Did you know that the first Black woman to serve as United States Secretary of Energy, who later became president of Fisk University, is a member...
Did you know that the second president of Morris Brown College, a pioneering educator and librarian, was a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. who...
Did you know that a two-star Army general who went on to serve as president of Prairie View A&M University was a member of Alpha Phi...
Did you know that the Grammy-winning gospel voice behind “I Need You Now” is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.? His name is Smokie...
Did you know that one of the most distinctive voices of 1980s R&B got his start at a historically Black university in Mississippi? His name is...
If you have ever heard the unmistakable synth and the words “ring my bell,” you have heard the voice of Anita Ward. The disco anthem became...
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. announced today that it has committed $125,000 to preserve and digitize its archives through a new partnership with the Atlanta University...
Did you know that the first player from a historically Black college to play in the National Football League came out of Grambling? His name was...
Did you know that the first Black author to write a million-selling novel was a two-time HBCU graduate from Georgia? His name was Frank Yerby, a...
Did you know that the first African American coach in Major League Baseball got his education at a historically Black college in Florida after his local...
Did you know that one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live got his start singing in the concert choir of a historically Black...
Did you know that the first African American to graduate from West Point was once a student at the historically Black university now known as Clark...
Did you know that one member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. became the sorority’s first national executive director, the first Black woman U.S. ambassador, the...
Did you know that one man marched beside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., won a seat in Congress, broke a barrier at the United Nations, and...
Did you know that the first Black judge elected in Florida after Reconstruction was a two-time HBCU graduate who earned his law degree at the top...
Did you know that the woman who helped build an entire field of theology around the experiences of Black women got her start at two historically...
Did you know that the first Black man to serve in the United States Senate went on to lead one of the nation’s first HBCUs? His...
