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Today In Black History: Howard University

 

On this date in 1867 Howard University which is located in Washington, DC, was chartered by Congress to be created. The new institution was named for General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil War hero, who was both the founder of the University and, at the time, Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. Howard later served as President of the university from 1869-74.