MS History
This was the first black senator in Mississippi.
Who is Hiram Revels?
This was the first African American to serve as President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This was the first African American to win an Academy Award, earning Best Supporting Actress for her role in Gone with the Wind in 1940.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This auxiliary group associated with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., engages young men in programs designed to foster leadership and scholarship.
What is Kappa League?
This HBCU football rivalry is known as the "Bayou Classic"?
What is Grambling State University vs. Southern University?
This high school is named after the first African American Superintendent of Leflore County Schools.
What is Amanda Elzy High School?
She was known as the "Moses of her people" for helping enslaved individuals escape via the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This was the first African American to own and operate a major television network, Black Entertainment Television (BET).
Who is Robert L. Johnson?
This is the name of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.'s youth auxiliary for girls aged 4-8.
What is the Pearlettes?
This HBCU hosted the first Black college football game in 1892?
What is Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University)?
This was the name of the students who staged a sit in at the public library in Jackson, MS.
What is the Tougaloo Nine?
This was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This was the first African American to serve as U.S. Surgeon General.
Who is Dr. Joycelyn Elders?
This is the auxiliary organization of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., consisting of women who assist and support the fraternity's initiatives.
What is Sigma Dove Club?
These HBCUs participate in the "Magic City Classic," which is the largest HBCU football game in the country.
What are Alabama A&M University & Alabama State University?
This is the name of the church at which Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Greenwood, MS.
What is Jennings Temple Methodist Church?
This African American writer authored I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This was the first African American woman to travel to space, aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
Who is Mae Jemison?
This auxiliary group, associated with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was created to engage and involve women who support the fraternity.
What is Alpha Angels?
This is the name of the annual football game between Howard University and Morehouse College.
What is The Nation's Football Classic?
This is the name of the Civil Rights leader that was born in Holly Springs, MS.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This African American astronaut tragically died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.
Who is Ronald McNair?
This was the first African American to receive a patent, granted in 1821 for the dry-cleaning process.
Who is Thomas L. Jennings?
This Divine Nine organization is known for establishing the largest number of auxiliary youth groups, ranging from early childhood to high school.
What is Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.?
This HBCU is known for its vibrant art and design programs, producing notable figures like Alma Thomas.
What is Howard University?