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Morehouse College Welcomes the Martin Luther King Jr. Collection
Atlanta-October 5, 2006– The coveted collection of some of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous writings are finally back in Atlanta -- for good! After several weeks of anticipation, the 10,000-piece collection is home and being prepared for exhibit. Join us on October 9th at 10:00 a.m. in the lobby of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on the campus of Morehouse College to learn more about the future of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, when it will be exhibited and how the public can view the collection.
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The Peace Corps and Morehouse College in Collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control Present
ATLANTA-September 29, 2006-- The Andrew Young Center for International Affairs and the Public Health Sciences Institute at Morehouse College are co-hosting a special forum on Thursday, October 5, with Ron Campbell, Peace Corps’ International Aids Relief Coordinator, and Dr. Cheryl Scott, former CDC Country Director in Tanzania.
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Morehouse President Announces His Retirement
ATLANTA- September 14, 2006—After two years of contemplation and conferring with the Board of Trustees, Dr. Walter E. Massey, president of Morehouse College, will announce this morning that he will retire at the end of the 2006-2007 academic year. The announcement will be made during the annual Opening Convocation at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at 10:45 a.m. on the Morehouse College Campus.
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Internationally Known Archivist to Head Up the Martin Luther King Jr. Collection at Morehouse College
ATLANTA-July 17, 2006-- Morehouse College has hired Brenda S. Banks as Chief Archivist to facilitate organizing more than 10,000 pieces of the Martin Luther King Jr. Collection at Morehouse College, King’s undergraduate alma mater. Morehouse received the collection, which includes more than 7,000 pieces written in King’s hand, after Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and other civic and corporate leaders struck an eleventh-hour, multi-million dollar deal last month to keep the coveted collection from being auctioned to the highest bidder by Sotheby’s auction house in New York City.
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Morehouse College Benefits from Purchase of the King Papers on Behalf of the City of Atlanta
ATLANTA-June 23, 2006— Late tonight, the City of Atlanta announced that a deal has been struck to bring the coveted Martin Luther King Jr. Collection back to Atlanta. The papers were scheduled to be auctioned at Sotheby’s on June 30.
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