historically black colleges and universities/black education

How many historically black colleges and universities are there today in the United States?

105

Cheyney State, the oldest Black American college, was founded in what year?

1837

Fisk University was established in Nashville, TN as a liberal arts institution in what year?

1865

The African Methodist Episcopal Church founded Edward Waters College in Live Oak, Florida in what year?

1866

In what year were the post-Civil War colleges Clark, Claflin, Dillard, and Tougaloo founded?

1869

Xavier University was the first black Catholic college. It opened in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1915 as a high school. In what year was the college department added?

1925

In what year did the US Supreme Court order school intergration?

1955

Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, originally named Ashmun Institute in honor of the first governor to Liberia, was founded by a pastor of what church in 1854?

A Presbyterian church

In what state is Tuskegee Institute located?

Alabama

In 1908, what was the first black sorority founded at Howard University?

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Charles W. Anderson is credited with a number of early Civil Rights measures including what Act which provided funding for African Americans to seek higher education out of state because Kentucky enforced higher education segregation laws?

Anderson-Mayer State Aid Act

Born free and later sold into slavery after his father's death, who became the first adult African American to graduate from Berea College?

Angus A. Burleigh

This graduate of Howard University Medical School was the first African American woman to pass the medical boards and become a doctor in Kentucky. Name her.

Artishia Garcia Gilbert

This, the first and only black college consortium, was founded in 1929. Name it.

Atlanta University System

Who was the first Black president of the school board in Atlanta, Georgia

Benjamin E. Mays

Angus A. Burleigh was the first adult African American to attend and graduate from what Kentucky college?

Berea College

What Kentucky college was integrated with black and white students in 1858, but discontinued the biracial mix in 1904?

Berea College

In 1886, what library was the first desegregated library in Kentucky and in the South

Berea College Library

Starting with $1.50 in cash, what college did Mary McLeod Bethune found?

Bethune-Cookman College

Mary McLeod Bethune practiced the philosophy of what prominent educator?

Booker T. Washington

What great Black American educator influenced Marcus Garvey's commitment to self improvement?

Booker T. Washington

Who championed the principle of industrial/vocational education for black people?

Booker T. Washington

Who was the principal at Tuskegee Institute who recruited and hired George Washington Carver?

Booker T. Washington

In 1981 Jewel Plummer Cobb became the first black woman president of what major university?

California State University at Fullerton

What county had the first school libraries for Kentucky Negro children in 1892 and the libraries first for Negro teachers in 1898?

Christian County, KY

Name 2 of the 4 colleges that make up the Atlanta University Center, the largest contiguous consortium of African-Americans in higher education in the United States.

Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, and Morehouse School of Medicine

In 2009, who became the dean of the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Law, making him the state's first African American law school dean since the desegregation of Kentucky higher education?

David A. Brennan

In 2009, who became the first African American male school superintendent in Kentucky?

Donald Smith

Having studied eight languages, this pastor, author, and member of the Kentucky Board of Education served in the U.S. Army as a multilingual interpreter and taught foreign languages?

Dr. Clyde B. Akins, Sr.

At age 49, she became the first African American school superintendent in Kentucky. Name her.

Elaine Farris

What Christian County native was a founding member of Kappa Alpha Psi, established in 1911, served as the fraternity's president during the first six years and was awarded the organization's first Laurel Wreath in 1924?

Elder Watson Diggs

Born in Falmouth, KY, what man developed the Black Man Think Tank and is the national president of the John D. O'Bryant Think Tank for Black Professionals in Higher Education on Predominantly White Campuses (JDOTT)?

Eric P. Abercrumbie

Coppin State College in Baltimore, Maryland was established in 1900 and named after what slave who became one of the leading black women educators of the nineteenth century?

Fanny Jackson Coppin

What US federal government agency founded over 4000 schools, including Howard University?

Freedman's Bureau

What state has the most black institutions of higher learning?

Georgia

Hampton University in Virginia was originally established under what name in 1868?

Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute

Rhodes Scholar and Hopkinsville native Raymond Burse attended what law school graduating in 1978?

Harvard Law School

W.E.B. DuBois was the first black American to receive a Ph.D. from what prestigious university?

Harvard University

The United Negro College Fund was established in 1944 to provide financial support to students who are enrolled in what educational institutions?

Historically black colleges and universities (or HBCUs)

Receiving a doctorate in education in 1960, who was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky?

Horace E. Tate

Who was the first African American woman admitted to the University of Louisville Law School?

Hortense Houston Young

In 1913 Delta Sigma Theta sorority was formed at what university?

Howard University

What is the name of the famous Black college in Washington, D.C. where Dr. Charles Drew taught medicine?

Howard University

Where did young Dr. Carter G. Woodson learn his ABC's?

In farm fields

Christian County native Elder Watson Diggs was the first African American graduate from what university's School of Education?

Indiana State University

Who was refused admission to the University of Mississippi in 1961, forcing US Marshals to escort him to class?

James Meredith

Who was the first black student to be admitted into the University of Mississippi in 1962?

James Meredith

Who was the first Black American to graduate college?

John Russwurm

Who was the first Black American woman president of Spelman College?

Johnetta Cole

In 1993, what 13-year old from Sturgis, KY, became the first African American student to win the Kentucky Education Association President's Spelling Bee in Frankfort, KY?

Josh Brown

Founded in 1886, what Kentucky university was originally named the State Normal School for Colored Persons?

Kentucky State University

There is one Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Kentucky. Name it.

Kentucky State University

Made to what is now Alcorn State University, the first land grant for a black college was made in 1871 in what in city?

Lorman, Mississippi

Born in Trigg County, KY, what first African American student at Murray State University had to be escorted to class by the police and the university president?

Mary Ford Holland

In 1904 the Daytona Normal and Industrial School in Daytona Beach, Florida was founded by whom?

Mary McLeod Bethune

The University of the District of Columbia was organized by free black women in 1865 under what name?

Miner Normal School

From what college did Martin Luther King, Jr. graduate?

Morehouse College

What college, originally established as August Institute, was organized by three ministers in the basement of a Baptist church in 1867?

Morehouse College

Centenary Biblical Institute was established in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1865 by blacks after the Civil War. Under what name does it operate today?

Morgan State University

In 1865, Fisk University was founded in what city?

Nashville, TN

Who was the first Black American to receive a doctorate in Physics from Yale University?

Patrick Healy

Born in Louisville, KY, who was the first African American student to be accepted at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN?

Reverend Wilbur N. Daniel

Who was the first Black American to receive a degree from Harvard University?

Richard Greener

Cheyney University in Pennsylvania was funded by a will from what Philadelphia Quaker in 1832?

Richard Humphreys

Who presented a bill to Congress in 1968 that would enable Black Americans to control education, business, and social services within Black American communities?

Roy Innis

Elaine Farris became the first African American school superintendent in Kentucky in 2004 over what school district?

Shelby County

In 1995 and 2001 respectively , Dr. Ruth J. Simmons became the first black president and black woman president of two top-ranked colleges. One was a "Seven Sisters" school, and the other is an Ivy League school. Name the institutions.

Smith College (Northampton, Massachusetts - 1995) and Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island - 2001)

Established in 1881, what college holds the distinction of being America's oldest historically black college for women?

Spelman College

Raising $150,000 over seven years, this choir from Nashville traveled around the world singing spirituals and work songs to raise money for their college. What was the name of the choir?

The Fisk Jubilee Singers (from Fisk University)

Originally named Ohio African University, Wilberforce University in Ohio was founded in 1843 by members of what church?

The Methodist Episcopal Church

Under what name was North Carolina Central University founded in 1910 by James E. Shephard?

The National Religious Training School of Durham

What Austin Peay State University building was named for a civil rights activist and a pastor of the St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville, TN?

The Wilbur N. Daniel African American Culture Center

Josh Brown correctly spelled what word in 1993 to become the first African American to win the Kentucky Education Association President's Spelling Bee?

jodhpurs