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  • Morehouse College dedicates historical marker at Sale Hall Annex

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     Inspired by that act of courage, Morehouse students met to discuss how they, too, could challenge segregation in their city. Within weeks, hundreds of Atlanta University Center students joined what became known as the Atlanta Student Movement. Photo by Isaiah Singleton/The Atlanta Voice

    Morehouse College hosted the Sale Hall Annex Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony to honor the building as the site of the first student meeting to organize a movement demanding an end to segregation in Atlanta.

    That pivotal meeting took place on Feb. 5, 1960, inside Sale Hall Annex, just four days after the Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-in.

    Inspired by that act of courage, Morehouse students met to discuss how they, too, could challenge segregation in their city. Within weeks, hundreds of Atlanta University Center students joined what became known as the Atlanta Student Movement, led by men of Morehouse in partnership with student leaders from Spelman College, Clark College, Morris Brown College, Atlanta University, and the Interdenominational Theological Center.

    Their coordinated activism transformed Atlanta’s civic landscape, helping to desegregate public buildings, lunch counters, restaurants, and theaters, and reverberated across the nation. The movement’s momentum also helped shift the Black vote nationally toward John F. Kennedy in the 1960 U.S. presidential election, influencing both local and national history.

    Photo by Isaiah Singleton/The Atlanta Voice

    Morehouse College faculty, students, alumni, and community leaders will gather to honor this legacy of student-led activism that reshaped Atlanta and inspired generations of changemakers. The dedication recognized Sale Hall Annex as a historic site of courage and conviction, where students transformed ideas into a movement that changed the course of civil rights in America.

    Founder of the Atlanta Student Movement Trail and Councilman Michael Bond said former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen once said there were two things that caused Atlanta to rise to greatness, which was the advent of air conditioners that allowed businesses from the north to relocate to Atlanta and set up shop, with the other being the Atlanta Student Movement.

    “The Atlanta Student Movement is the nickname Atlanta has that’s mostly been identified for the last 60 years,” he said. “In 2010, when I was chosen for this position, we put together a commission to honor the student movement to tell this story, and we erected 15 markers around the city categorizing the places.”

    He also says there were almost 4,000 students at a time participating in the marches and they were no older than some of the students on campus today.

    “These were 16–19-year-olds or younger, putting their bodies on the line for desegregation and freedom in America. The manifesto they adopted and the appeal on human rights was carried all over the world,” he said. “That manifesto became the model for other student organizations like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and other student initiatives.”

    Photo by Isaiah Singleton/The Atlanta Voice

    Bond also says they want to be able to tell their authentic story for generations to come, and as his father said to him often, “this was the first successful slavery revoked since the end of the chattel slavery in 1865.

    “This marker unveiling serves as an inspiration to the students here in the Atlanta University Center, but particularly those at Morehouse College, that the three students from Morehouse scholars were the catalyst that ignited this movement,” he said. “Someone else may try to erase our history, but it is up to us every day, every night to educate ourselves and our people about our history. The challenge is yours.”

    Vice President for Student Services and Dean of the College Kevin Booker said during the ceremony they were standing on sacred ground made not by the soil beneath them, but by the courage of those who stood, sat, marched, and sacrificed over 65 years ago.

    “We are rooted firmly and proudly because of those people who sacrificed and fought 65 years ago,” he said. “We honor the appeal for human rights and the manifesto that boldly called out the injustices of segregation and discrimination through the decades. They are words that still echo in our present struggles, reminding us that the fight for equality is not just for history. Atlanta changed because of America.”

    He says the historical marker isn’t simply a symbol of what was, but of what must continue as a permanent testament to dedication and sacrifice.

    Atlanta Student Movement veteran Rev. Amos Brown said we must remember what happened and remember those people who sacrificed and fought.

    “We must remember what these people did to fight for a better future, but we cannot rest on that. We don’t realize it, but we’re at an extremely critical inflection point in our world in this country,” he said. “We got a crazy man in the White House who intends to put you back in slavery, and if you don’t believe it, just listen to what he’s saying and watch what he’s doing.”

    He also says people need to go out and vote, and if you don’t vote, you should be ashamed of yourself.

    Atlanta Student Movement veteran Dr. Georgianna Thomas said the movement can never be erased, only amplified.

    “As we unveil this mark before Sale Hall, let’s remember the movement wasn’t only about marches and sit-ins, it’s about young minds in the classroom, our parents sent us here to go to school,” she said. “We can’t let it be erased.”

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  • Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation commits $50M to CAU, Morehouse, Morris Brown & Spelman

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    The Morehouse College golf and football programs have received gifts from the AMBF. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice

    The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (AMBFF) is committing $50 million to four Atlanta University Center member institutions. The scholarship investment will be for 10 years, beginning in 2026, and will be awarded to Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, and Spelman College. 

    The $50 million is projected to assist close to 10,000 students at the institutions. The funding is from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation’s Founder Initiative portfolio.  

    The AMBF was founded in 1995 by Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United owner Arthur M. Blank. Since then, the foundation has gifted more than $1.5 billion to universities, charities, and local organizations and non-profits. 

    Some of that charitable giving has gone to HBCU’s, including $10 million to Spelman College’s Arthur M. Blank Innovation Lab, $6 million for improvements of athletic fields at Clark Atlanta, Albany State University, Miles College, and Savannah State University, $3 million to Morris Brown to digitize a one-year hospitality credential, and $400,000 to the Morehouse College golf program and new football helmets for the Clark Atlanta and Morehouse football programs. 

    Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Donnell began his career covering sports and news in Atlanta nearly two decades ago. Since then he has written for Atlanta Business Chronicle, The Southern Cross…

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  • Morehouse Chapel Dean to Retire After Nearly Five Decades of Service

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    Carter Sr. (above) was the founding dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel and a professor of religion since 1979.
    Photo by Tabius McCoy/The Atlanta Voice

    For nearly half a century, the Rev. Dr. Lawrence Edward Carter Sr. has stood at the heart of Morehouse College’s spiritual and intellectual life. Now, the founding dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel & professor is preparing to close one chapter of his storied career.

    Carter, 76, announced he will retire from his deanship on June 30, 2026, after 47 years at the historically Black men’s college. His tenure, which began on July 1, 1979, when he was appointed by then-President Hugh Gloster, makes him one of the longest-serving leaders in Morehouse history.

    “This is my 46th year, and I will retire from the deanship June 30, 2026,” Carter said in an interview with The Atlanta Voice. “I will maintain my professorship and go on sabbatical for one year, which will complete 47 years with Morehouse College.”

    Carter (above) was selected unanimously from a pool of 500 candidates. Photo by Tabius McCoy/The Atlanta Voice

    From Dawson to Morehouse: Transforming the Chapel

    Born in Dawson, Georgia, Carter’s journey to the ministry started early. His mother later told him that his grandmother had prayed over him as an infant, asking God to “make this boy a preacher.” Carter didn’t learn of that prayer until after earning his doctorate at Boston University School of Theology.

    “I was wrestling with my calling from ninth through twelfth grade, and finally announcing it publicly my senior year, as something just between me and God,” he recalled. “So when I heard my mother say that, it stunned me.”

    Before coming to Morehouse, Carter served as acting director of the Martin Luther King Jr. African American Cultural Center at Boston University while completing his doctorate. Though some doubted he could lead the Morehouse chapel without being an alumnus, Carter was selected unanimously from a pool of 500 candidates.

    One of his earliest acts was persuading the Board of Trustees to rename Memorial Chapel as the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. Carter said he didn’t want to preside over “a museum for battles that are no longer being fought.” The board eventually approved the change unanimously.

    Over the next four decades, Carter led the chapel’s evolution into a hub for global ethics, peacebuilding, and interfaith dialogue. He launched the Chapel Assistants Pre-Seminarians Program, widely regarded as a top feeder program for divinity schools nationwide. He also introduced initiatives like the Gandhi–King–Ikeda awards and the Community Builders Prizes, which brought international leaders to Morehouse’s campus.

    Photo by Tabius McCoy/The Atlanta Voice

    The chapel itself transformed under Carter’s leadership, both physically and philosophically. Beyond renaming the building for Martin Luther King Jr., he oversaw the installation of historic stone tablets on its facade, salvaged from a King monument at Boston University. Carter recalled being present when the monument was first dedicated: “The President himself dedicated it, and I was in the crowd. When he finished delivering his speech, he stepped from behind the podium, and walked three rows back, and handed me his speech, and said, ‘You’re the only one here who will appreciate this.’” 

    Years later, when Boston University renovated the monument with marble and gold lettering, the original stones were offered to Morehouse. Carter accepted them, seeing their arrival as divine confirmation of his calling to remain at the college. The chapel’s Thurman Tower also houses a time capsule with artifacts spanning thousands of years of African and world history, further grounding the space in a global legacy.

    Praise from Morehouse Leadership: A Lasting Legacy

    Carter’s influence has stretched well beyond the campus gates. Generations of Morehouse students trained under his mentorship have gone on to leadership in churches, seminaries, and public life. Recruiters from divinity schools, he said, often prefer Morehouse graduates because they “rise to the top of the class all over the nation.”

    In moments of national crisis, major media outlets have sought out Morehouse pastors and alumni, a testament to the chapel’s reach under his stewardship.

    Still, Carter’s path was not without challenges. In his 19th year, he nearly resigned, facing a crisis of faith, telling his wife Marva that he felt “burnt out” and “lonely.” A weeklong trip that included preaching in Los Angeles restored his sense of purpose. 

    “When I landed in Atlanta, everything said, you’re home,” he remembered.

    Preparing for the Next Chapter: A Scholar’s Passion

    Away from the pulpit, Carter is known as a voracious reader and collector of books, boasting what he believes to be the largest personal library of any Morehouse faculty member. His love of knowledge began as a child, flipping through books he couldn’t yet read but sensed contained “secrets, answers to the problems of the world.”

    His passion for education also connects him to the roots of Morehouse. Carter has written about the college’s founder, William Jefferson White, a journalist who risked his life by opening clandestine schools for enslaved people before establishing what became Morehouse in 1867.

    “There’s a reason why during slavery there were laws on the books against teaching enslaved Africans to read,” Carter said. “And there’s a reason why the founder of Morehouse College was considered the greatest Black journalist of his era.”

    Morehouse College plans an international search for Carter’s successor, chaired by trustee and alumnus Rev. Dr. Delman Coates, Class of 1995. Photo by Tabius McCoy/The Atlanta Voice

    Carter’s career has spanned multiple eras in Morehouse history, from Gloster to the present. His work helped redefine the chapel not only as a place of worship but as a platform for leadership, service, and global vision.

    As the college begins its search for a new chapel dean, Carter is looking ahead to a sabbatical and a slower pace. But he said the affirmation he has received since announcing his retirement has been both humbling and reassuring.

    The college plans an international search for his successor, chaired by trustee and alumnus Rev. Dr. Delman Coates, Class of 1995.

    Since announcing his retirement, Carter said his life has changed. Visitors from around the world have come to see him, offering thanks and reflections on his legacy.

    “Since July 1, my life has not been the same,” he said. “They’ve been telling me that I did it. And then the strange thing is, they’re saying nobody else could have done this, but you’ve done it.”

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  • AUC schools lift shelter-in-place after targeted ‘terroristic threats’ made to HBCUs

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    Morehouse-James Hall, which was built in 1901 and last renovated in 1979. Photo by Noah Washington/The Atlanta Voice

    Several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the U.S. initiated a lockdown or shelter-in-place order on Thursday morning after receiving potential threats made against the universities. As of Thursday afternoon, those schools included Virginia State University, Hampton University, Alabama State University, Southern University, Bethune-Cookman University, and Georgia HBCUs Morehouse College, Spelman College, Morris-Brown, and Clark Atlanta University. 

    Spelman, Morris-Brown, and Morehouse announced their lockdowns after Clark Atlanta received a direct threat. Out of precaution and due to their close proximity, the schools initiated their own lockdowns and increased security presence around campus. The shelter-in-place for Morehouse, Spelman, and Clark Atlanta has since been lifted. 

    In a statement made by Clark Atlanta to The Atlanta Voice through text, the university said:

    “We were addressing a situation on campus that requires a shelter-in-place notice as a precautionary measure. That shelter-in-place mandate has been lifted.

    We appreciate the understanding and cooperation of the campus community.  Updates will be provided as more information becomes available. Our priority is the safety of all students, faculty and staff.” 

    Schools advised faculty, staff, and students to shelter in place and avoid the campus. Southern University in Louisiana, Virginia State, and Hampton University have canceled Thursday and/or Friday classes, disrupting the academic year less than a month in. These threats come on the day of remembrance for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and a day after American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at a Utah Valley University event. 

    In several social media posts, officials urge students to remain alert and report anything suspicious. CAU campus police, in conjunction with the Atlanta Police Department, are actively investigating threats made to the campus. 

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  • Impact Church Hosts Its 4th Annual Black Business Expo

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    Photo by Tabius McCoy/The Atlanta Voice

    As National Black Business Month comes to a close this Sunday, a local Atlanta church is working to expand the hemisphere of Black business ownership and spending.

    In Atlanta, Black businesses make up less than 12% of owners, a figure higher than many major cities but still leaving a gap. “Black businesses don’t have the leg up like some white counterparts when it comes to generational wealth,” said Mary Joshua, director of operations at Impact Church. She helped lead Impact’s 4th annual Black Business Expo.

    The expo featured more than 75 metro Atlanta businesses, ranging from agriculture and tutoring to fashion and real estate. Joshua, a business owner herself, started the event in 2020 to give Black-owned businesses a platform and show consumers how to support them. “We wanted a place where we could uplift one another,” she said.

    This year’s event felt especially pivotal, as many Black consumers nationwide have expressed frustration with major corporations over the past few months for pulling back on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. “It’s important that we keep our identity and know who we are, so we can intentionally pour into one another,” she said. “When we look at places like Black Wall Street, our famous Black communities were all built on us having our dollars and circulating those dollars.”

    Photo by Tabius McCoy/The Atlanta Voice

    For young entrepreneurs, the expo offered a chance to showcase their businesses and take steps toward building generational wealth.

    Kyle Sloan, a recent Morehouse College graduate who owns the faith-based clothing brand Unorthodox, said the event gave him and other businesses a platform to tell their story. Sloan started the brand two years ago after going through his own spiritual awakening. “I could still pursue my love of fashion, but it would look a little different—it would be unorthodox,” Sloan said. “Everyone is unorthodox in their own way, especially in today’s society. Just be true to who you are.”

    For Harper Cooper, a recent Xavier University graduate and founder of Merakichets LLC, a custom crochet business, the expo was a chance to connect with customers and raise funds as she prepares to attend Brown University for graduate school next fall. She said it was also about being part of uplifting social change within the Black community.

    Impact Church held its 4th annual Black Business Expo on Sunday, August 31, 2025. Photo by Tabius McCoy/The Atlanta Voice

    “I think this is important not only for Black business owners to show up for each other, but to come to a place where we are wanted,” Cooper said. “A lot of times Black corporations only want Black dollars, but they don’t want your Black values or Black morals.”

    Community member Mickey Green, who has attended the expo since it started four years ago, said it gives businesses a chance to give back. “It’s important to keep our dollars in our community,” she said.

    Some vendors focused on simply raising awareness. Dr. Catrice Barrett, owner of Brilliant Bilingual, highlighted the economic value of bilingualism. “People who are bilingual make on average 10% more than individuals who only speak one language,” she said.

    Photo by Tabius McCoy/The Atlanta Voice

    Bernard Cook, owner of A Plus Window Repairs, used the event to introduce himself to potential clients. “I’m passing out cards today so when a person needs me, they’ll call me,” he said.

    Some businesses, like Metro Atlanta Urban Farm, gave away goods for free. Owner Bobby Wilson, an urban organic agriculture farmer for more than 20 years, handed out collard green and turnip seeds while educating people on growing produce at home.

    “I truly do believe that one day everyone will have to grow some of their food,” Wilson said. He said the intended impact at the expo was a bit deeper than creating business profit. “We are trying to make a difference in marginalized and underserved communities across the state.”

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  • Atlanta’s Black Coffee Company opens second location at Morehouse College

    Atlanta’s Black Coffee Company opens second location at Morehouse College

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    The Black Coffee Company, an Atlanta-based coffee shop brand, has opened its second location on the campus of Morehouse College at 830 Westview Dr. SW. Photo by Laura Nwogu/The Atlanta Voice

    The Black Coffee Company, an Atlanta-based coffee shop brand, has opened its second location on the campus of Morehouse College at 830 Westview Dr. SW. Students, family, and friends attended the ribbon cutting Friday morning as music blasted and customers grabbed cups of specialty coffees with creative names that pay homage to Atlanta such as “Cash Money,” “Killer Mike,” and “The Dirty South.”

    For the owners Christopher Bolden, Jamin Butler, Branden Cole, Gino Jones, and Leonard Lightfoot, opening a coffee shop on Morehouse’s campus is a dream that began with the ending of the movie “Boyz n the Hood” when Cuba Gooding Jr. and Nia Long’s characters go to Morehouse and Spelman College respectively. Bolden shared that a majority of the owners are California natives and the movie was their first introduction to the HBCU, so when Morehouse reached out with the opportunity to open a new location on its campus, they couldn’t pass up the full-circle moment.  

    “The five of us graduated from Xavier University, so HBCUs are close to our heart,” Bolden said. “To be able to open it at the prestigious Morehouse College just fills our hearts.”

    Photo by Laura Nwogu/The Atlanta Voice

    The group of friends launched The Black Coffee Company brand in 2018 and their flagship coffee shop Black Coffee ATL opened at the end of 2021. Since its inception, entrepreneurship, financial freedom, community empowerment, and education have been its core values. With the opening of a Black Coffee ATL on the HBCU campus, they hope to advance those values and create a safe space for students where they can study, listen to music, and congregate, continuing to foster the community hubs that Black-owned coffee shops provide.

    “We’re only 2% represented in the coffee industry, so it was really important for us to capture the coffee business and the coffee industry, and then to be able to share it with the people that look like us. 

    “It’s just been amazing. We want to be a staple for the Morehouse campus. We want to employ the students here and then also allow expansion to other universities and colleges across the country.”

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  • Morehouse College prepares for Biden’s commencement address

    Morehouse College prepares for Biden’s commencement address

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    When he gives the commencement address at Morehouse College, President Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war at a center of Black politics and culture.

    Morehouse is located in Atlanta, the largest city in the swing state of Georgia, which Biden flipped from then-President Donald Trump four years ago. Biden’s speech Sunday will come as the Democrat tries to make inroads with a key and symbolic constituency — young Black men — and repair the diverse coalition that elected him to the White House.

    The announcement of the speech last month triggered peaceful protests and calls for the college administration to cancel over Mr. Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas. Some students at Morehouse and other historically Black campuses in Atlanta say they vociferously oppose Mr. Biden and the decision to have him speak, mirroring the tension Biden faces in many communities of color and with young voters nationally.

    Fences started going up Thursday around the campus as concern built over possible protests.

    Morehouse President David Thomas earlier this week warned he would halt graduation ceremonies if demonstrations erupt.

    “If my choice is 20 people being arrested on national TV on the Morehouse campus, taken away in zip ties during our commencement, before we would reach that point, I would conclude the ceremony,” Thomas told NPR.

    For weeks, some students and faculty have challenged leaders of the historically Black college to rescind Mr. Biden’s invitation over his administration’s response to the Israel-Hamas war.

    “We feel that all of his decisions do not reflect the moral compass of ourselves as students of this institution, and largely of the Black American population,” Morehouse sophomore Anwar Karim told CBS News.

    Last week, the White House dispatched senior Biden adviser Stephen Benjamin to meet with students on campus. 

    “I think as long as they’re peaceful protests that don’t disrupt the amazing moment that is for each of those graduates there today, I think we’ll all consider this a success,” Benjamin said during a White House briefing.  

    Fabin Nwaduba, an engineering graduate, told CBS News, “This is one of the happiest days of my life. If they (protesters) come over and ruin it, I’m going to be hurt.”

    Thomas said in an interview with The Associated Press that the emotions around the speech made it all the more important that Mr. Biden speak.

    “In many ways, these are the moments Morehouse was born for,” he said. “We need someplace in this country that can hold the tensions that threaten to divide us. If Morehouse can’t hold those tensions, then no place can.”

    The president’s visit comes at a critical time in the battleground state. While Mr. Biden flipped Georgia in 2020, if the election were held today, a recent New York Times/Siena poll showed him losing to Trump by 10 points, as both candidates try to shore up support with Black voters. 

    Sunday’s speech will culminate a four-day span during which Mr. Biden will concentrate on reaching Black communities. On Thursday, Mr. Biden met privately with plaintiffs from the Brown v. Board of Education case that barred legal segregation of America’s public schools. The following day, Mr. Biden will address an NAACP gathering commemorating the 70th anniversary of the landmark decision.

    Many younger Black people have identified with the Palestinian cause and have at times drawn parallels between Israeli rule of the Palestinian territories and South Africa’s now-defunct apartheid system and abolished Jim Crow laws in the U.S. Israel rejects claims that its system of laws for Palestinians constitutes apartheid.

    “I think that the president will do himself good if he does not duck that, especially when you think about the audience that he will be speaking to directly and to the nation,” Thomas told the AP.

    Blowback at Morehouse started even before Thomas publicly announced Mr. Biden was coming. Faculty sent executives a letter of concern, prompting an online town hall. Alumni gathered several hundred signatures to urge that Thomas rescind Mr. Biden’s invitation. The petition called the invitation antithetical to the pacifism Martin Luther King Jr., a Morehouse alumnus, expressed when opposing the Vietnam War.

    Some students note that leaders of Morehouse and other HBCUs did not always support King and other Civil Rights activists who are venerated today. Morehouse, for instance, expelled the actor Samuel L. Jackson in 1969 after he and other students held Morehouse trustees, including King’s father, in a campus building as part of demanding curriculum changes and the appointment of more Black trustees.

    Students organized two recent protests across the Atlanta University Center, a consortium of historically Black institutions in Atlanta that includes Morehouse.

    “Our institution is supporting genocide, and we turn a blind eye,” said Nyla Broddie, a student at Spelman College, which is part of the AUC. Brodie argued Mr. Biden’s Israel policy should be viewed in the broader context of U.S. foreign policy and domestic police violence against Black Americans.

    Thomas told the AP he “feels very positive about graduation” and that “not one” Morehouse senior — there are about 500 at the all-male private school — has opted out of participating.

    “That’s not to say that the sentiments about what’s going on in Gaza don’t resonate with people in our community,” Thomas said.

    Thomas met privately with students as did several trustees. The Morehouse Alumni Association hosted a student town hall, featuring at least one veteran of the Atlanta Student Movement, a Civil Rights-era organization.

    But there was a consistent message: Uninviting the president of the United States was not an option. When students raised questions about endowment investments in Israel and U.S. defense contractors, they said they were told the relevant amounts are negligible, a few hundred thousand dollars in mutual funds.

    HBCUs have not seen the crackdowns on protests from law enforcement like those at Columbia University in New York City and the University of California, Los Angeles. However, Morehouse and the AUC have seen peaceful demonstrations, petitions and private meetings among campus stakeholders. Xavier University, a historically Black university in Louisiana, withdrew its commencement invitation for U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, citing a desire among students “to enjoy a commencement ceremony free of disruptions.”

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  • From the West Bank to the West End: AUC students gather to speak out against war in Gaza, US involvement

    From the West Bank to the West End: AUC students gather to speak out against war in Gaza, US involvement

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    A Spelman College professor joined the “speak out” Wednesday morning. A trio of Morehouse faculty (not shown) also spoke out against the war in Gaza and President Biden’s upcoming visit to Morehouse on May 19. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice

    What was labeled as a student “speak out” and not a protest, took place on the campus of Morehouse College in front of the Walter E. Massey Leadership Center Wednesday morning.

    Dozens of students from various universities and colleges within the largest Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) installation in the country took a stand against what has been taking place in the Middle East.

    A number of Atlanta University Center (AUC) students took turns speaking out against the war in Palestine. There was also a member of Spelman College’s faculty that also spoke out against the violence in Gaza.

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  • Innovative media sales program for Atlanta University Center students

    Innovative media sales program for Atlanta University Center students

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    For the first time in the U.S., students of the Atlanta University Center (AUC) will have the opportunity to complete a four-year college degree in which the last two years of the curriculum are devoted to equipping them with the skills to succeed in media sales, operations, and marketing starting in the Fall of 2026.

    Juniors and seniors at Clark Atlanta University (CAU), Morehouse College, and Spelman College will beeligible to register for the courses. The curriculum will be derived from the

    successful Media Sales Institute (MSI) curriculum, which prepares and pre-qualifies college graduates for careers in media sales, operations, and marketing departments.

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