The Breakfast Club - IDKMYDE: WSSU and FAMU

Episode Date: February 21, 2025

Todays episode of IDKMYDE is comparison of Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) and Florida A&M University (FAMU), highlighting their history, impact, and academic excellence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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maybe you didn't either, I will share with you two HBCUs that I hold near and dear to my heart. One's a Ram, one's a Rattler and 500 miles separates the two. Okay buckle your seat belts and let's take a road trip through black excellence. First stop, Winston Salem, North Carolina. Winston Salem State University, founded in 1892 by Simon G. Atkins. You know how bold you gotta be to found a university in 1892? That man said segregation?

Jim Crow? Ain't nobody got time for that so he started Slater Industrial Academy which is now Winston Salem State University back then you were learning brick land and cooking today you might be in a nursing lab putting IVs and mannequins or recording your podcast in one of the only Adobe labs on an HBCU campus Simon G. Ack is probably looking down at WSSU like that single mom be looking at them kids opening them Christmas presents on Christmas morning. And don't let me talk about the legends who walk through those doors of Winston-Salem

State University. You ever heard of Louis Farrakhan? A WSSU grad. You ever been watching Wildin' Out and seen Chico Bean? Yeah, Bean and Ram too. The name of our band is the Red Sea of Sound. Our cheerleaders, oh you may have seen them on the gram, Stomp and Shake Excellence. We're talking about Powerhouse of Red and White and around 2007 Siobhan Estrada pretty much revolutionized the version of Stomp and Shake that we see today, but that's a whole nother episode. One of the most notable chants at Winston-Salem State University is Chuta Baka, Chuta Baka, Chuta Baka Spit. If you ain't a ram, then you ain't.

We try to keep it PG for the children and the elderly that want to sing along. That's good old SU. Now let's head down I-95 to Tallahassee, Florida and visit Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, better known as FAMU. They got a chant too. It's usually led by Loose Kid. He'll say, I represent. And all the rattlers say, Florida Agricultural

and Mechanical University, October 3rd, 1887. What? Exactly, Fam U was founded October 3rd, 1887. Now, Tallahassee, Florida has seven huge hills and the part of Florida they gave Fam was the highest hill, but it was filled with rattlesnakes. So the state of Florida was like, y'all gonna have 15 acres and two mules.

Good luck. So what did FAMU do? Turned it into one of the top HBCUs in the country. They embraced those rattlesnakes and became the FAMU Rattlers. And if you meet any rattler, they'll let you know that they're from the highest of seven hills.

That's right. FAMU sits at the highest point in Tallahassee, Florida. Even Florida State gotta look up at the rattlers, and they hate that. FamU is so iconic, it makes you want to enroll just for homecoming. No cap, I experienced it last year, and don't let the Marchin' 100 touch the field. Have you ever seen them perform? The band might do as much work as the football team on Saturdays and Fam you have some of the dopest alumni in the game Keisha Lance bottoms the former mayor of Atlanta fam you grad what about the movie director Will Packer?

He'll rattler and he even got a performing arts amphitheater right on campus So whether it's Winston-Salem State University with the motto enter to learn Depart to serve in the heart of North Carolinaem State University with the motto, Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve, in the heart of North Carolina, or FAMU with the motto, Excellence is Caring, down there in the Sunshine State. These schools are more than just campuses. They're launching pads for greatness,

and they're two of my favorites. Okay, bye. I didn't know. What would you do if mysterious drones appeared over your hometown? Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.

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