Howard University
universityPrivate, HBCU
| Howard University link () Website | |
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| File:Howard University seal.svg | |
| Motto | Veritas et Utilitas |
| Formation | 2 March, 1867 |
| Headquarters | Washington D.C,United States |
| Type | Private, HBCU |
| Other name | Bison & Lady Bison |
| Historically black university in Washington DC | |
Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington DC.
People
Howard University played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement on a number of occasions. The Bahá'í and philosopher Alain Locke, chair of the Department of Philosophy and first African American Rhodes Scholar, authored The New Negro, which helped to usher in the Harlem Renaissance.[1] Ralph Bunche, the first Nobel Peace Prize winner of African descent, was chair of the Department of Political Science.[2]
Stokely Carmichael, a student in the Department of Philosophy and the Howard University School of Divinity, coined the term "Black Power" and worked in Lowndes County, Alabama as a voting rights activist.[3] Historian Rayford Logan served as chair of the Department of History.[4] E. Franklin Frazier was chair of the Department of Sociology.[5] Sterling Allen Brown served as chair of the Department of English.
Research
In 2023, Howard University was selected by the Department of the Air Force to lead a research center on tactical autonomy technology for military systems.[6] These systems, also known as "killer robots," would be able to select and engage targets without meaningful human control.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.africawithin.com/bios/alain_locke.htm
- ↑ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1950/bunche/biographical/
- ↑ http://www.trinicenter.com/historicalviews/kwame.htm
- ↑ https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/logan-rayford-1897-1982/
- ↑ http://www.naswdc.org/diversity/black_history/2005/frazier.asp
- ↑ https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3275162/us-air-force-selects-howard-university-for-science-research-partnership/
- ↑ https://www.hrw.org/topic/arms/killer-robots