[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 641 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 641

    Recognizing the 150th Anniversary of Morehouse College and its 
           contributions to the United States and the world.


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                    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 following resolution; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                               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 liberal arts college 
        located in Atlanta, Georgia, with a mission 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 discrimination prevented African 
        Americans from earning college degrees;
Whereas Morehouse College was founded as Augusta Theological 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 neighborhood 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 University, and the Morehouse School of Medicine;
Whereas under the leadership of its sixth president, Dr. Benjamin Mays, 
        Morehouse College became nationally recognized 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 pioneers 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;
Whereas, in 2006, Morehouse College acquired the Martin Luther King, Jr. 
        Collection, containing thousands of hand-written notes, sermons, 
        letters, books, and other artifacts belonging to Dr. King;
Whereas Morehouse College, the Nation's largest men's college and the only men's 
        historically Black college or university, 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 Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences, 
        and Science and Mathematics;
Whereas Morehouse College encourages a broad worldview through teaching 
        methodologies and study abroad programs and promotes self-discovery 
        through character development and the study of the history and culture 
        of Black people;
Whereas Morehouse College, the first historically Black college 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 celebrates and honors 
Morehouse College for its rich 150-year legacy, for its service to the 
African-American community, and for its contributions to the United 
States and the world.
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