Update
The Oxford Biblical Studies Online and Oxford Islamic Studies Online have retired. Content you previously purchased on Oxford Biblical Studies Online or Oxford Islamic Studies Online has now moved to Oxford Reference, Oxford Handbooks Online, Oxford Scholarship Online, or What Everyone Needs to Know®. For information on how to continue to view articles visit the subscriber services page.
Dismiss

Related Content

Related Overviews

Alain Locke (1886—1954)

James M. Nabrit (1900—1997)

Freedmen's Bureau

John Mercer Langston (1829—1897)

See all related overviews in Oxford Reference »

 

More Like This

Show all results sharing these subjects:

  • History
  • Regional and National History

GO

Show Summary Details

Overview

Howard University


Quick Reference

Howard University—dubbed in its early years as “the capstone of Negro education”—was incorporated in 1867 to provide education for young men and women of any race but especially for freeborn ...

Subjects: History — Regional and National History

Related content in Oxford Reference

Reference entries
Howard University
in Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619–1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass Length: 1331 words
Howard University
in Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present Length: 2003 words

View all related items in Oxford Reference »

Search for: 'Howard University' in Oxford Reference »