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.
Related Topics:
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
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Enrollment Statistics |
| ► | Presidents of Howard University |
| ► | Famous Faculty |
| ► | Notable Alumni |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External Links |
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