Morehouse College

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The Morehouse College is a private men's college in Atlanta, Georgia, which was allowed to be visited at the time of racial segregation of African-Americans and only 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, Morehouse School of Medicine and nearby women's college Spelman College, Morehouse College is the the Atlanta University Center. Students can obtain the academic degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in four years of study.

Moorehouse 's mission in the training of leaders who are changing their communities, the nation and the world.

History

The College was founded in 1867 as Augusta Institute in Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia. The aim was to train African American men for the ministry and as a teacher. In 1879 it moved to Atalanta and was renamed Atlanta Baptist Seminary. Another name change followed in 1897 in Atlanta Baptist College. 1913 received the Collge its present name in memory of Henry L. Morehouse, secretary of the Northern Baptist Home Mission Society.

Known graduates

Morehouse 's most famous student was the later civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., in 1944 - was admitted at the age of 15 2/3 years in 1944 to study. Major in sociology, he was introduced by Dr. Walter P. Chivers in the problem of racial segregation, and to Dr. George D. Kelsey ( the head of the ' School of Religion ') he heard of Mahatma Gandhi in non-violent resistance.

Morehouse has a Martin Luther King Jr. collection over the years 1944-1968. It not only covers handwritten notes and manuscripts of his speeches and church services.

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