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About Hampton University

Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, which is an independent city in the US state of Virginia, officially abbreviated VA. Hampton is one of the 7 major cities in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, and it is situated on the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula. It is also the 6th most populated city in the state, as well as one of the oldest cities in USA, dating since 1610.

It can be said that Hampton University’s history dates since 1861, when the work of Mary S. Peake of Norfolk began, teaching under the landmark Emancipation Oak, through outdoor classes, in the nearby area of Elizabeth City County, adjacent to Hampton’s old seaport. The university was officially founded in 1868, when it first started as a `normal` school, on a former plantation called `Little Scotland`, being legally chartered in 1870, as a land grant school, first being known as `Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute`, which officially became Hampton University, in 1984.

The athletic teams from Hampton University are known as The Pirates (Lady Pirates for women’s athletic teams), who participate in the NCAA Division I (I-AA for football) in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), since 1995, when they left the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Since they joined the NCAA, The Pirates have won MEAC titles in numerous sports, including men’s and women’s basketball, football, and men’s and women’s tennis.

The list of Hampton’s notable alumni contains names such as Charles Phillips - President, Oracle Corporation, Freeman A. Hrabowski III - President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, RaSheeda Waddell - Miss Black North Carolina 2009, Allyson Kay Duncan - 4th Cir US Circuit Court Judge, Booker T. Washington - Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, Alberta Williams King - mother of Martin Luther King Jr., Alonzo Coleman - NFL, Dallas Cowboys, as well as many other great people who have made themselves notable in various fields, after graduation.