Howard's Scribes

Dr. Benjamin’s lecture was very interesting. I learned so much about many of the namesakes for Howard University’s buildings. Howard University has had many scribes that have given our campus and its buildings a strong sense of meaning. Everything that they stood for, personally, encourages me to be just as driven and successful as they were in their time. I live in the Harriet Tubman Quadrangle. It contains halls that were named after very important people in our history. It contains Truth Hall, Frazier Hall, Crandall Hall, Baldwin Hall, and Wheatley Hall. The Quadrangle’s namesake, Harriet Tubman, was able to help hundreds of people to escape out of slavery. She put herself in harm’s way to continue to make trips to help many slaves escape to the north. I currently reside in Truth Hall. Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist, minister, and an activist for women’s rights. Crandall was the creator of a school in Connecticut that was for the benefit of African Americans to have an education. I was very interested in the fact that Zora Neale Hurston, the creator of The Hilltop, was also the author of a very famous book, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Howard University has a history full of scribes. If I did not attend this university, I probably would not have known of General Oliver Otis Howard, Mary McLeod Bethune, Alain Locke, Zora N. Hurston, or Mordecai Wyatt Johnson. I am proud to say that I am learning not only through my books, but I am learning by being inspired to conduct my own research on the illustrious scribes of my Howard University campus.