memorable professors I ever had, at any level and I attended three colleges. – Dr. William Harvey, president of Hampton University References External links ASALH, Edgar Toppin The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2000 Annual Report Organization of American Historians, Recruiting Minorities to the History Profession: An Informal Interview with Dr. Edgar A. Toppin Strong Men & Women – Excellence in Leadership, Selection Criteria Edgar Allan Toppin, Ph.D. (IN MEMORIAM)(Obituary), Journal of African American History, January 2005, by Franklin, V.P. 1928 births 2004 deaths African-American academics Virginia State University faculty Virginia Commonwealth University faculty Howard University alumni Northwestern University alumni People from Ettrick, Virginia 20th-century American historians American people of Bermudian descent American people of Grenadian descent 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Historians from Virginia 20th-century African-American writers 21st-century African-American people African-American male writers