Howard University

Howard University is a historically black university in Washington, D.C. It was established by a congressional charter in 1867, and much of its early funding came from the Freedmen's Bureau.

Notable Alumni

Howard University has conferred 99,318 degrees and certificates in its 137-year history. Noteworthy alumni are educators, politicians, United States ambassadors, writers, prominent international figures, corporate executives, and a Nobel Laureate.

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United States - Ambassadors - Nobel Laureate

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Academia

• Charlene Drew Jarvis (Ph.D.), president Southeastern University
• Lois Pierre-Noel, educator
• Irvin Reid (Ph.D.), president Wayne State University
• H. Patrick Swygert, president Howard University

Arts, Music & Literature

• Debbie Allen, dancer, actress
• Amiri Baraka, author and poet
• Sean Combs, music producer, also known as "Puffy", "Puff Daddy", and "P. Diddy" (did not graduate)
• Ossie Davis, actor
• Lillian Evanti, opera singer
• Roberta Flack, singer
• Donny Hathaway, singer
• Shauntay Hinton, Miss USA 2002
• Toni Morrison, author, Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate (1993), born Chloe Anthony Wofford
• Jessye Norman, opera singer
• Phylicia Rashad, actress

Civil Rights

• Kwame Ture, activist, founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), born Stokely Carmichael

Law & Politics

• Dr. Percival Broderick, Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica
• Hon. Edward Brooke, first African-American elected to the United States Senate
• Hon. Ewart Brown, Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport of Bermuda
• Hon. Roland Burris, State Attorney General, Illinois
• Hon. Robert L. Carter, civil rights advocate and judge of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York
• Hon. Elijah Cummings, United States Congress
• Hon. David Dinkins, first African-American mayor of New York City
• Hon. Mike Espy, first African-American United States Secretary of Agriculture
• Hon. Shirley Franklin, first female mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
• Dr. Oliver Harper, Minister of Health, Guyana
• Hon. Patricia Roberts Harris, United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, United States Ambassador
• Hon. Earl Hilliard, United States Congress
• Hon. John Junor, Minister of Health, Jamaica
• Hon. Sharon Pratt Kelly, first African-American female mayor of a major city, Washington, DC
• Hon. Keith Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jamaica
• Hon. Thurgood Marshall, first African-American United States Supreme Court justice
• Hon. Gabrielle McDonald, judge Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands
• Hon. Gregory W. Meeks Representive for New York's sixth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives
• Hon. M. Kasim Reid, United States Senate, Georgia
• Hon. Spottswood Robinson, judge, United States Court of Appeals
• Hon. Roy Schneider, Governor United States Virgin Islands
• Hon. Walter Washington, first elected mayor of Washington, DC
• Hon. Douglas Wilder, first African-American United States governor
• Hon. Harris Wofford, United States Congress
• Hon. Albert Wynn, first African-American elected to the United States Congress from Prince George's County and Montgomery County in Maryland
• Hon. Andrew Young, first African-American United Nations Ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia