IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 641 
Recognizing the 150th Anniversary of Morehouse College and its contributions 
to the United States and the world. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 1, 2017 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. RICHMOND, 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. WOODALL, 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. FERGUSON, 
Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 
COHEN, Ms. NORTON, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 150th Anniversary of Morehouse College 
and its contributions to the United States and the world. 
Whereas Morehouse College is a historically Black men’s lib-
eral arts college located in Atlanta, Georgia, with a mis-
sion to develop men with disciplined minds who will lead 
lives of leadership and service; 
Whereas Morehouse College has a long tradition of excellence 
that started during an era in which segregation and dis-
crimination prevented African Americans from earning 
college degrees; 
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Whereas Morehouse College was founded as Augusta Theo-
logical Institute in 1867 in Augusta, Georgia, with the 
purpose of preparing African-American men for careers 
in theology and education; 
Whereas, in 1879, Augusta Theological Institute moved to 
Atlanta and became Atlanta Baptist Seminary and, in 
1885, relocated to its current site in the West End neigh-
borhood of Atlanta; 
Whereas Atlanta Baptist Seminary was renamed Atlanta 
Baptist College in 1897 and then Morehouse College in 
1913 in honor of Henry L. Morehouse, the corresponding 
secretary of the Northern Baptist Home Mission Society; 
Whereas, in 1929, Morehouse College, along with Spelman 
College and Atlanta University, formed the predecessor of 
the modern Atlanta University Center, today comprising 
Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta Uni-
versity, and the Morehouse School of Medicine; 
Whereas under the leadership of its sixth president, Dr. Ben-
jamin Mays, Morehouse College became nationally recog-
nized for academic excellence and educated and inspired 
a generation of leaders in the struggle for civil rights; 
Whereas Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a native of Atlanta, 
who became the leader of the civil rights movement and 
earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, graduated from 
Morehouse College in 1948; 
Whereas Morehouse College students became leaders and pio-
neers in the civil rights movement, issuing An Appeal for 
Human Rights, launching an 18-month series of sit-ins 
and protests to desegregate Atlanta known as the Atlanta 
Student Movement, and integrating the University of 
Georgia; 
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Whereas, in 2006, Morehouse College acquired the Martin 
Luther King, Jr. Collection, containing thousands of 
hand-written notes, sermons, letters, books, and other ar-
tifacts belonging to Dr. King; 
Whereas Morehouse College, the Nation’s largest men’s col-
lege and the only men’s historically Black college or uni-
versity, currently educates nearly 2,200 students and has 
a network of 17,000 alumni representing 40 States and 
14 countries; 
Whereas Morehouse College offers 26 majors in the three 
academic divisions of Business Administration and Eco-
nomics, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Science and 
Mathematics; 
Whereas Morehouse College encourages a broad worldview 
through teaching methodologies and study abroad pro-
grams and promotes self-discovery through character de-
velopment and the study of the history and culture of 
Black people; 
Whereas Morehouse College, the first historically Black col-
lege or university to graduate a Rhodes Scholar, has 
graduated four Rhodes Scholars; and 
Whereas included among Morehouse College’s illustrious 
alumni are Cabinet secretaries; Members of Congress; 
diplomats; Federal judges; a Surgeon General of the 
United States; State legislators; leaders in sports, the 
sciences, and the arts; and the first African-American 
Mayor of Atlanta: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives cele-
brates and honors Morehouse College for its rich 150-year 
legacy, for its service to the African-American community, 
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