HBCU

Which HBCU used to have so many rattlesnakes on its campus, it became the official school mascot?

Answer explanation

When the school relocated to Highwood Plantation in 1891, the rural landscape had an abundance of snakes, especially rattlesnakes. This is how the mascot name, “The Rattlers” was chosen.

Who was expelled from their HBCU?

• Samuel L. Jackson

• Dr. Heavenly

• Jerry Rice

• 2 Chains

Answer explanation

In 1969, actor Samuel L Jackson was expelled from Morehouse College for locking board members in a building for two days in protest of the school's curriculum and governance. Included in this group of people who were held hostage was Martin Luther King Jr.'s very own father, Martin Luther King Sr.

Which HBCU was founded for African Americans, but is more than 90% White?

Answer explanation

Bluefield State College remained a black institution until the 1954 US Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. West Virginia political leaders, began making plans for integrating the public colleges. Due to its location in the Southern section of the state—which had no nearby white colleges—the region’s white students began to enroll at Bluefield.

What is the name of the very first HBCU?

Answer explanation

Both Cheyney University & Lincoln University of Pennsylvania credit themselves with being the first HBCU. Cheyney was established first in 1837. However, in 1854, Lincoln University became the first degree-granting HBCU.

Which HBCU is named after John D. Rockefeller's wife, Laura?

Answer explanation

John D. Rockefeller's wife's full name was Laura Spelman Rockefeller.

Which Famous leader enrolled in Morehouse at the age of 15?

Answer explanation

In 1944, at age 15 and as a junior in high school, he passed the entrance test and enrolled in Morehouse College.

Which HBCU was built right across the street from the local prominent white school, so blacks wouldn't attend, after a donation from Hugh Roy Cullen?

Answer explanation

Texas Southern was built right across the street from the University of Texas after a donation from Hugh Roy Cullen.

Which HBCU stopped accepting men and became an all-female institution?

Answer explanation

Early in the twentieth century, the Women’s Home Missionary Society decided to build a college for the education of Black women. The Board of Education of the Methodist Church offered the Bennett College site for the project. The college was to be operated jointly by the Missionary Society and the Board of Education.

The reorganization of Bennett College was finalized in 1926, when it became a senior college for women.

Which HBCU was an agricultural and industrial land grant normal school for negroes?

Answer explanation

TSU was founded in 1912 after its organization in 1909 as the Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School