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News Articles: Morehouse College

In this March 4, 2020 photo, Roslyn Pope poses with a framed copy of "An Appeal for Human Rights" in her home in Atlanta. Roslyn Pope, a college professor and musician who wrote “An Appeal for Human Rights,” laying out the reasons for the Atlanta Student Movement against systemic racism in 1960, has died. She was 84. Pope died on Jan. 18 in Arlington, Texas, where she moved from Atlanta to be with her daughters after her health began to fail in 2021, according to her family's obituary.

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Roslyn Pope, author of 'Appeal for Human Rights,' dies at 84

Roslyn Pope has died aged 84. She was a 21-year-old senior at Spelman College when she wrote "An Appeal for Human Rights," laying out the reasons for the Atlanta Student Movement in 1960.

February 13, 2023
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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens speaks at an Atlanta Press Club luncheon with moderator Patricia Murphy on Feb. 7, 2023 at the Buckhead Club.

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Mayor Andre Dickens at the center of training center debate

In Buckhead and at Morehouse College, Andre Dickens heard two different sides of Atlanta's opinions on the proposed Public Safety Training Center during public appearances on Feb. 7.

February 08, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
A man in gloves tests a patient for HIV

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Morehouse partners with Gilead to track health inequities, promote HIV testing and treatment

Gilead Sciences Inc. is awarding $4.5 million in grants over the next three years to the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine and Xavier University in Louisiana. The money will go toward addressing the social as well as the political determinants of health.

August 25, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young address the press at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Prosecutors filed charges against six officers involved in the couple's arrest.

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Atlanta officers won't face charges from 2020 arrest of 2 college students

On bodycam footage, officers are shown confronting two young Black adults, Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young, after the pair were out past curfew following protests over George Floyd's death.

May 24, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Members of the Morehouse College speech and debate team at the 2019 Pi Kappa Delta National Championship at Hofstra University. Coach Kenneth Newby is seen at the center, and student debater Daniel Edwards is at front left.

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A Reckoning After Morehouse Withdraws From Debate Tournament, Citing 'Anti-Blackness'

"This tournament was a culmination of years of innate and not-so-well concealed racism within the debate community that came to a head," says Daniel Edwards, the Morehouse College team captain.

April 30, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
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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5 Private Georgia Colleges To Require Vaccines For Students

Five Atlanta-area private colleges will require students to have received COVID-19 vaccinations before class begins next fall. 

April 20, 2021
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  • Associated Press
Morehouse College, Spelman College and UNCF to receive $140 million donation from Netflix CEO, wife.

Netflix CEO, Wife Donate Record $120 Million To Atlanta HBCUs, UNCF

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, are making the single-largest individual donation to fund student scholarships at historically...

June 17, 2020
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  • La'Raven Taylor
The campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta. The college announced it will furlough employees and cut jobs and salaries to offset the impacts of COVID-19.

Morehouse College Announces Furloughs, Cuts Amid Pandemic

Morehouse College will furlough employees, cut jobs and slash salaries to offset the impacts of COVID-19, officials said Monday. In the first phase of...

May 19, 2020
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  • La'Raven Taylor
Students will take courses on global modern art through the program that go beyond artists like Monet and Picasso.

Atlanta HBCUs Train Next Generation Of African American Art Curators

If you go into an art museum in North America, chances are the staff, the curators and the directors are going to be white. In 2015, an Andrew W. Mellon...

December 02, 2019
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  • Rickey Bevington and
  • Sophia Saliby
Morehouse College will host its first Human Rights Film Festival in Atlanta.

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Morehouse College Aims To Promote Human Rights Issues At Its 1st Film Festival

The Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival aims to spark to conversation using "artivism" — the combination of art and activism . Filmmakers...

October 09, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
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OST Full Show: Author Jason Reynolds, Morehouse Film Festival, Chef Pano Karatassos

Little Shop of Stories is bringing best-selling New York Times author Jason Reynolds to Decatur at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Parish on Thursday, Oct....

October 09, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
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Winfrey poses in front of a painting of her likeness. The portrait was unveiled on Monday at Morehouse College in Atlanta

Oprah Winfrey Announces $13 Million Donation To Morehouse College

Oprah Winfrey is making another large donation to one of Atlanta's historic black colleges and universities. Morehouse College is set to receive a $13...

October 08, 2019
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  • Taylor Gantt
Philanthropist Robert F. Smith speaking at the Morehouse College 2019 commencement ceremony in Atlanta, Ga.

Billionaire To Pay Off Student Loan Debt For 2019 Morehouse Graduates

Graduating seniors at Morehouse College received a surprise gift from billionaire philanthropist Robert Smith who announced he would provide a grant to...

May 20, 2019
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  • Robert Jimison
Former first lady Michelle Obama makes a surprise visit to Spelman College in Atlanta on Saturday, May 11.

Michelle Obama Surprises Spelman Students Who Studied 'Becoming'

Former first lady Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to Spelman College ahead of a book tour event in Atlanta for her autobiography, " Becoming ."

May 11, 2019
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  • Robert Jimison and
  • La'Raven Taylor
Transgender men will be allowed to enroll in Morehouse College for the first time in 2020.

Morehouse College To Admit Transgender Men Starting In 2020

The country's only all-male historically black college will begin admitting transgender men next year, marking a major shift for the school at a time...

April 15, 2019
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