*On this date, we celebrate the founding of Morehouse College in 1867. This private post-secondary institution for men is located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Morehouse is also one of the leading Historically Black Colleges, focused on educating African American students in the United States. The school began as Augusta Institute in Augusta, Georgia. Augusta Institute was established to train Black men for the ministry and careers in education. 1879, the Institute moved to Atlanta and became the Atlanta Baptist Seminary. In 1897, the school was renamed Atlanta Baptist College.
In 1906, Atlanta Baptist College was renamed Morehouse College in honor of Henry Lyman Morehouse, a supporter of the school and a member of the Atlanta Baptist Home Mission Society. That same year, the college expanded its curriculum to include arts, sciences, and humanities courses. Morehouse College confers bachelor's degrees in the arts and sciences, humanities, business, education, engineering, religious studies, and the health professions.
The school houses several research facilities, including the Morehouse Research Institute and the American Institute for Managing Diversity. The campus of Morehouse College is west of downtown Atlanta. Morehouse College is a member of the 39 United Negro College Fund lists of higher learning institutions. The college graduates include Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Julian Bond, and Edwin Moses.
Black American Colleges and Universities:
Profiles of Two-Year, Four-Year, & Professional Schools
by Levirn Hill, Pub., Gale Group, 1994
ISBN: 0-02-864984-2
