Howard University
/ˌhaʊəd juːnɪˈvɜːsəti/
/ˌhaʊərd juːnɪˈvɜːrsəti/
- a university in Washington, DC, which was established in 1867 for freed slaves as well as white people, although few white people came. It is named after General Oliver O Howard, who helped to establish it and was its president from 1869 to 1873.