Morehouse College is a private, four-year, liberal arts college for African-American men located on a 61 acre (247,000 m²) campus in Atlanta, Georgia. The college has an enrolment of 3,000 students. Morehouse is one of 5 remaining all-men's colleges in the United States.
Morehouse has been called the Harvard University of historically black colleges because of its prestige. Along with nearby Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College, Morehouse is part of the Atlanta University Center.
In sports, Morehouse is affiliated with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Division III. The mascot is the Maroon Tigers.
History
In 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War, the Augusta Institute was founded by Rev. Frank Quarles. In 1879, it changed its name to Atlanta Baptist Seminary. In 1885, the college moved to its present location, and two years later was renamed Atlanta Baptist College. In 1913, it was again renamed Morehouse College in honor of Henry L. Morehouse, the corresponding secretary of the Northern Baptist Home Missions Society.
Notable alumni
- Sanford Bishop, Major R. Owens and Earl F. Hilliard - U.S. Congressmen
- New York Mets outfielder and 1969 World Series MVP Donn Clendenon
- Samuel L. Jackson, actor
- Herman Cain, 2003 Georgia Republican US Senate candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CEO
- Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize laureate and civil rights leader
- Julian Bond, civil rights leader
- Spike Lee, producer-director
- Edwin Moses, Olympian
- David Satcher, U.S. surgeon general
- Edmund Jenkins, Composer
- Maynard Jackson, former mayor of city of Atlanta
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