AJC Sepia HBCU of the Week: Hampton University's Notable Graduates
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On April 1, 1868, Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong opened Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute with a simple declared purpose: "The thing to be done was clear: to train selected Negro youth who should go out and teach and lead their people first by example, by getting land and homes; to give them not a dollar that they could earn for themselves; to teach respect for labor, to replace stupid drudgery with skilled hands, and in this way to build up an industrial system for the sake not only of self-support and intelligent labor, but also for the sake of character."Since then, thousands of people have been granted degrees from Hampton University. Here are some of their best.