"Silky", the flag team, and as of 2018, "Shimmering Sapphire Elegance" the majorette team. Notable alumni Business Education Entertainment, media, and the arts Politics and government Science, health care, technology, engineering and mathematics Sociology and humanities Sports See also Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Dois I. Rosser Jr. Emancipation Oak, an historic tree on the campus WHOV 88.1 FM References Further reading Anderson, James D. The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860–1935 (1988) pp 33–78 online. Armstrong, Mary F. and Ludlow, Helen W., Hampton and Its Students. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. Engs, Robert Francis (1999). Educating the Disfranchised and Disinherited: Samuel Chapman Armstrong and Hampton Institute, 1839–1893. University of Tennessee Press. Schall, Keith L., ed. (1977). Stony the Road: Chapters in the History of Hampton Institute. The University Press of Virginia. External links Official website Official athletics website Official student newspaper – The Hampton Script Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Private universities and colleges in Virginia Hampton University Educational institutions established in 1868 Education in Hampton, Virginia National Historic Landmarks in Virginia Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Buildings and structures in Hampton, Virginia African-American history of Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Hampton, Virginia American Missionary Association Tourist attractions in Hampton, Virginia 1868 establishments in Virginia