Morehouse College
| Morehouse College | |
|---|---|
| motto |
"Et Facta Est Lux" ( Latin for And there was light ) |
| founding | 1867 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Atlanta , Georgia , USA |
| president | Robert Michael Franklin |
| Students | 2800 |
| Employee | 525 |
| including professors | 135 |
| Website | www.morehouse.edu |
The Morehouse College is a private men's college in Atlanta , Georgia , that the time of racial segregation only by African Americans could be visited and is one of the historic African-American colleges and universities . The school is now one of four remaining traditional men's schools in the United States . With a campus area of 247,000 m², the college now offers space for a total of 3,000 students. Together with Clark Atlanta University , the Interdenominational Theological Center , the Morehouse School of Medicine and the nearby women's college Spelman College , Morehouse College forms the Atlanta University Center . Students can obtain a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in a four-year course .
Morehouse sees his mission in educating leaders who will change their communities, the nation and the world.
history
The college was founded in 1867 as the Augusta Institute in Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta , Georgia. The aim was to train African-American men for ministry and as teachers. In 1879 it moved to Atlanta and was renamed Atlanta Baptist Seminary . Another renaming followed in 1897 in Atlanta Baptist College . In 1913 the college was given its current name in memory of Henry L. Morehouse , Secretary of the Northern Baptist Home Missions Society .
Well-known graduates
Morehouse's most famous student was the future civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., who was admitted to the course in 1944 - at the age of 15 2/3 years. With a major in sociology he was introduced to the problem of racial segregation by Walter P. Chivers and he heard about Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent resistance from George D. Kelsey (the head of the School of Religion) .
Morehouse has a Martin Luther King Jr. collection covering the years 1944–1968. In addition to handwritten notes, it also includes manuscripts of his speeches and services.
List of well-known graduates:
- Martin Luther King (1929–1968), civil rights activist
- Herman Cain (1945–2020), politician and businessman
- Samuel L. Jackson (born 1948), actor
- Edwin Moses (* 1955), track and field athlete, Olympic champion in 1976 and 1984
- Spike Lee (born 1957), director
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clark Atlanta University - History ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC)
- ↑ In 1981 MSM became independent and thus the first medical school at a Historically Black College. ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Spelman historically Black college for women, founded in 1881.
- ↑ ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER CONSORTIUM, INC.
- ↑ Morehouse
- ↑ Morehouse College Factbook 2004-2008 ( Memento of the original of May 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed December 18, 2009) (PDF, 4.64MB)
- ↑ King had skipped two grades; he started there on September 20, 1944.
- ↑ Martin Luther King in Morehouse
- ^ Morehouse College - Martin Luther King Jr. Collection
Web links
- Official website (English)
Coordinates: 33 ° 44 ′ 53.7 " N , 84 ° 24 ′ 58.3" W.