Howard University Yard
- NRHP Name: Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall, Founders Library
- Address: 2441 and 2365 6th St NW and 500 Howard Place NW
- Neighborhood of Pleasant Plains in Washington, DC
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
| Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1867/03/02 | Howard University | Established | The US Congress charters Howard University. | |||
| 1869/00/00 | Oliver Otis Howard | Vocation | Howard University is established by a members of the First Congregational Society of Washington to train African American ministers. O O Howard selects the campus within the boundaries and uses Bureau money to help pay for the land. | |||
| 1919/00/00 | Zora Neale Hurston | Education | Zora Neale Hurston enrolls at Howard University, Washington, DC | |||
| 2000/00/00 | Between 1991 and 2003, skeletons from the New York City African Burying Ground are analyzed at Howard University in Washington, DC. | Ancestral Return to the African Burying Ground | ||||
| 2003/09/30 | The Rites of Ancestral Return ceremony begins with an Evening Departure Ceremony from Howard University to return ancestral remains to New York City. | Ancestral Return to the African Burying Ground |
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| Sight Category | Historic District |
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