Civil Rights
Who in 1963, gave the famous “ I have dream” speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Invented hundreds of uses for the peanut
Dr. George Washington Carver
What black singer won 6 Grammy awards in 2010 – the most wins in a single night by a female in the history of the awards show?
Beyonce
Who was the first African-American baseball player in Major League Baseball in the modern era
Jackie Robinson
VSU was founded on this date
March 6th, 1882
The bus boycott protesting segregation in this Alabama city lasted for more than a year
MONTGOMERY
Invented the Gas Mask and traffic signal
Garret Morgan
School Daze, He Got Game, Crooklyn, and Bamboozled where famous films of what director/actor?
Spike Lee
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Tiger Woods
This African American was the first to build a billion-dollar company and also was a graduate from Virginia State.
Reginald F Lewis
At 6 years this African American became the first student to integrate an elementary school in the south
Ruby Bridges
Thir African American invented the worlds first hair-straightening formula
Madam C.J. Walker.
Who was the first black talk show host?
Oprah Winfey
He is the NFL's all-time leader in receptions, yards, and touchdowns, winning 3 Superbowls while playing for the San Francisco 49ers.
Jerry Rice
These two rappers attended VSU
Wale & 2 Chainz
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Malcolm X
This African American Invented automatic Elevator Doors
Alexander Miles
The only rap group to be influenced by asian culture?
The Wu-Tang Clan
He holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN.
Michael Jordan
Who was the very first president of Virginia State University
John Mercer Langston
This African American Senator was one of the keynote speakers at the March on Washington and was also a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated.
What is Senator John Lewis
Made the first clock in America
Benjamin Banneker
ON THE TV SHOW "MARTIN" how many characters did he play in his sitcom
9
He was the first basketball player to score 100 points in a single game and was also the first to score 30,000 points in the NBA.
Wilt Chamberlin
This chapter is the first three letter chapter in their fraternity and the only three-letter chapter on campus
What is the Alpha Alpha Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc