Hampton University is a historically black and Native American university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.
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“Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.”
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