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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE TO CELEBRATE
FOUNDERS' WEEK

ATLANTA, January 11, 2002 - Morehouse College will celebrate its 135th anniversary during Founders' Week 2002, February 10-17. The multi-day event includes the annual Founders' Week concert featuring an evening with the legendary Roberta Flack, "A Candle in the Dark" Gala, and the Morehouse Glee Club concert.

This year, Morehouse is proud to have film and stage actor Samuel L. Jackson (class of '72) and his wife, actress LaTonya Richardson Jackson, as honorary co-chairs of the "A Candle in the Dark" Gala. Chairman, Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Coca-Cola Company Douglas N. Daft and his wife Delphine, will also serve as an honorary co-chairs for the Gala. The Mistress of Ceremonies for the event is Wendy Raquel Robinson of "The Steve Harvey Show."

Invited honorees for this year's "A Candle in the Dark" Gala include :

Bennie Achievement
Artis White '51
Maxillofacial Prosthetics Surgeon

Bennie Leadership
James Sills, Jr. '55
Former Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware

Bennie Service
Tobe Johnson, Jr. '54
Distinguished Chair, Department of Political Science, Morehouse College

Bennie Trailblazer
William "Bill" G. Nunn III '78
Actor

Candle in Leadership
William Gray III
President & Chief Executive Officer, UNCF

Candle in Religion
Charles Adams
Senior Pastor, Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan

Candle in Arts & Entertainment
Will Smith
Actor and Recording Artist

Candle in Lifetime Achievement for Arts & Entertainment
August Wilson
Legendary Playwright

Below is a complete listing of Founders' Week activities:

Sunday, February 10
Founders' Day 135th Anniversary Sunday
Springfield Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia
Keynote speaker: The Reverend Dr. Samuel B. McKinney, Class of '49
Former Pastor, Mount Zion AME Church, Seattle, Washington
11:00am

Friday, February 15
Founders' Day Concert
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
Artist: An Evening with Roberta Flack
Tickets available through TicketMaster. Cost: $25
8:00pm

Saturday, February 16
Reflections of Excellence (Attire: Business)
Sale Hall
Featuring the 2002 "Bennie" and "Candle" Award Recipients
(Honorees address the campus community in a panel discussion on their life's goals
and accomplishments)
Moderator: Amanda Davis, Anchorwoman, WAGA-Fox 5
11:00am

Saturday, February 16 (cont.)
"A Candle in the Dark" Gala
Hyatt Regency Hotel/Downtown Atlanta
Mistress of Ceremonies - Actress Wendy Raquel Robinson
Honorary Co-Chairs: Samuel L. Jackson '72 and LaTonya Richardson Jackson
Douglas N. and Delphine Daft
Tickets $175 (per person) $275 (Gala patron-includes VIP reception)
7:30pm

Sunday, February 17
Founders' Day Worship Service
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
Speaker: Reverend Dr. Carlyle Fielding Stewart II
Pastor, Hope United Methodist Church, Southfield, MI
11:00am

Morehouse College Glee Club Spring Concert
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
4:00pm

Ranked the number one college in the nation for educating African American students by Black Enterprise magazine, Morehouse College is the nation's only historically black, private liberal arts college for men. Founded in 1867, the College enrolls approximately 3,000 students and confers bachelor's degrees on more black men than any other institution in the world. In addition to offering 36 majors in the humanities, natural and social sciences, Morehouse provides a number of programs and activities to enhance its challenging liberal arts curriculum, including the Leadership Center at Morehouse College, the Morehouse Research Institute, and the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs.

Prominent alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize laureate and civil rights leader; Dr. David Satcher, U.S. Surgeon General; Sheldon "Spike" Lee, filmmaker and president of 40 Acres & A Mule Productions; Maynard H. Jackson, president of Jackson Securities and the first African-American mayor of Atlanta; and Nima A. Warfield, the first African-American Rhodes Scholar from an historically black college or university.

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