Moton. Thompson suggested that Fowler enroll at Tuskegee. Fowler took his advice and arrived at Tuskegee Institute in September 1929. During his time there, he met many members of the faculty, including Dr. Moton, George Washington Carver, and Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. By his second year at Tuskegee, Fowler had made a name for himself around campus because of his academic achievements, and he remained committed to his religious life, singing hymns in both the morning and evening vespers Chapel services. Fowler received his high school diploma in plumbing in 1933, graduating as the highest ranking male student academically. He entered college at Tuskegee in 1933, majoring in History and minoring in Sociology. He was mainly interested in history. Since he had arrived at Tuskegee, he had to work to pay for his tuition, to eat, have clothes to wear, and have a place to live. During this time, the entire country was in the midst of the Great Depression. Securing a job as a janitor, he worked the remaining semesters until, at the age of 27, after eight years at Tuskegee, he graduated from college with a Bachelor of Science degree in May 1937. Howard University While initially considering matriculation at Harvard University upon graduation from Tuskegee, Fowler decided to move to the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., to attend the Howard University School of Religion (now Howard University School of Divinity). Since he planned to lead an African American congregation, he felt Howard would be the better choice. He arrived in DC in August 1937, and stayed for the remainder of his life. With this period of transition, he became one of more than six million African Americans who came from the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, a movement that has come to be known and defined as the Great Migration. In September, he commenced study at the School of Religion, where his teachers included Benjamin Elijah Mays, Dean of the School of Religion, and Howard Thurman, Dean of the Chapel. He graduated from Howard in June 1940 with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. While working on his degree, Dr. Mays secured him an apprenticeship at the historic Shiloh Baptist Church under the leadership of the Rev. Dr. Earl L. Harrison. In June 1943, Fowler earned his Master of Arts degree in Religious Education from Howard. Career Pastor Capital View Baptist Church In August 1940, Fowler