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News Articles: Morehouse College

Berry College in Rome, Ga., held its spring commencement ceremony on May 10, 2025. (Berry College/ Facebook)

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Congrats Class of 2025! A look through Georgia's commencement ceremonies

It's graduation season! Georgia colleges and universities will hold commencement ceremonies to celebrate and honor the Class of 2025. 

May 19, 2025
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From left to right, Michael O. Leavitt, Tabernacle Choir President; Mack Wilberg, Tabernacle Choir Music Director; Dr. David Morrow, Morehouse College Glee Club director; Dr. Kevin Johnson, Spelman College Glee Club director; and Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered for a press conference at State Farm Arena on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 ahead of the free Wednesday night concert. Ambria Burton/GPB News

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Morehouse and Spelman students reflect on the power of music between Tabernacle Choir performances

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will perform a free concert at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 11, alongside the glee clubs of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges.

September 11, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
President Biden speaks to graduating students at the Morehouse College commencement Sunday in Atlanta.

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At Morehouse, Biden says dissent should be heard because democracy is 'still the way'

Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance — and future of — democracy.

May 20, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Jeongyoon Han
Family members of plaintiffs in the historic <em>Brown v. Board of Education</em> met with President Biden to mark the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision.

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Biden will cap off a week of outreach to Black Americans with Morehouse commencement

President Biden met with plaintiffs from the Brown v. Board of Education case Thursday. On Friday, he's meeting with members of historically Black sororities and fraternities.

May 17, 2024
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Miles Ross is a Navy veteran and Morehouse class of 2024

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Will Biden's Morehouse speech sway young Black voters? Opinions among students are divided

The graduation ceremony at Morehouse College is not just a milestone for its students, it is a celebration of their transformation from "men of Morehouse" to "Morehouse Men." But this year's ceremony is marked by a unique controversy surrounding the choice of commencement speaker: President Joe Biden.

 

May 17, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
President Joe Biden speaks in support of changing the Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, at Atlanta University Center Consortium, on the grounds of Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University, Jan. 11, 2022, in Atlanta. Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war when he speaks at Morehouse College's commencement.

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Biden's upcoming graduation speech roils Morehouse College, a center of Black politics and culture

President Joe Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war when he speaks at Morehouse College's commencement. The announcement of the speech last month triggered peaceful protests and calls for the university administration to cancel over Biden's handling of the war between Israel and Hamas.

May 16, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Logos of Savannah State University and Morehouse College

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Two Georgia HBCUs awarded newsroom grants from institute led by Pulitzer winner Nikole Hannah-Jones

Savannah State and Morehouse are among 10 HBCU newsrooms in the U.S. to receive funds.

May 15, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Business Owners with the Airport Concessioner Accelerator Program listen to a presentation on May 8, 2024

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Morehouse partners with Hartsfield-Jackson to support diverse business owners

Morehouse College is partnering with Hartsfield-Jackson Airport to teach a group of diverse Atlanta entrepreneurs how to grow their businesses to include airport concessions.

May 09, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Morehouse College graduate Yaegel Welch (right) performs in the Broadway touring production of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' with actor Richard Thomas. The cast performs in seven shows from May 7 to 12, 2024 at Atlanta's Fox Theatre.

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'To Kill a Mockingbird' actor Yaegel Welch on the story's timeless lessons about race and truth

Morehouse College graduate Yaegel Welch stars with Richard Thomas in the current Broadway touring adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee's 1960 novel about Southern life in the 1930s. He spoke with GPB ahead of its run at Atlanta's Fox Theatre May 7 through May 12.

April 23, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
"This city has birthed a lot of pioneers, people that are pushing things," Andre 3000 said. "It's cool to be kind of running [expletive] for like the last 30 years."

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  • Music Features

Inhale. Exhale. Now let these scenes from Andre 3000's Atlanta homecoming wash over you

It's been nearly 10 years since Andre and his partner in Atlanta rap act OutKast, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, headlined a sold-out, three-night stand at Centennial Olympic Park — and two decades since the duo released Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, now the best-selling rap album of all time. 

March 05, 2024
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  • Sonia Murray
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to a crowd of HBCU students at Morehouse College. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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VP Harris visits Morehouse as part of national HBCU swing to rally young voters

In her remarks, Harris spoke about issues like abortion rights, gun safety, voting rights and book bans.

September 27, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
A banner featuring the John Lewis stamp sits next to a painting of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a bust of Gandhi at Morehouse College in Atlanta on July 21, 2023.

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Atlanta celebrates 'John Lewis Forever' at Morehouse College

As the U.S. Postal Service launched sales of its latest stamp, the late congressman's constituents celebrated his achievements—and his kindness.

July 22, 2023
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  • Kristi York Wooten and
  • Amanda Andrews
Nelson Mandela visited Atlanta in June, 1990 and spoke at Georgia Tech, where Coretta Scott King and Winnie Mandela applauded.

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It's 'Mandela Day.' Seven surprising facts about Nelson Mandela's 1990 visit to Atlanta

Nelson Mandela visited Atlanta twice after his release from a South African prison in 1990. He arrived on a Trump jet.

July 18, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
The campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta. The college announced it would require all students to get the vaccine for COVID-19 before class begins fall 2021.

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First journalism grad at Morehouse College hopes program can advance newsroom representation

In 2021, Morehouse College announced a journalism major focused on sports, culture and social justice. Recent graduate Jalen Brown and his professor, award-winning journalist Nicole Carr, talk to GPB about the impact of the school's journalism program.

June 26, 2023
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  • Leah Fleming ,
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., outlines his priorities during an interview with The Associated Press in his Capitol Hill office, in Washington, Feb. 7, 2023.

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Historically Black medical schools urge more spending in hearing with Bernie Sanders

The leaders of four historically Black medical schools are telling U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders that the federal government needs to bolster their funding. They spoke at a Friday hearing at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.

May 15, 2023
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