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{{Short description|Historically black university in Hampton, Virginia, US}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Hampton University
 | native_name            = 
 | image                  = Hampton University Seal.png
 | image_size             = 150px
 | caption                = 
 | latin_name             = 
 | former_names           = Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (1868–1930)<br />Hampton Institute (1930–1984)
 | motto                  = "The Standard of Excellence, An Education for Life"
 | mottoeng               = 
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black]] [[research university]]
 | established            = {{Start date and age|1861|09|17}}
 | closed                 = 
 | affiliations           = [[Big South Conference]]<br />[[Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association|MAISA]]
 | academic_affiliations  = [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]
 | endowment              = $280.6 million (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
 | chancellor             = [[JoAnn Haysbert]]
 | president              = [[Darrell K. Williams]]
 | provost                = [[JoAnn Haysbert]]
 | faculty                = 
 | administrative_staff   = 
 | students               = 4,243 (fall 2024)<ref name="home.hamptonu.edu">{{cite web | url=https://home.hamptonu.edu/about/facts-figures/ | title=Facts & Figures – Hampton University About }}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 3,727 (fall 2024)<ref name="home.hamptonu.edu" />
 | postgrad               = 498 (fall 2024)<ref name="home.hamptonu.edu" />
 | doctoral               = 18 (fall 2024)<ref name="home.hamptonu.edu" />
 | other                  = 
 | city                   = [[Hampton, Virginia]]
 | country                = U.S.
 | coor                   = {{coord|37|01|21|N|76|20|05|W|type:edu_region:US-VA|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Suburban, {{convert|314|acre}}
 | free_label             = Newspaper
 | free                   = ''The Hampton Script'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hamptonscript.com/|title=The Hampton Script|website=The Hampton Script}}</ref>
 | colors                 = {{color box|#00216E}}&nbsp;{{color box|white}}Blue & white
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 | athletics_affiliations = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I]] ([[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]]) – [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]|[[Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference|CAA Football]]}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Hampton Pirates|Pirates]]
 | mascot                 = 
 | logo                   = Hampton University logo.png
 | logo_size              = 175px
 | website                = {{URL|https://home.hamptonu.edu}}
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}}

'''Hampton University''' is a [[Private university|private]], [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black]], [[research university]] in [[Hampton, Virginia]], United States. Founded in 1868 as '''Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School,''' it was established by Black and White leaders of the [[American Missionary Association]] after the [[American Civil War]] to provide education to [[freedmen]]. The campus houses the [[Hampton University Museum]], which is the oldest museum of the [[African diaspora]] in the United States and the oldest museum in the commonwealth of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arts & Museums {{!}} Hampton, VA - Official Website|url=https://hampton.gov/115/Arts-Museums|access-date=August 17, 2018|website=hampton.gov|language=en}}</ref> First led by former [[Union Army|Union]] General [[Samuel Chapman Armstrong]],<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ellinghaus|first=Katherine|year=2000|title=Assimilation by Marriage: White Women and Native American Men at Hampton Institute, 1878–1923|journal=The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography|publisher=Virginia Historical Society|volume=108|issue=3|pages=279–303|jstor=4249851}}</ref> Hampton University's main campus is located on {{convert|314|acres}} in Hampton, Virginia, on the banks of the Hampton River.

The university offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs. The university has a satellite campus in Virginia Beach and also has online offerings. Hampton University is home to 16 research centers, including the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute, the largest free-standing facility of its kind in the world. Hampton University is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".<ref>{{cite web|title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup|url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=232265|access-date=September 12, 2020|website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu|publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==History==
The campus was founded on the grounds of "Little Scotland", a former plantation in [[Elizabeth City County, Virginia|Elizabeth City County]] that is located on the [[Hampton River]]. It overlooked Hampton Roads and was not far from [[Fortress Monroe]] and the [[Grand Contraband Camp]], that gathered formerly [[History of slavery in the United States|enslaved]] men and women who sought refuge with [[Union Army|Union]] forces in the South during the first year of the war. Their facilities represented freedom.

In 1861 the [[American Missionary Association]] (AMA) responded to the former slaves' need for education and hired [[Mary S. Peake|Mary Smith Peake]] as its first teacher at the camp. She had already secretly been teaching slaves and free Black people in the area despite the state's legal prohibition. She first taught for the AMA on September 17, 1861, and was said to gather her pupils under a large oak. In 1863 the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] was read here—the first place in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[U.S. state|states]]. From then on the big tree was called the [[Emancipation Oak]]. The tree, now a symbol of both the university and of the city, survives as part of the designated [[National Historic Landmark District]] at Hampton University.

The '''Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School''', later called the '''Hampton Institute''', was founded in 1868 after the war by the biracial leadership of the [[American Missionary Association]], who were chiefly [[Congregational]] and [[Presbyterian]] ministers. It was first led by former [[Union Army|Union]] General [[Samuel Chapman Armstrong]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ellinghaus|first=Katherine|title=Assimilation by Marriage: White Women and Native American Men at Hampton Institute, 1878–1923|journal=The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography|year=2000|volume=108|issue=3|pages=279–303|publisher=Virginia Historical Society|jstor=4249851}}</ref> Among the school's famous alumni is [[Booker T. Washington]], an educator who was hired as the first principal at the [[Tuskegee Institute]], which he developed for decades.

===Civil War===
During the [[American Civil War]] (1861–1865), Union-held [[Fortress Monroe]] in southeastern [[Virginia]] at the mouth of [[Hampton Roads]] became a gathering point and safe haven of sorts for [[fugitive slave]]s. The commander, General [[Benjamin Butler (politician)|Benjamin F. Butler]], determined they were [[contraband (American Civil War)|"contraband of war"]], to protect them from being returned to slaveholders, who clamored to reclaim them. As numerous individuals sought freedom behind [[Union Army|Union]] lines, the Army arranged for the construction of the [[Grand Contraband Camp]] nearby, from materials reclaimed from the ruins of [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton]], which had been burned by the retreating [[Confederate Army]]. This area was later called "Slabtown."<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.hamptonu.edu/about/history.cfm|title=History|publisher=Hampton University|access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-date=January 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118180039/http://www.hamptonu.edu/about/history.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visithampton.com/discover/civilwar/|title=Official Visitor Information Site for Hampton, VA - Civil War|website=visithampton.com|access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102224429/http://www.visithampton.com/discover/civilwar/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Hampton University traces its roots to [[Mary S. Peake]], who began in 1861 with outdoor classes for freedmen, whom she taught under what is now the landmark [[Emancipation Oak]] in the nearby area of [[Elizabeth City County, Virginia|Elizabeth City County]]. In 1863 the newly issued [[Emancipation Proclamation]] was read to a gathering under the historic tree there.<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2014/11/mary-peake.html|title=Mary Peake - History of American Women|date=November 28, 2014|access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>

===After the War: teaching teachers===
[[File:Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va (NYPL b12647398-62703).tiff|thumb|The Hampton Institute, 1898]]
[[File:Hampton Institute - geography.jpg|thumb|An 1899 class in mathematical geography]]
After the War, a [[normal school]] (teacher training school) was formalized in 1868, with former [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] brevet Brigadier General [[Samuel C. Armstrong]] (1839–1893) as its first principal. The new school was established on the grounds of a former [[plantations in the American South|plantation]] named "Little Scotland", which had a view of Hampton Roads. The original school buildings fronted the Hampton River. Legally [[charter]]ed in 1870 as a [[land grant university|land grant school]], it was first known as '''Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute'''.

Typical of historically black colleges, Hampton received much of its financial support in the years following the Civil War from the American Missionary Association (whose black and white leaders represented the [[Congregational]] and [[Presbyterian]] churches), other church groups, and former officers and soldiers of the Union Army. One of the many Civil War veterans who gave substantial sums to the school was General [[William Jackson Palmer]], a Union cavalry commander from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]. He later built the [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]], and founded [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. As the Civil War began in 1861, although his [[Quaker]] upbringing made Palmer abhor violence, his passion to see the slaves freed compelled him to enter the war. He was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for bravery in 1894. (The current Palmer Hall on the campus is named in his honor.)

In 1872 [[Thomas P. Fenner]] was hired by Armstrong to create and lead the Hampton Singers (then known as the Hampton Jubilee Singers) in response to the tremendous financial success of the [[Fisk Jubilee Singers]] 1871 concert tour. Armstrong hoped that a similar choir at Hampton could also raise money for the financially struggling school.<ref name="Shipley">{{cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41300416|title=Music Education at Hampton Institute, 1868-1913|first= Lori|last= Shipley|journal=Journal of Historical Research in Music Education|date=April 2011|volume=32|number= 2|pages= 96–121|doi=10.1177/153660061103200203 |jstor=41300416 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Fenner and the choir toured widely and were able to raise enough money through concerts to pay for the construction of Virginia Hall, the first dormitory for women at the Hampton Institute.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hampton Choir to Sing in Boston|date=March 12, 1970|work=[[Bay State Banner]]|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/371337705|id={{ProQuest|371337705}} }}</ref> Further funds raised by the choir in the 1870s were responsible for stabilizing the school's finances overall and prevented the school from closing.<ref name="Shipley"/>

[[File:Hampton Institute - bricklaying.jpg|thumb|Students in an 1899 bricklaying class]] Unlike the wealthy Palmer, Sam Armstrong was the son of a [[missionary]] to the [[Hawaiian Islands|Sandwich Islands]] (which later became the U.S. state of [[Hawaii]]). He also had dreams for the betterment of the freedmen. He patterned his new school after the model of his father, who had overseen the teaching of reading, writing and arithmetic to the Polynesians. He wanted to teach the skills necessary for blacks to be self-supporting in the impoverished South. Under his guidance, a Hampton-style education became well known as an education that combined cultural uplift with moral and manual training. Armstrong said it was an education that encompassed "the head, the heart, and the hands."

At the close of its first decade, the school reported a total admission in those ten years of 927 students, with 277 graduates, all but 17 of whom had become teachers. Many of them had bought land and established themselves in homes; many were farming as well as teaching; some had gone into business. Only a very small proportion failed to do well. By another 10 years, there had been over 600 graduates. In 1888, of the 537 still alive, three-fourths were teaching, and about half as many undergraduates were also teaching. It was estimated that 15,000 children in community schools were being taught by Hampton's students and alumni that year.<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/va/history/lamb/lamb5.html ''Our Twin Cities of the Nineteenth Century: Norfolk and Portsmouth, Their Past, Present, and Future''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127124108/http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/va/history/lamb/lamb5.html |date=November 27, 2007 }}, Robert W. Lamb, Editor. Norfolk, VA: Barcroft, Publisher. 1887–8. Norfolk Landmark Steam Presses.</ref>

After Armstrong's death, Hampton's leaders continued to develop a highly successful external relations program that forged a network of devoted supporters. By 1900, Hampton was the wealthiest school serving African Americans, largely due to its success in development and fundraising.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Troy A. |title=Not Just the Raising of Money: Hampton Institute and Relationship Fundraising, 1893-1917 |journal=History of Education Quarterly |date=February 2021 |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=63–93 |doi=10.1017/heq.2020.67|s2cid=231775829 |doi-access=}}</ref>

Hampton also had the only library school in the United States for educating black librarians.<ref name="JNE">{{cite journal |last1=Sutton |first1=Allison |title=Bridging the Gap in Early Library Education History for African Americans: The Negro Teacher-Librarian Training Program (1936-1939) |journal=Journal of Negro Education |date=Spring 2005 |volume=74 |issue=2 |pages=138–150 |jstor=40034539}}</ref> The Hampton Institute Library School opened in 1925 and through its Negro Teacher-Librarian Program (NTLTP) trained and issued professional degrees to 183 black librarians.<ref name="JNE" /> The library school closed in 1939.<ref name="JNE" />

===Booker T. Washington: spreading the educational work===
{{further|Booker T. Washington}}Among Hampton's earliest students was [[Booker T. Washington]], who arrived from [[West Virginia]] in 1872 at the age of 16. He worked his way through Hampton, and then went on to attend [[Wayland Seminary]] in Washington, D.C. After graduation, he returned to Hampton and became a teacher. Upon Armstrong's recommendation to the founder of a small school in Tuskegee, [[Alabama]], established six years before,  in 1881 the 25-year-old Washington went there to strengthen it and develop it to the status of a [[normal school]], one recognized as being able to produce qualified teachers.

This new institution eventually became [[Tuskegee University]]. Embracing much of Armstrong's philosophy, Washington built Tuskegee into a substantial school and became nationally famous as an educator, orator, and fund-raiser as well. He collaborated with the [[philanthropist]] [[Julius Rosenwald]] in the early 20th century to create a model for rural black schools; Rosenwald established a fund that matched monies raised by communities to build more than 5,000 schools for rural black children, mostly in the South. In 1888 Washington recruited his Hampton classmate [[Charles W. Greene]]<ref>"Wishing I Were There", Time Travel to Hampton Institute Graduation Exercises, 1875</ref> to Tuskegee to lead the Agriculture Department. Together they enticed [[George Washington Carver]] to the Tuskegee Agriculture faculty upon his graduation with a master's degree from Iowa State University in 1896.

Carver provided such technical strength in agriculture that, in 1900, Washington assigned Greene to establish a demonstration of black business capability and economic independence off-campus in Tuskegee.  This project, entirely black-owned, comprised 4,000 lots of real estate and was formally established and designated Greenwood in 1901, as a demonstration for black-owned business and residential districts in every city in the nation with a significant black population.  After Washington visited [[Tulsa]], Oklahoma, in 1905 and addressed a large gathering there, the Oklahomans followed the Tuskegee model and named Tulsa's black-owned and operated district "Greenwood" in 1906.

===Native Americans===
In 1878, Hampton established a formal education program for [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] to accommodate men who had been held as prisoners of war. In 1875 at the end of the [[American Indian Wars]], the United States Army sent seventy-two warriors from the Cheyenne, Kiowa, Comanche and Caddo Nations, to imprisonment and exile in [[St. Augustine, Florida]]. Essentially they were used as hostages to persuade their peoples in the West to keep peace. Lieutenant [[Richard Henry Pratt]] supervised them at [[Fort Marion]] and began to arrange for their education in the English language and American culture.

St. Augustine was attracting numerous visitors from the North as it became known as a winter resort. Many became interested in the Native Americans held at Fort Marion and volunteered as teachers. They also provided the men with art supplies. Some of the men created what is now known as [[ledger art]] in this period. Some of the resulting works (including by [[David Pendleton Oakerhater]]) are held by the [[Smithsonian Institution]].

At the end of the warriors' incarceration, Pratt convinced seventeen of the younger men to enroll at Hampton Institute for additional education.<ref>{{cite web |last=Landis |first=Barbara |date=n.d. |title=Carlisle Indian Industrial School History |access-date=November 6, 2010 |url=http://home.epix.net/~landis/histry.html}}</ref> He also recruited additional Native American students: a total of seventy Native Americans, young men and women<!-- really? women? --> from various tribes, mostly from the Plains rather than the acculturated tribes of Virginia, joined that first class. Because Virginia's First Families sometimes boasted of their Native American heritage through [[Pocahontas]], some supporters hoped that the Native American students would help locals to accept the institute's black students. The black students were also supposed to help "civilize" the Native American students to current American society, and the Native Americans to "uplift the Negro[es]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jubiloemancipationcentury.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/the-american-indian-at-hampton-institute-virginia/|title=The American Indian at Hampton Institute, Virginia|date=February 28, 2011|website=Jubilo! The Emancipation Century|access-date=September 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="xroads.virginia.edu">{{cite web|url=http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/poca/poc_hamp.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970728145246/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/POCA/POC_hamp.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 1997|title=Hampton|website=xroads.virginia.edu|access-date=September 30, 2016}}</ref>

''[[The Red Moon (Johnson and Cole)|The Red Moon]]'' was a theatrical show featuring a fictionalized version of the school.

In 1923, in the face of growing controversy over racial mingling, after the former Confederate states had [[Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction era|disenfranchised blacks]] and imposed [[Jim Crow]], the Native American program ended. Native Americans stopped sending their boys to the school after some employers fired Native American men because they had been educated with blacks. The program's final director resigned because she could not prevent "amalgamation" between the Native American girls and black boys.<ref name="xroads.virginia.edu"/>

===Name changes, expansion, and community===
[[File:Sunset at Hampton University Waterfront.jpg|thumb|250px|Sunset at Hampton University waterfront]]

[[File:HAMPTON UNIVERSITY Monroe Memorial Church.jpg|thumb|Hampton University Monroe Memorial Church]]
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute became simply '''Hampton Institute''' in 1930. In 1931 the [[Phenix High School|George P. Phenix School]] for all age groups was opened there under principal Ian Ross. A new nurses' training school was attached to the Dixie Hospital, with [[Nina Gage]] as director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1532&dat=19310606&id=WX89AAAAIBAJ&sjid=XisMAAAAIBAJ&pg=771,28066165|title=Hampton makes appointments of 2 whites|work=The Afro-American|date=June 6, 1931|via=Google News Archive Search}}</ref> In 1945 the Austrian-American psychologist, art educator, and author of the influential text book ''Creative and Mental Growth''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lowenfeld |first1=Viktor |last2=Brittain |first2=W. Lambert |title=Creative and mental growth. |year=1987 |publisher=Collier Books |isbn=0-02372110-3 |edition=Eighth}}</ref> [[Viktor Lowenfeld]] joined the Hampton faculty as an assistant professor of [[industrial arts]] and eventually became chair of the Art Department. By 1971 the university offered 42 evening classes in programs including "Educational Psychology", "Introduction to Oral Communication", "Modern Mathematics", and "Playwriting", among others.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Hampton to Start Evening Credit Classes|date=January 7, 1971|work=Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune}}</ref> At the time, the tuition cost for these courses was $30 per semester hour.<ref name=":0" />

In 1951, a 20-year-old student [[Benjamin Leroy Wigfall]] of Richmond, VA, became the youngest person ever to have a painting purchased by the Virginia Museum of the Fine Arts for $30 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US|value=30|start_year=1951}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}). The abstract painting was titled "Chimneys."<ref>{{Cite news |date=1951-05-25 |title=Armstrong Grad Sells Painting |work=Afro-American (Baltimore) |agency=via newspapers.com. |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/531768402/ |access-date=2023-05-17}}</ref>

With the addition of departments and graduate programs, it became Hampton University in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.hamptonu.edu/about/history.cfm |publisher=Hampton University |access-date=May 30, 2018 |archive-date=January 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118180039/http://www.hamptonu.edu/about/history.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Originally located in [[Elizabeth City County, Virginia|Elizabeth City County]], it was long-located in the Town of [[Phoebus, Virginia|Phoebus]], incorporated in 1900. Phoebus and Elizabeth City County were consolidated with the neighboring [[Hampton, Virginia|City of Hampton]] to form a much larger [[independent city]] in 1952. The City of Hampton uses the Emancipation Oak on its official seal. From 1960 to 1970, noted [[diplomat]] and educator [[Jerome H. Holland]] was president of the Hampton Institute.

The university and its leadership has also been met with criticism. In 2018, Hampton University students launched a protest calling for the administration to address several concerns they believed to be longstanding and urgent, including food quality, living conditions and the handling of sexual assault complaints. The university released a statement indicating that it was "moving forward" to address student concerns and issues.

In July 2020, philanthropist [[MacKenzie Scott]] donated $30 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=30000000|start_year=2020}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to Hampton.  The donation is the largest single gift in Hampton's history.<ref name="hamptonu1">{{Cite web|url=http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Hampton-University-Receives-the-Largest-Single-Gift-in-the-School%27s-History|title=Hampton University Receives the Largest Single Gift in the School's History|work=Hampton University News|access-date=July 29, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729060038/http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Hampton-University-Receives-the-Largest-Single-Gift-in-the-School%27s-History|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hampton's president has sole discretion on how funds will be used but has committed to consulting with other university leaders on the best way to allocate the generous donation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/howard-university-announces-largest-single-donor-gift-from-philanthropist-mackenzie-scott/2020/07/28/e354fc92-d116-11ea-8c55-61e7fa5e82ab_story.html|title=Mackenzie Scott gift: Howard University to receive $40 million, its largest gift from a single donor|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 28, 2020|via=Google}}</ref><ref name="hamptonu1"/> Also in 2020, Hampton's School of Pharmacy lost accreditation due to failure of compliance to standards. The university soon after sued the accreditation agency citing lack of due process but in 2022 the lawsuit was dismissed and loss of accreditation upheld.<ref>https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/hampton/hampton-universitys-lawsuit-over-pharmacy-schools-withdrawal-of-accreditation-dismissed/</ref>

In June 2022, [[William R. Harvey]] retired as the 12th president of Hampton University after 43 years of service.  He is the longest serving president in Hampton's history and one of the longest serving college presidents in the nation. He is succeeded by [[Darrell K. Williams]] who is a 1983 graduate of Hampton University.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://home.hamptonu.edu/blog/2020/12/14/hampton-university-president-dr-william-r-harvey-seals-43-stellar-years-of-leadership-by-announcing-plans-to-retire-in-june-2022/ | title=Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey Seals 43 Stellar Years of Leadership by Announcing Plans to Retire in June 2022 | date=December 14, 2020 }}</ref>

== Presidents ==
{{Columns-list|
* [[Samuel Chapman Armstrong]] (1868 to 1893)<ref name="DARB">{{cite book |last=Bowden |first=Henry Warner |title=Dictionary of American Religious Biography |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1993 |isbn=0-313-27825-3 |edition=2nd. rev. and enl. |location=Westport, Conn. |pages=20}}</ref>
* [[Hollis B. Frissell]] (1893 to 1917)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKXNAAAAMAAJ |title=The Missionary Review of the World |date=1918 |publisher=Missionary Review Publishing Company, Incorporated |volume=41 |pages=48–49 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[James Edgar Gregg]] (1918 to 1929)<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=1946-02-24 |title=Dr. J.E. Gregg Dies; Hampton Ex-Head; Principal of Institute for 11 Years, Long a Congregational Minister, Succumbs at 70 |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/02/24/archives/dr-je-gregg-dies-hampton-exhead-principal-of-institute-for-11-years.html |access-date=2023-03-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[George Perley Phenix]] (1930)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Newby-Alexander |first1=Cassandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNh_CQAAQBAJ |title=Hampton Roads: Remembering Our Schools |last2=Littlejohn |first2=Jeffrey |last3=Ford |first3=Charles H. |last4=Yaco |first4=Sonia |last5=Society |first5=The Norfolk Historical |date=2009-02-01 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-62584-286-2 |pages=41 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Art Howe (American football)|Arthur Howe]] (1930 to 1940)<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Zaki |first=Hoda M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOpfqmrouPQC |title=Civil Rights and Politics at Hampton Institute: The Legacy of Alonzo G. Moron |date=2007 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-03110-6 |pages=17–18 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |date=May 13, 1940 |title=Education: MacLean to Hampton |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,884037,00.html}}</ref>
* [[Malcolm Shaw MacLean]] (1940 to 1943)<ref name=":2" />
* [[Ralph P. Bridgeman]] (1944 to 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interactive timeline: Hampton University 150th anniversary |url=https://www.dailypress.com/history/dp-interactive-timeline-hampton-university-150th-anniversary-20180323-htmlstory.html |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Daily Press|date=March 23, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Holt |first=Ann |date=2012 |title=Lowenfeld at Hampton (1939-1946): Empowerment, Resistance, Activism, and Pedagogy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24468127 |journal=Studies in Art Education |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=6–20 |doi=10.1080/00393541.2012.11518876 |jstor=24468127 |s2cid=147787087 |issn=0039-3541|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[Alonzo G. Morón]] (1949 to 1959)<ref name=":1" />
* [[Jerome H. Holland]] (1960 to 1970)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerome Holland, Educator, and Diplomat born |url=https://aaregistry.org/story/educator-and-diplomat-jerome-holland/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=African American Registry (AAREG) |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Roy Davage Hudson]] (1970 to 1976)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waterhouse |first=Sheila |date=2016-10-17 |title=Alumni Spotlight: Roy Hudson |url=https://rackham.umich.edu/discover-rackham/alumni-spotlight-roy-hudson/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Rackham Graduate School, [[University of Michigan]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Carl McClellan Hill]] (1977 to 1978)<ref name="Williams-Valqui">{{cite news |last1=Williams-Valqui |first1=Jennifer |date=April 7, 1995 |title=Carl McClellan Hill, Former Hu President |work=Daily Press |url=https://www.dailypress.com/1995/04/07/carl-mcclellan-hill-former-hu-president/ |access-date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=January 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110160822/http://articles.dailypress.com/1995-04-07/news/9504070190_1_hampton-institute-hampton-university-dr-hill |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[William R. Harvey]] (1978 to 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2, 2022 |title=Making A Mark: Hampton University President Dr. William Harvey to Retire After 44 Years |url=https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/hampton/hampton-university-president-dr-william-harvey-to-retire/291-ad07769d-5532-4739-97d0-d6a72f19f0a1 |website=13newsnow.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Darrell K. Williams]] (2022 to present)<ref>{{cite news |last=Reese |first=Brian |date=2022-04-13 |title=Williams named Hampton University's 13th president |work=[[WAVY-TV]] |url=https://www.wavy.com/news/williams-named-hampton-universitys-13th-president/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414144659/https://www.wavy.com/news/williams-named-hampton-universitys-13th-president/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 14, 2022 }}</ref>
}}

==Campus==
[[File:Hampton_University_aerial_view.jpg|thumb|An aerial view of Hampton University]]
The campus contains several buildings that contribute to its [[National Historic Landmark]] district: Virginia-Cleveland Hall (freshman female dormitory, as well as former home to the school's two cafeterias), Wigwam building (home to administrative offices), Academy Building (administrative offices), Memorial Chapel (religious services) and the President's Mansion House.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hampton University – Admissions|url=http://www.hamptonu.edu/studentservices/admissions/tour/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430004509/http://www.hamptonu.edu/studentservices/admissions/tour/index.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=April 30, 2007|access-date=May 3, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=National Historic Landmarks Survey: Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State:Virginia|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/VA01.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611060643/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/VA01.pdf|archive-date=June 11, 2007|access-date=May 3, 2007}}</ref>

The original High School on the campus became Phenix Hall when [[Hampton City Public Schools]] opened a new Phenix High School in 1962. Phenix Hall was damaged in a minor fire on June 12, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fire damages historic building on HU campus|url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-now-hufire.jn12,0,3772406.story|access-date=September 29, 2012|publisher=Dailypress.com}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

The [[Hampton University Museum]] was founded in 1868 and is the nation's oldest African-American museum. The museum contains over 9,000 pieces, some of which are highly acclaimed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Museum : Hampton University Museum|url=http://museum.hamptonu.edu/our_museum.cfm|access-date=September 30, 2016|website=museum.hamptonu.edu|archive-date=October 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009194834/http://museum.hamptonu.edu/our_museum.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Hampton University is home to 16 research centers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Research Centers|url=http://www.hamptonu.edu/research/res_ctrs.cfm|access-date=March 16, 2018|publisher=Hampton University|archive-date=December 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222153628/http://www.hamptonu.edu/research/res_ctrs.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute is the largest free-standing facility of its kind in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salasky|first=Prue|date=October 17, 2015|title=Hampton proton therapy center treating a fraction of its predicted number of patients|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/health/dp-nws-proton-therapy-20151017-story.html|publisher=Dailypress.com}}</ref>

The four libraries on campus are the William R. and Norma B. Harvey Library (main library), William H. Moses Jr. Architecture Library, the Music Library, and the Nursing Library.<ref>{{cite web|title=Libraries|url=http://www.hamptonu.edu/academics/libraries.cfm|access-date=March 16, 2018|publisher=Hampton University|archive-date=November 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110151822/http://www.hamptonu.edu/academics/libraries.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Emancipation Oak was cited by the [[National Geographic Society]] as one of the 10 great trees in the world.

The waterfront campus is settled near the mouth of the [[Chesapeake Bay]].

===National Historic Landmark District===
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}}A {{convert|15|acre|m2|adj=on}} portion of the campus along the Hampton River, including many of the older buildings, is a U.S. [[National Historic Landmark District]]. Buildings included are:

* Mansion House, original plantation residence of Little Scotland
* Virginia Hall, built in 1873
* Academic Hall
* Wigwam
* Marquand Memorial Chapel, a [[Romanesque Revival]] red brick chapel with a {{convert|150|ft|m|adj=on}} tower

In addition, Cleveland Hall, Ogden, and the Administration building are also included in the district.<ref name="nrhpinv22">{{Cite web|last=Poh|first=Carol Ann|date=January 9, 1974|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Hampton Institute / Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute|url={{NHLS url|id=69000323}}|publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=69000323|title=''Accompanying 17 photos, from 1973''|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(5.84&nbsp;MB)}}</ref>

The district was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1969 and declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1974.<ref name="nhlsum2">{{cite web|title=Hampton Institute|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=868&ResourceType=District|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226214931/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=868&ResourceType=District|archive-date=December 26, 2007|access-date=May 30, 2008|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv22" />

===Student demographics===
In 2023, nearly two-thirds of Hampton students were women and the other third men. Approximately 97% of them identified as Black and 20% were Virginia residents.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://home.hamptonu.edu/about/student-profile/ | title=Student Profile – Hampton University About }}</ref> 68% of students received need-based financial aid. The average need-based scholarship or grant awardeded to first-year students at Hampton was $10,025.<ref>https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/hampton-university-3714/paying#:~:text=Financial%20Aid%20Statistics%20for%20Hampton%20University&text=The%20average%20need%2Dbased%20scholarship,federal%20loans%20and%20work%2Dstudy. {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

==Academics==
Hampton University has the following schools and colleges.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accreditation|url=http://www.hamptonu.edu/global/accreditation.cfm|access-date=September 30, 2016|publisher=Hampton University}}</ref>
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* School of Engineering and Technology
* School of Pharmacy
* James T. George School of Business<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Hampton-University-School-of-Business-Officially-Named-James-T%5E-George-School-of-Business-for-Trustee-James-George|title=Hampton University School of Business Officially Named James T. George School of Business for Trustee James George|work=Hampton University News|access-date=April 23, 2020|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224075737/http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Hampton-University-School-of-Business-Officially-Named-James-T%5E-George-School-of-Business-for-Trustee-James-George|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communication<ref>{{cite news|title=Dean Julia A. Wilson discusses 20 years of Journalism at Scripps Howard on Coast Live|author=Coast Live|date=Feb 8, 2023 |url=https://www.wtkr.com/coast-live/dean-julia-a-wilson-discusses-20-years-of-journalism-at-scripps-howard-on-coast-live|work=[[WKTR]]}}</ref>
* School of Nursing
* School of Liberal Arts and Education
*School of Religion
* School of Science
* University College
* College of Virginia Beach
* Graduate College
{{div col end}}
{{as of|2020}}, Hampton offers 50 [[Bachelor's degree|baccalaureate]] programs, 26 [[Master's degree|master's]] programs, seven [[doctoral]] programs, two professional programs, and ten [[Associate degree|associate]]/certificate programs.<ref name="hamptonu.edu2">{{cite web|title=Facts & Figures|url=http://www.hamptonu.edu/about/facts.cfm|access-date=September 30, 2016|publisher=Hampton University}}</ref>

The Freddye T. Davy Honors College is a non-degree granting college that offers special learning opportunities and privileges to the most high-achieving undergraduates. To join the honors college, students must formally accept an invitation given by the college or directly apply for admissions into the college.<ref>{{cite web|title=Freddye T. Davy Honors College : Requirements|url=http://honorscollege.hamptonu.edu/requirements.cfm|access-date=September 30, 2016|website=honorscollege.hamptonu.edu|archive-date=September 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927203538/http://honorscollege.hamptonu.edu/requirements.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Hampton University consistently ranks among the top ten [[HBCU]]s in the nation and is ranked in Tier 1 (#217) among "National Universities" by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite web|year=2021|title=Hampton University|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/hampton-university-3714|work=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=6. What are National Universities?|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/rankings-faq#6-2|access-date=November 4, 2020|website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref>

Hampton's [[Student–teacher ratio|student to faculty ratio]] is 10 to 1, which is better than the national university average of 18 to 1.<ref name="hamptonu.edu2" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Student-to-Faculty Ratio: What Does it Mean?|url=http://www.campusexplorer.com/college-advice-tips/0DC5BEE8/Student-to-Faculty-Ratio-What-Does-it-Mean/|access-date=September 30, 2016|website=campusexplorer.com}}</ref>

Hampton is the first and only HBCU to have 100% control of a [[NASA]] Mission.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hampton University {{!}} State of HBCUs|url=https://stateofhbcus.wordpress.com/tag/hampton-university/|access-date=September 30, 2016|website=stateofhbcus.wordpress.com|date=September 18, 2015 }}</ref>

''The Alumni Factor'' named Hampton one of the seven best [[List of colleges and universities in Virginia|colleges in Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 227 Schools|url=https://www.alumnifactor.com/top-177-colleges|access-date=September 30, 2016|publisher=The Alumni Factor}}</ref>

Hampton University is classified as a selective admissions institution.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 10 Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/hbcu/data|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922161202/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/hbcu/data|archive-date=September 22, 2016|access-date=September 30, 2016|website=colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com}}</ref>

==Student activities==
===Athletics===
{{Main|Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates}}
[[File:Hampton_athletics_monogram.png|thumb|200px|Hampton University athletics logo]]
Hampton sports teams participate in [[NCAA Division I]] ([[Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] for [[College football|football]]) in the [[Coastal Athletic Association|Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)]].  They joined in 2022 upon leaving the [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]] and then later the [[Big South Conference]]. Hampton is one of three NCAA Division I [[HBCU]] institutions (along with [[Tennessee State University]], in the [[Ohio Valley Conference]] and CAA rival [[North Carolina A&T]]) to not be a member of the [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]] or [[Southwestern Athletic Conference]].

In 2016, Hampton became the first and only HBCU to field a Division I men's [[College lacrosse|lacrosse team]]. [[ESPN]] held a broadcast on campus preceding the inaugural game in [[Armstrong Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NCAA.com – The Official Website of NCAA Championships|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/lacrosse-men/article/2016-02-12/hampton-lacrosse-first-hbcu-di-team-gears-first-game|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310040636/http://www.ncaa.com/news/lacrosse-men/article/2016-02-12/hampton-lacrosse-first-hbcu-di-team-gears-first-game|archive-date=March 10, 2016|access-date=September 30, 2016|website=NCAA.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ESPN TO BROADCAST BEFORE FIRST HOME LACROSSE GAME| date=January 15, 2016 |url=http://www.hamptonpirates.com/news/2016/1/15/GEN_0115163819.aspx?path=gen|access-date=September 30, 2016}}</ref>

Hampton is the only HBCU with a [[Sailing (sport)|competitive sailing]] team.

In 2001, the Hampton [[basketball]] team won its first [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]] game, when they beat [[Iowa State University|Iowa State]] 58–57, in one of the largest [[Upset (competition)|upsets]] of all time. They were only the fourth fifteen-seed to upset a two-seed in the tournament's history. They returned to the tournament a year later, as well as in 2006, 2011, 2015 and 2016, having won their conference basketball tournament. Their NCAA tournament record is 2–6, including the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Opening Round game|play-in game]].

The "Lady Pirates" basketball team has made trips to the [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]] in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010–2014, and 2017. In 1988, as a [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] school, the Lady Pirates won the [[NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship]], defeating [[West Texas A&M Buffaloes|West Texas State]]. In 2011, as a number-13 seed, the Lady Pirates nearly upset [[Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball|Kentucky]], but fell in overtime, 66–62. In 2015, the Lady Pirates played in the [[2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament|Women's NIT]], where they defeated Drexel 45–42 in the opening round. However, in the second round, the team lost to West Virginia 57–39.

[[File:Hampton University Cheerleading Team.jpg|thumb|HU's "Blue Thunder" cheerleaders heading towards the annual Military Appreciation Day football game]]

The Pirates won their conference title in football in 1997, shared the title 1998 and 2004, and won it again outright in 2005 and 2006. From 2004 to 2006, the team won three MEAC Championships and three SBN-Black College National Championships, and was ranked in the Division I FCS top 25 poll each year. The Pirates also sent five players to the NFL Combine in 2007, the most out of any FCS subdivision school for that year. They have also been dominant in tennis, winning the MEAC from 1996 to 1999, 2001–2003 and 2007 for the men, and 1998 and 2002–2004 for the women.

Major rivals include [[Norfolk State University]], located across [[Hampton Roads]] in downtown Norfolk, and [[Howard University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]

In 2019, Hampton revived their rivalry with [[Virginia Union University]] from [[Richmond, Virginia]].

===Student organizations===
There are over 55 student organizations on campus in arts, athletics, community service, leadership, religion, and student government.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://home.hamptonu.edu/activities/student-organizations/ | title=Student Organizations – Hampton University Activities }}</ref>

===="The Marching Force" marching band====
Pirate athletics are supported by a plethora of groups, including "The Marching Force" Marching Band. The marching band has appeared at several notable events, including a Barack Obama Presidential Inauguration parade in Washington, DC. "The Force" was chosen out of a large pool of applicants to participate in the parade as the representative for the state of Virginia. "The Force" is complemented by the "Ebony Fire" all-women danceline, as well as "Silky", the flag team, and as of 2018, "Shimmering Sapphire Elegance", the majorette team.

==== Greek life====
Hampton University has over 15 Greek letter organizations, including the [[National Pan-Hellenic Council]] organizations.

==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=August 2023}}

===Business===
{{AlumniStart}}
{{Alum|name=[[Robert Sengstacke Abbott|Robert S. Abbott]]|year=1896|nota=Founder of ''[[The Chicago Defender]]'' and of the annual [[Bud Billiken Day Parade]] in [[Chicago]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Robert Brokenburr]]|year=1906|nota=Attorney; counsel and general manager for the [[Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Sashi Brown]]|year=1998|nota=President of the [[Baltimore Ravens]]|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/press-release-ravens-president-dick-cass-to-retire-sashi-brown-named-successor|title=Press Release: Ravens President Dick Cass to Retire, Sashi Brown Named Successor|website=Baltimore Ravens|date=4 February 2022|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Percy Creuzot]]|year=1949|nota=Founder of [[Louisiana Creole cuisine|Creole]] restaurant chain [[Frenchy's Chicken]] in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]|ref=<ref name=Handbook>"[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcrab CREUZOT, PERCY PENNINGTON, JR. (FRENCHY)]." ''[[Handbook of Texas]]''. Retrieved on May 1, 2014.</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Rashida Jones (television executive)|Rashida Jones]]|year=2002|nota=President of [[MSNBC]]; former Vice President of [[NBC News]] and MSNBC|ref=<ref>{{cite news|title=Rashida Jones named next president of MSNBC|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/rashida-jones-named-next-president-msnbc-n1250296|newspaper=NBC News|publisher=NBC}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Keith Leaphart]]|year=1996|nota=Entrepreneur, philanthropist and physician|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Charles Phillips (businessman)|Charles Phillips]]|year=1986|nota=Former chairman and CEO of [[Infor]]; former President of [[Oracle Corporation]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[John H. Sengstacke]]|year=1934|nota=owner and publisher of the largest chain of black newspapers in the U.S.; founder of the [[National Newspaper Publishers Association]]; [[Presidential Citizens Medal]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Percy Sutton]]|year=|nota=Co-founder of [[Inner City Broadcasting Corporation]]; investor in the ''[[New York Amsterdam News]]'' and the [[Apollo Theater]]; producer of ''[[It's Showtime at the Apollo]]''|ref=}}
{{AlumniEnd}}

===Education===
{{AlumniStart}}
{{Alum|name=[[Thomas Fountain Blue]]|year=1888|nota=Early trainer of black librarians; first black American to head a public library; Hampton's Library School was a continuation of his training program|ref=<ref name="NKAA-Blue">{{cite web |title=Blue, Thomas F., Sr. |url=https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/754 |website=Notable Kentucky African Americans Database |publisher=University of Kentucky Libraries |access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[St. Clair Drake]]|year=1931|nota=Sociologist and anthropologist; created the first African and African American studies program at [[Stanford University]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Luther H. Foster Jr.]]|year=1934|nota=Fourth president of [[Tuskegee University]] and president of the [[UNCF|United Negro College Fund]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Martha Louise Morrow Foxx]]|year=|nota=Blind educator; principal of the Mississippi School for the Blind|ref=}} 
{{Alum|name=[[Charles W. Green]]|year=1875|nota=Headed [[Tuskegee University]]'s Agriculture Department; developed the Greenwood Business District in [[Tuskegee, Alabama|Tuskegee]], which served as a model for the [[Greenwood District, Tulsa|Greenwood District]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]|ref=<ref>web|url=Charles W Kelly & Charles W Greene Plaque (Greenwood dedication)". December 7, 1940. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Freeman A. Hrabowski III]]|year=1969|nota=President of the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]]; [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]; [[Heinz Award]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Constance Hill Marteena]]|year=1933|nota=Librarian and president of the [[North Carolina Negro Library Association]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Robert Russa Moton]]|year=1890|nota=President Emeritus of [[Tuskegee University]]; namesake of the [[Tuskegee Airmen]] training site [[Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site|Moton Field]]; advisor to five U.S. presidents; [[Spingarn Medal]]; [[William E. Harmon Foundation Award for Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes|Harmon Award]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Hugh R. Page]]|year=1977|nota=Professor of [[theology]] and [[Africana Studies]] at the [[University of Notre Dame]]|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://africana.nd.edu/about/faculty-and-staff/bio-page-3/|title=Hugh Page|access-date=March 5, 2016|publisher=University of Notre Dame|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307135946/http://africana.nd.edu/about/faculty-and-staff/bio-page-3/|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[James Solomon Russell]]|nota=Founder, president and chaplain of [[Saint Paul's College (Virginia)]]; [[William E. Harmon Foundation Award for Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes|Harmon Award]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Janice Underwood]]|year=1998, 2002|nota=Educator and businesswoman|ref=<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Gregory S. |date=September 9, 2019 |title=Northam names first diversity chief for Virginia state government |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/northam-names-first-ever-diversity-chief-for-virginia-state-government/2019/09/09/a5476cd4-d318-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html |access-date=2024-06-16 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Booker T. Washington]]|year=1875|nota=Educator, author, including his autobiography ''[[Up from Slavery]]'', orator, first president of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), founder of the National Business League, prominent civil rights and racial “uplift” advocate, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community.|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Charles Holston Williams|Charles H. Williams]]|year=1909|nota=Co-founder of the [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|CIAA]]; founder of Hampton's Terpsichorean Dance Company; chaired Hampton's Physical Education Department|ref=<ref>{{cite web|title=Williams, Charles Holston|url=https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/106|website=Notable Kentucky African Americans Database|publisher=University of Kentucky Libraries|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[William T. B. Williams]]|year=1888|nota=Field agent for the [[Jeanes Foundation|Jeanes Fund]] and [[Slater Fund]] and U.S. government consultant; reports helped establish hundreds of training schools; [[Spingarn Medal]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Stephen J. Wright]]|year=1934|nota=Seventh president of [[Fisk University]] and president of the [[UNCF|United Negro College Fund]]|ref=}}
{{AlumniEnd}}

===Entertainment, media, and the arts===
{{AlumniStart}}
{{Alum|name=[[John T. Biggers]]|year=|nota=[[Harlem Renaissance]] muralist and founder of the Art Department at [[Texas Southern University]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Leslie Garland Bolling]]|year=1918|nota=Early 20th-century wood carver|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Spider Burks]]|year=1946|nota= One of the first African-American disc jockeys in [[St. Louis]]|ref=<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 18, 1947 |title="Spider" Burks On KXLW Daily Mon. Thru Fri. |pages=18 |work=The St. Louis Argus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-argus-spider-burks-radio-s/133095045/}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Ruth E. Carter]]|year=1982|nota=Has star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]; [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Academy Award]] in costume design for ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]''|ref=<ref>{{cite web|last=Tangcay|first=Jazz|date=February 24, 2021|title=Ruth E. Carter Makes History With a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|url=https://variety.com/2021/artisans/awards/ruth-carter-walk-of-fame-1234913760/|work=Variety}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Spencer Christian]]|year=|nota=Former weatherman for ''[[Good Morning America]]'', 1986–1998|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Brian Custer]]|year=1993|nota=Sports broadcaster; [[ESPN]] ''[[SportsCenter]]'' anchor and ''[[Showtime Championship Boxing]]'' host|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2021/06/espn-signs-brian-custer-as-sportscenter-anchor-play-by-play-commentator-for-college-basketball-football/|title=ESPN Signs Brian Custer as SportsCenter Anchor, Play by Play Commentator for College Basketball, Football|work=[[ESPN]]|date=June 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=Gizelle Bryant|year=1992|nota=Reality Star on,  [[Real Housewives of Potomac]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[DJ Babey Drew]]|year=2003|nota=[[Grammy Award]]-winning record producer and disc jockey|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[DJ Envy]]|year=1999|nota=[[Radio Hall of Fame]]; disc jockey and host of ''[[The Breakfast Club (radio show)|The Breakfast Club]]''|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Beverly Gooden]]|year=2005|nota=Writer and activist|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Biff Henderson]]|year=|nota=Stage manager and personality on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Weldon Irvine]]|year=1965|nota=Composer, playwright, poet, pianist, organist, and keyboardist; wrote over 500 songs, including "[[To Be Young, Gifted and Black]]"|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[J.I.D]]|year=|nota=Rapper, signed to [[Dreamville Records]] in 2017|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Taylor James|DJ Tay James]]|year=2009|nota=A&R and disc jockey for [[Justin Bieber]]|ref=<ref>{{cite magazine|date=April 5, 2021|title=Taylor James, Justin Bieber's Longtime Tour DJ, Elevated to Pop Star's Personal A&R: Exclusive|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/justin-bieber-taylor-james-personal-ar-sb-projects-9551383/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=September 5, 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Rashida Jones (television executive)|Rashida Jones]]|year=2002|nota=First African-American to lead a major cable news network ([[MSNBC]])|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/12/07/rashida-jones-msnbc-nbc-news-phil-griffin/6483344002/|title=Rashida Jones named president of MSNBC, becoming first Black leader of news network|first=Nathan|last=Bomey|website=USA Today}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Javicia Leslie]]|year=2009|nota=Actress; ''[[Batwoman (TV series)|Batwoman]]'', ''[[God Friended Me]]'', ''[[Always a Bridesmaid (2019 film)|Always a Bridesmaid]]'', ''[[The Family Business (American TV series)|The Family Business]]''; first Black actor to wear the [[Batsuit]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Samella Lewis]]|year=1945|nota=Painter and art historian; founder of the ''International Review of African American Art''; first black American female to earn a Ph.D. in fine art and art history|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Dorothy Maynor]]|year=1933|nota=Concert singer; first black American to sing at a U.S. presidential inauguration; founder of [[The Harlem School of the Arts]]; first black [[Metropolitan Opera]] board member|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Orpheus McAdoo]]|year=1876|nota=Minstrel show impresario; toured Britain, South Africa and Australia|ref=<ref>{{cite web|title=Orpheus M. and Mattie Allen McAdoo Papers|date=February 9, 2010|publisher=Yale University Beinecke Rare Books & Manuscript Library|url=http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/african-american-studies-beinecke-library/2010/02/09/orpheus-m-and-mattie-allen-mcadoo|access-date=May 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521195741/http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/african-american-studies-beinecke-library/2010/02/09/orpheus-m-and-mattie-allen-mcadoo|archive-date=May 21, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Che Pope]]|year=1992|nota=[[Grammy Award]]-winning record producer; co-founder and CEO of WRKSHP|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2022/01/12/che-pope-dan-gilbert-wrkshp-record-label-music-industry-detroit/9175673002/|title=Grammy-winning producer Che Pope launches new record label in Detroit backed by Dan Gilbert|website=Detroit News|date=January 12, 2022|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Robi Reed]]|year=1982|nota=Casting director; first black American to win an [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for casting; ''[[The Tuskegee Airmen]]'', ''[[Harlem Nights]]'', ''[[In Living Color]]''|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[MC Ride]]|year=|nota=Musician; best known for being the lead vocalist of [[Death Grips]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Clarissa Sligh]]|year=1961|nota=Photographer, book artist; lead plaintiff in the Virginia school desegregation case ''Thompson v County School Board of Arlington County''|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Brandon Mychal Smith]]|year=|nota=Actor|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Nikkolas Smith]]|year=|nota=Author, illustrator, film artist; painted the ''King Chad'' mural in [[Disneyland]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Wanda Sykes]]|year=1986|nota=[[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]]-winning actress, comedian and writer|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Johnny Venus]]|year=2012|nota=Rapper, member of [[EARTHGANG]] and co-founder of [[Spillage Village]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Roslyn Walker (curator)|Roslyn Walker]]|year=1966|nota=Curator of African Art, [[Dallas Museum of Art]]; former director of the [[National Museum of African Art]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Emil Wilbekin]]|year=1989|nota=Black & gay rights activist; founder of Native Son Now; former [[Afropunk Festival]] chief content officer and editor-in-chief of ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' and'' [[Giant (magazine)|Giant]]'' magazines|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[A. S. "Doc" Young|A. S. (Doc) Young]]|year=1941|nota=First black publicist in Hollywood; executive editor of the ''[[Los Angeles Sentinel]]''; sports editor for ''[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]'' and ''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]'' magazines|ref=<ref name="Jet-30Sep1996">{{cite journal |editor1-first=Sylvia P. |editor1-last=Flanagan |date=September 30, 1996 |title=A.S. 'Doc' Young, Noted Journalist-Author, Dies |journal=Jet |volume=90 |issue=20 |page=60 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. |location=Chicago, Illinois}}</ref>}}
{{AlumniEnd}}

===Politics and government===
{{AlumniStart}}
{{Alum|name=[[Orison Rudolph Aggrey]]|year=1946|nota=Former U.S. [[Ambassador]] to [[The Gambia]], [[Senegal]] and Romania|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Ebenezer Ako-Adjei]]|year=1942|nota=One of [[The Big Six (Ghana)|the Big Six]] leaders in the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]]'s struggle for independence from Britain; served as [[Ghana]]'s first Minister for Trade and Labor, first Minister for Justice and first Minister for Foreign Affairs|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini]]|year=1996|nota=[[Prime minister]] of [[Eswatini]]; CEO of [[Nedbank]] Eswatini and CEO of [[MTN Group|MTN]] Eswatini|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Allyson Kay Duncan]]|year=1972|nota=4th Circuit US Circuit Court Judge|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/981/000208357/|title = Allyson Kay Duncan| publisher=Notable Name Data Base |access-date= January 1, 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[George Washington Fields]]|year=1878|nota=First black graduate of [[Cornell Law School]]; member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Frankie Muse Freeman]]|year=1936|nota=Civil rights attorney; first woman appointed to the [[U.S. Commission on Civil Rights]]; [[Spingarn Medal]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Vanessa D. Gilmore]]|year=1977|nota=Federal Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas]]|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jtbf.org/index.php?src=directory&view=biographies&srctype=detail&refno=67|title =VANESSA D. GILMORE|publisher= Just The Beginning Foundation|access-date =January 1, 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Theodore T. Jones|Theodore Theopolis Jones II]]|year=1965|nota=Associate Judge of the [[Court of Appeals]], [[New York (state)|New York]]|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/jjones.htm|title =Honorable Theodore T. Jones |publisher= Court of Appeals State of New York|access-date =January 1, 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Tishaura Jones]]|year=1994|nota=First Black female mayor of St. Louis|ref=<ref>{{cite web |title=Hampton University Alumna Tishaura Jones Elected as First Black Woman Mayor of St. Louis |url=http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Hampton-University-Alumna-Tishaura-Jones-Elected-as-First-Black-Woman-Mayor-of-St%5E-Louis |website=Office of University Relations |publisher=Hampton University |access-date=April 8, 2021 |archive-date=April 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408221936/http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Hampton-University-Alumna-Tishaura-Jones-Elected-as-First-Black-Woman-Mayor-of-St%5E-Louis |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Nupol Kiazolu]]|year=|nota=Civil rights and [[Homelessness in the United States|homelessness]] activist|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|last=McNamara|first=Brittney|title=Meet Your Future President, Nupol Kiazolu|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/nupol-kiazolu-21-under-21-2018|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Teen Vogue|date=5 November 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Mbiyu Koinange]]|year=1931|nota=[[Kenya]] Minister of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Education; cabinet of Kenya's first president [[Jomo Kenyatta]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Gloria G. Lawlah|Gloria Gary Lawlah]]|year=1960|nota=Secretary of Aging for the State of [[Maryland]]|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/10da/html/msa12153.html |title=Gloria G. Lawlah, Maryland Secretary of Aging |publisher=Msa.md.gov |access-date=September 29, 2012 |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001074412/http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/10da/html/msa12153.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[List of ambassadors of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States|Patrick A. Lewis]]|year=1966|nota=[[Antigua and Barbuda]] Ambassador to the [[United Nations]] and to the United States|ref=<ref>{{cite web|title=New Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda Presents Credentials|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/1995/19951121.bio2998.html|website=United Nations|date=21 November 1995|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Spencer Overton]]|year=1990|nota=President of the [[Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies]]; election scholar, [[George Washington University Law School]]|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/soverton/ |title=Spencer Overton |publisher=George Washington University Law School |access-date=February 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429085943/http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/soverton/ |archive-date=April 29, 2012  }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Douglas Palmer]]|year=1973|nota=Mayor of [[Trenton, New Jersey]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Henry E. Parker]]|year=1965|nota=[[Connecticut State Treasurer]] (1975–1986)|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Robin R. Sanders]]|year=1977|nota=Former U.S. [[Ambassador]] to the [[Republic of the Congo]] and [[Nigeria]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Gregory M. Sleet]]|year=|nota=US District Court Judge for the [[United States District Court for the District of Delaware]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Sylvia Trent-Adams]]|year=1987|nota=First African-American nurse to serve as [[Surgeon General of the United States]]|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/about/biographies/bio-dsg.html|title = Biography of the Deputy Surgeon General | publisher=Notable Name Data Base |access-date= January 5, 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Charles Wesley Turnbull]]|year=1958|nota=Former governor of the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[W. Carlton Weddington]]|year=|nota=Member of [[Ohio House of Representatives]]|ref=}}
{{AlumniEnd}}

===Science, health care, technology, engineering and mathematics===
{{AlumniStart}}
{{Alum|name=[[William Warrick Cardozo]]|year=1923|nota=Early [[sickle cell anemia]] researcher|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[William Claytor]]|year=1900|nota=Pioneering [[African Americans|African-American]] mathematician; chaired the Mathematics Department at [[Howard University]]}}<ref>[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Claytor.html William Waldron Schieffelin Claytor], MacTutor History of Mathematics archive</ref>
{{Alum|name=[[Moogega Cooper]]|year=2006|nota=Engineer; Lead of Planetary Protection for the [[Mars 2020]] Mission at [[NASA]]'s [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Christine Darden]]|year=1962|nota=[[NASA]] mathematician and aeronautical engineer; [[supersonic flight]] and [[sonic boom]] researcher featured in the book ''[[Hidden Figures (book)|Hidden Figures]]''; [[Congressional Gold Medal]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Mary Jackson (engineer)|Mary Jackson]]|year=1942|nota=[[NASA]] human [[Computer (job description)|computer]] and its first black female engineer; namesake of the [[NASA Headquarters|Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters]] in Washington; [[Congressional Gold Medal]]|ref=<ref>{{Cite book|title=Black Women Scientists in the United States|last=Warren|first=Wini|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=1999|isbn=9780253336033|location=Bloomington, Indiana, USA|pages=[https://archive.org/details/blackwomenscient00warr/page/126 126]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/blackwomenscient00warr/page/126}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Ayana Jordan]]|year=2001|nota=Addiction psychiatrist, physician, and immunopathologist; professor at [[Yale School of Medicine]], [[Yale University]], and [[NYU Langone Health]]; elected to the Board of Trustees of the [[American Psychiatric Association]]|ref=<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Morgan |first1=Jules |title=Ayana Jordan |journal=The Lancet Psychiatry |date=June 2021 |volume=8 |issue=6 |pages=464 |doi=10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00174-7|pmid=34023017 |doi-access=free }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Flemmie Pansy Kittrell]]|year=1928|nota=Pioneer in nutrition and child development; first woman of color to earn a Ph.D. in nutrition; instrumental in creating the [[Head Start (program)|Head Start]] program; namesake of Hampton's Flemmie Kittrell Hall|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Tiara Moore]]|year=2013|nota=Environmental ecologist and founder of Black in Marine Science|ref=<ref>{{cite web |title=Hampton University Marine and Environmental Science Alumni Serve Leadership Roles with New Non-profit Called Black in Marine Science |url=http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Hampton-University-Marine-and-Environmental-Science-Alumni-Serve-Leadership-Roles-with-New-Non--profit-Called-Black-in-Marine-Science |website=Hampton University News |publisher=Hampton University Office of University Relations |access-date=June 22, 2021 |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518160802/http://news.hamptonu.edu/release/Hampton-University-Marine-and-Environmental-Science-Alumni-Serve-Leadership-Roles-with-New-Non--profit-Called-Black-in-Marine-Science |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Susan La Flesche Picotte]]|year=1886|nota=First Native American physician}}
{{Alum|name=[[Devin G. Walker]]|year=1998|nota=[[Dark matter]] researcher; theoretical particle physicist at [[Dartmouth College]]; first black American to earn a Ph.D. in physics from [[Harvard University]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[James West (inventor)|James West]]|year=Did not graduate|nota=Inventor, primarily of microphones|ref=<ref name="jhm">{{cite magazine|url=https://pages.jh.edu/jhumag/0903web/west.html|title= Sound reasoning|magazine=Johns Hopkins Magazine|date=September 2003|first1=Joanne|last1=Cavanaugh Simpson|first2=Bill|last2=Denison|access-date=October 13, 2022}}</ref>}}
{{AlumniEnd}}

===Sociology and humanities===
{{AlumniStart}}
{{Alum|name=[[Clara Byrd Baker]]|year=|nota=Educator, civic leader, and suffragette|ref=<ref>{{cite web|title=African–American History Month at the Library of Virginia|url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/trailblazers/2007/index.htm?bio=baker|website=lva.virginia.gov|publisher=Library of Virginia}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Septima Poinsette Clark]]|year=1946|nota="Queen mother" of the Civil Rights Movement; developed citizenship classes that enabled black Southerners to register and vote; [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference|SCLC]] board; [[American Book Award]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Augustus M. Hodges]]|year=1874|nota=Newspaper editor, journalist, poet, novelist, and political organizer|ref=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tarter |first=Brent |title=Augustus M. Hodges |url=https://encyclopediavirginia.org/augustus-hodges/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Encyclopedia Virginia |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brock |first=Elmore |date=1969 |title=Augustus M. Hodges |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIo9V8WKv0YC |magazine=[[The Colored American Magazine]] |language=en |publisher=Colored Co-operative Publishing Company |volume=1–2 |pages=146}}</ref> }}
{{Alum|name=[[Alberta Williams King]]|year=1924|nota=Mother of Martin Luther King Jr.|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Elisabeth Omilami]]|year=|nota=Chief Executive Officer of Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[William Henry Sheppard]]|year=1883|nota=Missionary, ethnographer and explorer; first Westerner to enter the Kingdom of Kuba; reported on the Belgian atrocities in the Congo; pioneering African art collector; Fellow of the [[Royal Geographical Society]] in England|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Mychal Denzel Smith]]|year=2008|nota=Writer at ''[[The Nation]]'', television commentator and author; [[Kirkus Prize]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[T.C. Walker House|Thomas Calhoun Walker]]|year=1883|nota=Attorney and land ownership advocate; purchased land and sold it back to local farmers; [[Gloucester County, Virginia]] led the nation in per capita black farm ownership in 1930|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Will West Long]]|year=1904|nota=[[Cherokee]] mask maker, translator, and [[Cultural history|cultural historian]]|ref=<ref>{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Michael Ann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-M8oRUxxQ8C |title=Great Smoky Mountains Folklife |date=September 1995 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-0-87805-792-4 |pages=33–34 |language=en}}</ref>}}

{{AlumniEnd}}

===Sports===
{{AlumniStart}}
{{Alum|name=[[Chris Baker (defensive lineman)|Chris Baker]]|year=2008|nota=Former NFL defensive tackle|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/chrisbaker/2507557//profile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930061956/http://www.nfl.com/player/chrisbaker/2507557/profile |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |title=Chris Baker |work=nfl.com |access-date=September 30, 2016 }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Darian Barnes]]|year=|nota=Former NFL running back|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Johnnie Barnes]]|year=|nota=Former [[National Football League|NFL]] wide receiver|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Jamal Brooks]]|year=1999|nota=Former NFL linebacker|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/jamalbrooks/2503922/profile|title=Jamal Brooks|work=nfl.com|access-date=September 30, 2016}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[James Carter (athlete)|James Carter]]|year=|nota=Award-winning [[Track and field|track]] athlete|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Mo'ne Davis]]|year=2023|nota=Participant in the [[2014 Little League World Series]] and 2014 [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year|AP Women's Athlete of the Year]]; began playing for Hampton softball in the 2020 season|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://andscape.com/features/mone-davis-will-attend-hampton-university-to-play-softball-because-everything-felt-right/ |title= Mo'ne Davis chooses Hampton University to play softball because 'everything felt right' |first=Daryl |last=Bell |website=[[Andscape]] |date=December 19, 2018 |access-date=September 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mone-davis-former-little-league-world-series-star-makes-college-softball-debut-for-hampton/ |title=Mo'ne Davis, former Little League World Series star, makes college softball debut for Hampton |first=Chris |last=Bengel |website=CBSSports.com |date=February 10, 2020 |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Marcus Dixon]]|year=|nota=Current CFL defensive tackle; also played in the NFL for the [[Dallas Cowboys]] and the [[New York Jets]]|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DixoMa00.htm|title =Marcus Dixon
|publisher= Pro-Football-Reference.Com|access-date =January 1, 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Reggie Doss]]|year=|nota=Former NFL defensive end|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Justin Durant]]|year=2007|nota=Former NFL linebacker|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Kenrick Ellis]]|year=|nota=Current [[National Football League|NFL]] defensive tackle, New York Jets|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/ElliKe01.htm|title =Kenrick Ellis|publisher= Pro-Football-Reference.Com|access-date =January 1, 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Devin Green]]|year=2005|nota=Former [[NBA]] player|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greende01.html|title=Devin Green|publisher= Basketball-Reference.Com |access-date= January 1, 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Isaac Hilton]]|year=|nota=Former NFL defensive end|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/isaachilton/2516557/profile|title = Isaac Hilton  | publisher=NFL Enterprises LLC |access-date= January 1, 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Rick Mahorn]]|year=1980|nota=Former [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player, [[Washington Bullets]], [[Detroit Pistons]], [[New Jersey Nets]]; WNBA Detroit Shock Head Coach|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mahorri01.html|title=Derrick Allen Mahorn |publisher= Basketball-Reference.Com |access-date= January 1, 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Jerome Mathis]]|year=|nota=Former NFL wide receiver|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MATHIJER01 |title=Jerome Mathis |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=January 1, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025163557/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MATHIJER01 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Nevin McCaskill]]|year=|nota=Former [[National Football League|NFL]] offensive lineman|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=McCasNev01/ |title=Nevin McCaskill |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=January 1, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112070727/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=McCasNev01%2F |archive-date=January 12, 2015 }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Francena McCorory]]|year=2010|nota=[[Track and field]], two-time Olympic gold medalist,  [[NCAA]] 400m three-time champion|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=USA/athcode=205239/index.html |title=Athletes – McCorory Francena Biography |publisher=iaaf.org |access-date=September 29, 2012}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Marquay McDaniel]]|year=2007|nota=[[Canadian Football League|CFL]] football player, [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]|ref=}}
{{Alum|name=[[Chidi Okezie]]|year=2015|nota=Track and field Olympian representing Nigeria at the 2020 Olympics|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/college/hampton/vp-sp-hampton-track-0629-20210628-gpfwet5tfjczfgqabfogkfknvm-story.html|title=Hampton University alum Chidi Okezie makes Nigeria's Olympic team in mixed 1,600 relay|date=June 28, 2021 |publisher=pilotonline.com|access-date= June 28, 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Dick Price (coach)|Dick Price]]|year=1957|nota=Former head football coach at [[Norfolk State University]], 1974–1983; former head coach of track team and athletic director at Norfolk State|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hamptonroads.com/2009/02/exnorfolk-state-football-coach-dick-price-dies-75|title=Ex-Norfolk State football coach Dick Price dies at 75|publisher=hamptonroads.com|access-date=January 23, 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Zuriel Smith]]|year=2002|nota=Former NFL wide receiver and return specialist|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SMITHZUR01 |title=Zuriel Smith |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=January 1, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026072436/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SMITHZUR01 |archive-date=October 26, 2012 }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=Pierre Sow|year=|nota=Professional basketball player|ref=<ref name="y876">{{cite web | last=Tien-Dana | first=Jack | title=Pierre Sow Player Profile, Hartford | website=RealGM | date=September 11, 2024 | url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Pierre-Sow/Summary/121880 | access-date=September 11, 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Cordell Taylor]]|year=|nota=Former NFL defensive back|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TaylCo20.htm|title =Cordell Jerome Taylor|publisher= Pro-Football-Reference.Com|access-date =January 1, 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Terrence Warren]]|year=|nota=Former NFL wide receiver|ref=<ref name="Hampton Pros">{{cite web|title=NFL Players who attended Hampton University |publisher=databaseSports.com |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Hampton+University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307194312/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Hampton+University |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |access-date=April 5, 2008 }}</ref>}}
{{Alum|name=[[Kellie Wells (athlete)|Kellie Wells]]|year=|nota=Track and field Olympic athlete; 100m hurdle bronze medalist, 2012|ref=}}
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==See also==

* [[Civil rights movement (1865–1896)]]
* [[Emancipation Oak]], historic tree on the campus
* [[WHOV|WHOV 88.1 FM]]

==References==
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==Further reading==

* Anderson, James D. ''[[The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860–1935]]'' (1988) pp 33–78 [https://www.questia.com/library/7265518/the-education-of-blacks-in-the-south-1860-1935 online].
* Armstrong, Mary F. and Ludlow, Helen W., [[iarchive:hamptonitsstuden00arms|''Hampton and Its Students.'']] New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1874.
* Engs, Robert Francis (1999). ''[[Educating the Disfranchised and Disinherited: Samuel Chapman Armstrong and Hampton Institute, 1839–1893]].'' University of Tennessee Press.
* {{cite journal|last=Molin|first=Paulette Fairbanks|date=Fall 1988|title='Training the Hand, the Head, and the Heart': Indian Education at Hampton Institute|journal=Minnesota History|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|volume=51|issue=3|pages=82–98|jstor=20179107}}
* {{cite journal|last=Maddox|first=Lucy|date=June 2002|title=Politics, Performance and Indian Identity|journal=American Studies International|publisher=Mid-America American Studies Association|volume=40|issue=2|pages=7–36|jstor=4127989}}
* Schall, Keith L., ed. (1977). ''Stony the Road: Chapters in the History of Hampton Institute.'' The University Press of Virginia.
* Welch, John S. "Reassessing the Vocational Origins of Hampton University and Celebrating a Singular History of Arts Engagement." ''Public Historian'' 40.3 (2018): 107–141.

==External links==
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* [http://www.hamptonu.edu/ Official website]
* [http://www.hamptonpirates.com/ Official athletics website]
* [https://hamptonscript.com/ Official student newspaper – ''The Hampton Script'']
* {{AFI film|126|Hampton Institute: Its Program of Education for Life}}

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