“If the people who gave the money to provide that building could appreciate the influence the sight of it had upon me, as well as upon thousands of other youths, they would feel all the more encouraged to make such gifts. It seemed to me to be the largest and most beautiful building I had ever seen. The sight of it seemed to give me new life. I felt that a new kind of existence had now begun — that life would now have a new meaning. I felt that I had reached the promised land, and I resolved to let no obstacle prevent me from putting forth the highest effort to fit myself to accomplish the most good in the world.”
-Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery
Hampton University’s most notable alumni is Booker T. Washington. After walking 500 miles to Hampton from Malden, WV at age 16, he graduated with the Class of 1875. Upon appointment by Samuel Chapman Armstrong, Washington became the first leader of Tuskegee University in the year 1881.
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