Historical Flashback: The first African Americans to become presidents of Howard University, Hampton University and Tuskegee University A historical look back at some of America’s most important universities and their paths to hiring their first African American presidents. 1909 President William Howard Taft and what White America owes to African Americans Howard University 1922 Howard … Continue reading Historical Flashback: The first African Americans to become presidents of Howard University, Hampton University and Tuskegee University