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    Amy Sherald: A native of Columbus and a fine arts graduate of Clark Atlanta, Sherald was chosen as the offical portrait artist of former first lady Michelle Obama. On the same week that the portrait was unveiled at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, it was also announced that Sherald was awarded the High Museum's 2018 David C. Driskell Prize. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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    HBCU alumni: Arts, entertainment and sports
    Andrew Young: Seminary graduate, pastor, civil rights leader, U.N. ambassador, member of the U.S. House, two-term mayor of Atlanta. Young graduated from Howard in 1951 with a biology degree before earning a divinity degree at Hartford Theological Seminary in Connecticut. (Pouya Dianat / AJC file)
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    HBCU alumni: Politicians and civil rights leaders
    Xernona Clayton: Xernona Clayton is founder, president and chief executive officer of the Trumpet Awards Foundation Inc. and creator of the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame. The Tennessee State University graduate was the first Southern African-American to host a daily prime time talk show and was a confidant of several major civil rights leaders. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)
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    HBCU alumni: Business, education and innovation
    Tennessee State University marching band performs during the 2020 Honda Battle of the Bands Saturday at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium January 25, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
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    PHOTOS: 2020 Honda Battle of the Bands
    Bluefield State College was founded in 1895 as Bluefield Colored Institute and created as a "high graded school," for the Negro youth in the nearby area. It later served as a teacher training school in the state's then-segregated system of education. Since the school's founding, thousands of students have come through its doors. Here are some of their brightest.
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    AJC Sepia HBCU of the Week: Bluefield State College Notable Graduates
    On April 1, 1868, Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong opened Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute with a simple declared purpose: "The thing to be done was clear: to train selected Negro youth who should go out and teach and lead their people first by example, by getting land and homes; to give them not a dollar that they could earn for themselves; to teach respect for labor, to replace stupid drudgery with skilled hands, and in this way to build up an industrial system for the sake not only of self-support and intelligent labor, but also for the sake of character."Since then, thousands of people have been granted degrees from Hampton University. Here are some of their best.
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    AJC Sepia HBCU of the Week: Hampton University's Notable Graduates
    Founded in 1868, Hampton University (formerly Hampton Institute), is one of the country's oldest HBCU's while remaining one of the prettiest campuses in the country. Hampton has also maintained a sense of history by having six National Historic Landmarks on campus.
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    AJC Sepia HBCU of the Week: Hampton University's National Historic Landmarks
    The University of Maryland Eastern Shore had its origin on September 13, 1886.  Records reveal that 37 students were enrolled by the end of the year. Since then, thousands have passed through the school's doors. Here are some of their best.
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    HBCU of the Week on AJC Sepia: University of Maryland Eastern Shore Notable Alumni
    In 1892, Simon Green Atkins, the oldest child of a brick layer and former slaves, founded a one-room school with one teacher and 25 students. It was called Slater Industrial Academy and is now known as Winston-Salem State University, a major HBCU with more than 5,000 students. Atkins served as President of Slater Industrial Academy for over 30 years, from 1892-1904 and from 1913-1934. A statue of Atkins sits in the middle of WSSU.
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    HBCU of the Week on AJC Sepia: Winston-Salem State University's Notable Graduates
    'By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them'' Rust College was founded in 1866, making it one of the country's oldest black colleges, with a long tradition of educating the sons and daughters of former slaves. Today, some of the brightest students in Mississippi still call Rust home.
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    HBCU of the Week on AJC Sepia: Rust College Students
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