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unusual facts about Hampton Institute



Anna M. Harkness

Anna Harkness also made gifts to Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes, the New York Public Library, the Museum of Natural History in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Zoological Society and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Civilian Pilot Training Program

The inclusion of Tuskegee Institute in the ranks of CPTP participants, along with Hampton Institute, Virginia State University, and Howard University, helped open the doors for the first African-American military pilots.

Richard R. Wright

During the 1890s, Wright traveled to various locations, including Tuskegee Institute, Hampton Institute, Girard College of Philadelphia, and the Hirsch School in New York, to document current trends in higher education.


see also

Hampton College

Hampton University (historically called "Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute" and "Hampton Institute") in Hampton, Virginia