Faculty Blog: Reentry Awareness Month in Georgia

Last month was Reentry Awareness Month in Georgia. Governor Kemp approved—for the sixth year, though most of us are still largely unaware—"a proclamation to observe July as Reentry Awareness Month throughout the state." The Proclamation acknowledges that “over 4.2 million Georgians have a criminal record” and that by “eliminating the stigmas associated with having a criminal record and promoting compassion and kindness, we can help returning citizens strive for brighter futures.”

Faculty Blog: Bill Russell's Legacy of combatting racism in the NBA

On the Monday edition of “Closer Look,” Professor Ron Thomas, chair of the Journalism in Sports, Culture and Social Justice Department at Morehouse College, discusses NBA Hall of Fame and civil rights activist Bill Russell, who died Sunday. (Originally published on WABE on August 1, 2022)

Statement from the President on Reproductive Rights

This cannot be seen or treated as “women’s issue.” Where reproductive rights and freedoms are denied, communities, families and all their members are affected.

Faculty Blog: "Nkosi Sikelel (God Bless Africa)" - Exploring Social Justice in South Africa

June 16th is Youth Day in South Africa. Youth Day is celebrated globally at different times throughout the year to commemorate and celebrate the contributions of young people.

Letter from the President: Morehouse Leadership Needed to End Mass Shootings

Our crisis of morality and our crisis of mental health have become a lethal combination...Over the last decade, our crises of violence and mental health have shown us that no group of people is safe from senseless bloodshed. This is an American problem, not an urban or rural one, nor one defined by income or ethnicity. Gun violence must be seen as a public health crisis as lethal and destructive for our country as we feared would be the COVID pandemic.

2022 Senior Scholar: Joshua Curry

2022 co-salutatorian Joshua Curry of Atlanta, Ga. graduates as the top scholar from the software engineering program and a full-academic scholarship recipient.

2022 Senior Scholar: Michael Daniel McGirt

Michael Daniel McGirt is a political science major with a minor in economics from Durham, NC, who has served as freshmen class president, a student trustee for three years on the Morehouse College Board of Trustees and is currently the 90th Student Government Association president.

2022 Senior Scholar: Olamide Boluwatife Fagbamiye

Olamide Boluwatife Fagbamiye is a sociology major from Douglasville, Ga who, in his senior year, served as a student trustee on the College’s Board of Trustees.

2022 Senior Scholar: Jaden Alexander Cody

Jaden Alexander Cody is an economics major from Atlanta, Ga.

2022 Senior Scholar: Zubin Arman Abraham-Ahmed

Zubin Arman Abraham-Ahmed is a political science major with minors in criminal justice and leadership studies from Seattle, Wash.

2022 Senior Scholar: Jevon Oladele Akindele Ashman

Jevon Oladele Akindele Ashman is a dean’s list, Oprah Winfrey service scholar majoring in physics with a concentration in computational physics from Charleston, SC.

2022 Senior Scholars: Kendall Cornelison Camp

Kendall Cornelison Camp is a communication studies major from Modesto, California.

2022 Senior Scholar: Tristan Jeremiah George

Tristan Jeremiah George is an English major with a writing concentration from Clinton, La.

Dr. Vicki Crawford of Morehouse College Receives France's Highest National Distinction "The Legion of Honor"

Created by Napoleon I in 1802, the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur is France’s highest national distinction. This award recognizes her academic contributions as well as her efforts to spread the teachings and the philosophy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.