Every so often I will highlight a different college. I am not using a magic formula for this effort. I simply want to introduce you to options you may or may not have considered. The first is, HAMPTON UNIVERSITY!
Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.
Hear from some Hamptonians that have just completed their freshman year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U1Ncx4FsZs
Let's hear what our president had to say to Hampton University graduates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwg636CQnrc
Check out what one of Hampton's newest alum is up to:
http://hamptonunews.blogspot.com/2013/07/hu-alumnus-selected-as-quarterfinalist.html
Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.
Hear from some Hamptonians that have just completed their freshman year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U1Ncx4FsZs
Let's hear what our president had to say to Hampton University graduates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwg636CQnrc
Check out what one of Hampton's newest alum is up to:
http://hamptonunews.blogspot.com/2013/07/hu-alumnus-selected-as-quarterfinalist.html
Hampton University’s most notable alumni is Booker T. Washington. After walking 500 miles to Hampton from Malden, WV at age 16, he graduated with the Class of 1875. Upon appointment by Samuel Chapman Armstrong, Washington became the first leader of Tuskegee University in the year 1881.
Notable alumni include
- Lawyer and Publisher Robert Abbott
- Actor Benjamin Brown
- Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine Angela Burt-Murray
- Radio Celebrity Spencer Christian
- Educator and Civil Rights Leader Septima Poinsette Clark
- NBA Basketball Player Jazwyn Cowan
- Renowned Sociologist St. Clair Drake
- Politician Al Eisenberg
- Judge Vanessa Gilmore (youngest appointed federal court judge)
- NBA Basketball Player Devin Green
- Politician Algie Thomas Howell Jr.
- President and Founder of the Gloucester Institute and current member of the NASA Advisory Council Kay Coles James
- Mother of Martin Luther King Jr. Alberta Williams King
- Artist, Educator and founder of the International Review of African American Art Samella Sanders Lewis
- Author, Poet and Playwright M. Carl Holman
- NBA Basketball Player and Coach Rick Mahorn
- Lawyer, Professor and current Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy in the U.S. Department of Justice Spencer Overton
- First African American Mayor of Trenton, NJ Douglas Palmer
- President of Oracle Corp. Charles E. Phillips
- U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Robin R. Sanders
- Newspaper Publisher John H. Sengstacke
- Emmy Award Winning Comedian Wanda Sykes
- NFL Football Player Cordell Jerome Taylor
- Bishop Ted Thomas, Sr.
- 26th Governor of the Virgin Islands Charles Turnbull
- Former member of the Illinois House of representatives Wyvetter H. Younge.
PROMINENT VISITORS
Prominent visitors to campus include:
- President (then Senator) Barack Obama
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Former President George H. Bush
- Virginia Governor Tim Kaine
- U.S. Senator Mark Warner
- Former Virginia Governor and former U.S. Senator George Allen
- Former NAACP President Kweise Mfume
- U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore
- Rev. Jesse Jackson
- Authors Ernest Gaines, Toni Morrison, Bebe Moore Campbell and Alice Walker
- Journalist and former Essence magazine editor Susan Taylor
- Poet Maya Angelou
- Actors Lou Gossett Jr., Danny Glover and actor/comedian Bill Cosby, actor/comedian Sinbad
- Miss America Debbye Turner
- Scholar Lani Guinier
- Former Secretary of Energy Hazel O’Leary
- Radio celebrity Spencer Christian
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