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Coordinates: 33°44′58″N 84°24′57″W 33.74944, -84.41583

Morehouse College

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    • 830 Westview Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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    • (404) 681-2800
    • (404) 659-6536 (fax)
  • Official Website: [1]
• History & Memorable Moments

In 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War, the Augusta Institute was founded by William Jefferson White, an Augusta Baptist minister and cabinetmaker, with the support of the Rev. Richard C. Coulter, a former slave from Augusta, Georgia, and the Rev. Edmund Turney, organizer of the National Theological Institute for educating freedmen in Washington, D.C. The institution was founded for the education of black men in the fields of ministry and education. The Augusta Institute was located in Springfield Baptist Church, the oldest independent black church in the nation. The school's first president was Rev. Dr. Joseph T. Robert (father of Brigadier General Henry Martyn Robert, author of Robert's Rules of Order). ^[1]

In 1879, the institute moved to the basement of the Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta and changed its name to Atlanta Baptist Seminary. The seminary later gained a four-acre campus in downtown Atlanta. In 1885, Dr. Samuel T. Graves became the school's second president. The same year, the seminary moved to its present location, which was a gift from John D. Rockefeller. In 1890, Dr. George Sale became the seminary's third president and in 1897, the school was renamed Atlanta Baptist College. ^[1]

Dr. John Hope became the school's first African-American president in 1906 and led the institution's growth in size and academic stature. He envisioned an academically rigorous college that would be the antithesis to Booker T. Washington's view of agricultural and trade-focused education for African-Americans. In 1913, the school was again renamed Morehouse College in honor of Henry L. Morehouse, the corresponding secretary of the Northern Baptist Home Missions Society. Morehouse entered into a cooperative agreement with Clark College and Spelman College in 1929 and later expanded the association to create the Atlanta University Center. ^[1]

Dr. Samuel H. Archer was named as the fifth president of the college in 1931 and selected the school colors, maroon and white, to reflect his own alma mater, Colgate University. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays became president in 1940. Mays was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bates College and received graduate degrees from the University of Chicago. Mays, who would become a mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr., presided over the school's growth in international enrollment and reputation. Mays also served as founding advisor to Psi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. During the 1960s, Morehouse students became involved in the civil rights movement in Atlanta. Mays' profound speeches were instrumental in shaping the personal development of Morehouse students during his tenure. ^[1]

In 1967, Dr. Hugh M. Gloster became the seventh president. In 1968, the school's Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society was founded. Gloster established the Morehouse School of Medicine in 1975, which became independent from Morehouse College in 1981. ^[1]

Dr. Leroy Keith, Jr was named president in 1987. In 1995, alumnus Dr. Walter E. Massey, became Morehouse's ninth president. In 2006, Dr. Massey announced his retirement to be effective at the end of the 2006-2007 academic year. After serving his alma mater for over 10 years and spearheading a $120 million capital campaign, Dr. Massey felt that it was time for him to step down. His successor, Dr. Robert Michael Franklin is the tenth President of the College. ^[1]

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