Howard University facts for kids
Howard University is an African-American college in Washington, D.C. It was started in 1867.
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WHUT-TV station in Washington, D.C.
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Founders Library is an iconic building on the Howard University campus that has been declared a National Historic Landmark.
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"Symbiosis" by Richard Hunt was a gift to the university by former school trustee Hobart Taylor.
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Andrew Young, U.S. Ambassador to the UN. and U.S. Congressman from Georgia
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Ras Baraka, mayor of Newark, New Jersey
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Toni Morrison, Pulitzer Prize– and Nobel Prize–winning novelist
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Zora Neale Hurston, author and anthropologist
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Paul Laurence Dunbar, novelist and poet
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, writer and journalist
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Chadwick Boseman, actor
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Phylicia Rashad, actress
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Roxie Roker, actress
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Taraji P. Henson, actress
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Nick Cannon, comedian, rapper and television host
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In Spanish: Universidad Howard para niños