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Howard University (U.S.)

District of Columbia

image located by Paul Bassinson, 22 February 2020
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Seal
Logo
Logo flag
School of Law
Supporters flags

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Description of the flag

Organized in 1866 and opened in 1868 at the initiative of a Congregationalist church in Washington with support from the Freedmen's Bureau, the federal agency in charge of supporting ex-slaves transition to freedom after the Civil War. It is still one of the few institutions of higher education that receives direct federal budgetary support. With an enrolment of about 9,000, Howard remains almost entirely African-American; it is traditionally one of the leading "historically black colleges and universities" and has produced a number of prominent leaders in the African-American community.

The flag as shown at www.bookstore.howard.edu is divided quarterly, blue and white, with the university seal overall, the surrounding lettering counterchanged. Based on another photograph of the campus, the American shield on the center of the seal, upon which an open book is superimposed) appears to be shown in full color. The motto surrounding the shield is "Veritas et utilitas," translating as "Truth and usefulness."

Joe McMillan, 9 January 2004

images located by Dave Fowler, 14 September 2022

Branding: https://secretary.howard.edu/sites/secretary.howard.edu/files/2021-03/HU_IDENTITY2016.pdf
Based on an earlier photograph, the blue is dark (was PMS 2995)
Dave Fowler, 14 September 2022

image located by Paul Bassinson, 11 December 2024
Source: https://i5.walmartimages.com

Seal

image located by Dave Fowler, 14 September 2022

Logo

image located by Dave Fowler, 13 September 2022

Logo flag

image located by Paul Bassinson, 22 February 2020
Source: https://staticx.ibncollege.com

image located by Paul Bassinson, 11 December 2024
Source: https://i5.walmartimages.com

School of Law

images located by Dave Fowler, 14 September 2022

I located a different blue and white flag, though details are not clear, with a small seal on a white portion in the upper hoist. I am speculating that this could be a School of Law flag, as the only two pictures that I could find of it had Supreme Court justices in it as well.
Dave Fowler, 14 September 2022

Supporters flags

image located by Paul Bassinson, 11 December 2024
Source: https://m.media-amazon.com

image located by Paul Bassinson, 11 December 2024
Source: https://ricoinc.com/cdn/shop/products/FGB330201_07fa7555-1be3-4d13-8ed5-cfb4c914cced_1200x.jpg?v=1660229778

image located by Paul Bassinson, 11 December 2024
Source: https://images.footballfanatics.com/howard-bison

image located by Paul Bassinson, 11 December 2024
Source: https://i.etsystatic.com

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