CHAMP
Black History Month Trivia Bowl
CHAMP, Arsenal, & PGH HBCU Collaborative
Friday, February 16, 2024
*This event is not open to the public; it is invitation-only. The intent of this page is to inform the community of our boots-on-the-ground initiatives. If you are interested in joining this event or future events, please fill out the contact form below.
CHAMP is excited to partner with the PGH HBCU Collaborative for our
Black History Trivia event at Arsenal Middle School!
We will be hosting a Jeopardy-style game with the students, staff, and our Community Partners. The goal of this event is to educate students on Black history in HBCUs, STEM, healthcare, civil rights, and more.
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Test Your Knowledge!
We have 50+ questions lined up for our students. Do you know the answers?
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1. Booker T. Washington founded this HBCU in Alabama in 1881:
2. She was the first Black woman to become a doctor of medicine in the US in 1852:
3. This civil rights activist said, "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere":
4. He was the first African American Major League Baseball player:
5. She was the first Black artist to win a Grammy in 1959:
What is an HBCU?
Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU’s) are institutions that were established prior to 1964 with the principal mission of educating Black Americans. These institutions were founded and developed in an environment of legal segregation and, by providing access to higher education, they contributed substantially to the progress Black Americans made in improving their status. Presently there are 101 accredited HBCU’s that enroll almost 300,000 students, approximately 80% of whom are African American and 70% are from low-income families. The average cost of an HBCU is 27% less than a comparable Predominately White Institutions (PWI).
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HBCU Alumni You May Know!
Oprah Winfrey, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Toni Morrison, Wanda Sykes,
and even our own Pittsburgh Mayor, Ed Gainey, have all received degrees from HBCUs!
Partnership between
PGH HBCU Collaborative & CHAMP
"We wanted to partner with CHAMP in this awesome Black History Month Trivia Bowl because it is a way to build upon our mission to expose our region's youth to the rich history of HBCUs and Black American culture especially here in the city of Pittsburgh. We want to start as early as Middle School and continue into High School so that our youth are better set up to continue in success in higher education and life."
- PGH HBCU Collaborative
About PGH HBCU Collaborative
"WHO WE ARE – The PGH HBCU Collaborative is a membership of men and women that attended a (HBCU) that is grounded in service to the community, whose MISSION is to promote the importance of academic success and college completion through community engagement activities that perpetuate the culture of HBCU’s. Our goal is to introduce, expose, invest and connect Pittsburgh area middle-high school students, college transfer students and families to our nations HBCU’s through college fairs, community events, school presentations, educational workshops, college tours, summer internships and regional employment opportunities.
PROGRAMS - Pittsburgh’s Access To HBCU’s (PATH) Program provides educational support to middle and high school students to improve their outcomes through the investment in evidenced-based, outcome-oriented programs/activities and community engagement activities that result in academic success, personal and career development and good citizenship."