By Wil LaVeist
As the Hampton University campus flows with caps and gowns during President Barack Obama’s commencement address this Sunday, the historic moment will be no surprise to those who have been watching the pattern:
• September 2009, John Wilson, Jr., executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, speaks at HU’s convocation
• January 2010, HU’s band “The Force” marches in the Inaugural Parade
• February 2010, Obama names President William R. Harvey chair of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.