In honor of today’s 149th anniversary of the founding of Morehouse College, the Vikings “Celebrate Perseverance” Black History Month series is taking a brief moment to reflect on the vision of one of its most famous graduates, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
King earned two degrees from the school that was started in 1867, two years after the Civil War ended, as the Augusta Institute in Augusta, Georgia. The school moved to Atlanta in 1879 and was renamed Atlanta Baptist Seminary. The name changed again to Atlanta Baptist College in 1897 before becoming Morehouse College in 1913.