Morehouse College

Prestigious Atlanta HBCU

Morehouse College is a private historically Black college for men in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1867.

It has produced notable alumni including Martin Luther King Jr. and Spike Lee, and holds a reputation as a premier institution for Black male leadership.

He's a Morehouse man.

campus

Atlanta

Georgia's capital city

West EndLondon theatre district
dormitoryStudent living building
quadEnclosed campus lawn

red brick

alumni

Martin Luther King Jr.

academics

liberal arts

Non-vocational higher education

curriculumEducational program's content plan
humanitiesStudy of culture
scholarshipEducational funding or erudition

undergraduate · bachelor's · major · degree · mentorship · research · seminar · lecture · syllabus · honors program

history

HBCU

Four-letter educational acronym

segregationForced separation by group
integrationCombining into a whole
Jim CrowRacial separation laws

voting rights · activism · protest · desegregation · founding · 1867 · Augusta · legacy · heritage · African American education

identity

HBCU

Four-letter educational acronym

brotherhoodKinship among men
privateRestricted to certain parties
African AmericanU.S. Black ethnic identity

tradition · excellence · leadership · service · integrity · glee club · homecoming · fraternities

Opposites

gender composition

Morehouse CollegeSmith College

Private women's liberal arts school

women's colleges

institutional prestige/selectivity culture

Morehouse CollegeHarvard University

Elite Cambridge-based academic institution

Yale University · Princeton University

Family

more, house, houses, housed, housing, housekeeper, housekeeping, household, households

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G