" featured this lead actor who was a Morehouse graduate.
Who is John David Washington?
What is "Club Woody"?
Clark Atlanta University graduate James Weldon Johnson is credited with writing this anthem known among Black Americans.
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
In November 2025, this American philanthropist announced a $38 million donation to Clark Atlanta and $38 million donation to Spelman.
Who is Mackenzie Scott?
These three reverends are credited with founding Morehouse College in 1867.
Rev. William Jefferson White, Rev. Richard C. Coulter and Rev. Edmund Turney.