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Squirrels roam college building where W.E.B Du Bois penned classic   “The South believed an educated Negro to be a dangerous Negro. And the South was not wholly wrong; for education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent. Nevertheless, men...Read More

Fountain Hall, the historic tower owned by Morris Brown College, has received an important $75,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In all, the National Trust announced Friday morning it was awarding a total of $1.6 million to 22 sites and organizations through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. Brent Leggs, executive...Read More

Despite the foul weather last Tuesday, I joined maybe three dozen others on the vacant campus of Morris Brown College. We were all there standing in front of the historic Fountain Hall on the campus waiting for the unveiling of a new piece of public art for the university. The piece would be – a...Read More

Today, Dr. Kevin James, interim president of Morris Brown College, explains the challenges the school faces and how the federal Opportunity Zone could help. The AJC’s Eric Stirgus outlined those challenges in a story in March, writing: Atlanta-based Morris Brown College’s new leader is working on a plan to regain its accreditation, more than a...Read More

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church plans to redirect a donation it received from rap artist Kanye West to Atlanta’s Morris Brown College, officials said. Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant on Sunday announced a financial contribution to the HBCU’s general scholarship fund, according to a New Birth spokesman. The announcement came during the 9:30 a.m.  church service. Bryant,...Read More

Morris Brown students, alumni and faculty celebrated the news that the school has been approved as an institute of higher learning from the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commissions. The announcement came on Friday, Oct. 12 during Morris Brown College’s homecoming activities. “This is a gigantic first step in our road to full accreditation,” said Dr....Read More

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Morris Brown College’s ongoing effort to regain its accreditation took another step forward when it announced the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission named it an “institute of higher learning.” College officials have been working with the commission in recent months to have that designation. Kirk Shook, the commission’s executive director, described it as a first step...Read More

Atlantans will gather at Morris Brown College to celebrate the life of rapper Nipsey Hussle this evening. The candlelight vigil will be held from 6-9 tonight on the campus’ lawn, 643 MLK Jr. Drive SW Atlanta. “All fans of this fallen soldier welcome,” read a flyer circulating on social media. The rapper, entrepreneur and community...Read More