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Morehouse College
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Historically Black college founded in 1867 by Rev. Frank Quarles as the Augusta Institute in Augusta, Georgia; it relocated to Atlanta in 1879 to become the Atlanta Baptist Seminary. It changed name to Atlanta Baptist College in 1897 and again to Morehouse College in 1906, to honor Henry Lyman Morehouse.
Location:
Atlanta, GA
Founding Date:
18-Feb-1867 Team:
Maroon Tigers Enrollment:
3100 Official Website:
http://www.morehouse.edu/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. |
Politician |
4-Feb-1947 |
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Congressman, Georgia 2nd |
| Julian Bond |
Activist |
14-Jan-1940 |
15-Aug-2015 |
NAACP Chairman, 1998-2010 |
| Herman Cain |
Business |
13-Dec-1945 |
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Godfather's Pizza |
| Robert C. Davidson, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1945 |
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Surface Protection Industries |
| James C. Early |
Activist |
12-Jan-1947 |
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Smithsonian Institution |
| Joseph Jerome Farris |
Judge |
4-Mar-1930 |
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9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-95 |
| Guru |
Rapper |
17-Jul-1962 |
19-Apr-2010 |
Rapper from Gang Starr |
| Marc Lamont Hill |
Educator |
17-Dec-1978 |
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Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life |
| Earl Hilliard |
Politician |
9-Apr-1942 |
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Congressman from Alabama, 1993-2003 |
| Maynard Jackson |
Politician |
23-Mar-1938 |
23-Jun-2003 |
First black Mayor of Atlanta |
| Samuel L. Jackson |
Actor |
21-Dec-1948 |
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Pulp Fiction |
| Arthur E. Johnson |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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Senior VP at Lockheed-Martin |
| Dale E. Jones |
Business |
1959 |
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Vice Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles |
| Martin Luther King |
Activist |
15-Jan-1929 |
4-Apr-1968 |
Pacifist civil rights activist |
| Martin Luther King III |
Activist |
23-Oct-1957 |
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Former President of the SCLC |
| Spike Lee |
Film Director |
20-Mar-1957 |
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Do The Right Thing |
| Walter E. Massey |
Business |
5-Apr-1938 |
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Morehouse College president, physicist |
| John W. Mims |
Business |
c. 1958 |
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Starwood Hotels |
| Edwin Moses |
Track and Field |
31-Aug-1955 |
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Olympic hurdler |
| Bill Nunn |
Actor |
20-Oct-1953 |
24-Sep-2016 |
Do the Right Thing |
| Major Owens |
Politician |
28-Jun-1936 |
21-Oct-2013 |
Former Congressman from Brooklyn |
| Cedric Richmond |
Politician |
13-Sep-1973 |
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Congressman, Louisiana 2nd |
| David Satcher |
Government |
2-Mar-1941 |
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US Surgeon General, 1998-2002 |
| Maceo K. Sloan |
Business |
c. 1949 |
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NCM Capital Management |
| Louis Wade Sullivan |
Government |
3-Nov-1933 |
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US Secretary of HHS, 1989-93 |
| Saul Williams |
Rapper |
29-Feb-1972 |
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Slam |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| E. Franklin Frazier |
Sociologist |
24-Sep-1894 |
17-May-1962 |
Black Bourgeoisie |
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
COACHES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Doug Williams |
Football |
9-Aug-1955 |
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Former NFL and USFL quarterback |
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