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Clark Atlanta University was velopment is the only research NOTABLE ALUMNI
born in the 1988 consolida- center at an HBCU in the Unit- JAMES WELDON JOHNSON HANK JOHNSON CLARK COLLEGE
tion of two institutions, At- ed States that concentrates ATLANTA UNIVERSITY Member of the U.S. House of Rep-
lanta University, founded by specifically on prostate can- Wrote “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” resentatives from Georgia’s Fourth
two former enslaved African cer, which disproportionately which has become the “Negro Congressional District—which
Americans in 1865, and Clark affects African Americans and national anthem.” First African encompasses parts of DeKalb,
College, founded in 1869. At- other minorities. American to pass the Florida Bar. Gwinnett and Newton counties and
lanta University, established by The Whitney M. Young Jr. all of Rockdale County.
the American Missionary Asso- School of Social Work prepares RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY SR.
ciation, was the nation’s first social work professionals, ad- ATLANTA UNIVERSITY KENYA BARRIS CLARK ATLANTA U.
institution to award graduate vancing the ideals of economic Co-founder of the Montgomery Hollywood writer and produc-
degrees to African Americans. and social justice. Named in Improvement Association (which led er; creator/executive producer of
CAU, the largest of the honor of its first dean, social the Montgomery bus boycott) and “Black-ish” television show; writer
37-member United Negro Col- reformer and civil rights lead- the Southern Christian Leadership of movies “Girls Trip” and “Shaft”
lege Fund institutions, offers er Whitney M. Young Jr., the Conference with Dr. Martin Luther (2019).
38 different graduate and non- school is the nation’s first ac- King Jr.
degree certificate programs credited school of social work AUSTIN THOMAS WALDEN
through its four schools, arts at an HBCU. VALEISHA BUTTERFIELD JONES CLARK COLLEGE
and sciences, business admin- CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY Civil rights and voting rights lawyer
istration, education and social Chief diversity and inclusion officer in Georgia, first African American
work. The Center for Cancer at the Recording Academy (which judge appointed in Georgia since
Research and Therapeutic De- produces the Grammy Awards). Reconstruction.

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Morehouse College, a key in- alum Martin Luther King Jr., NOTABLE ALUMNI
fluence in the birth of the civil including King’s 1964 Nobel MAYNARD JACKSON SPIKE LEE
rights movement, was founded Prize acceptance speech. First African American mayor of Trailblazing Oscar-, Emmy Award-,
in response to the liberation of The nation’s largest men’s Atlanta, Georgia; namesake for Harts- and Peabody Award-winning writer/
enslaved African Americans fol- liberal arts institution, More- field-Jackson International Airport, producer/director of Black KKKlans-
lowing the Civil War. Created house produces more Black men the busiest airport in the world. man, Do the Right Thing, School Daze,
as the Augusta Institute in 1867 who go on to receive doctorates Malcolm X, Jungle Fever and Da 5
by William Jefferson White, it than any college in the nation. JEH JOHNSON Bloods, among others.
moved to Atlanta in 1879, known It is also recognized as a top Secretary of the Department of
first as the Atlanta Baptist Sem- producer of Rhodes Scholars Homeland Security (2013-2017), DR. DAVID SATCHER
inary, later as Atlanta Baptist among HBCUs. third-largest department in the U.S. 16th surgeon general of the United
College. The Morehouse College government. States.
It was renamed Morehouse Glee Club, founded in 1911, has
College in 1913 after Henry Ly- brought much fame to More- THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DR. LOUIS SULLIVAN
man Morehouse, an official of house, performing at the funeral Leader of the Montgomery bus boycott; U.S. secretary of health and human
the American Baptist Home of MLK Jr. and the inauguration youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner; services; founding president/dean,
Mission Society. of President Jimmy Carter. president of the Southern Christian Morehouse School of Medicine.
Morehouse is home to The Leadership Conference; keynote speak-
King Collection, a 10,000- er at the 1963 March on Washington;
piece collection of original doc- only African American recognized with
uments written by Morehouse named national holiday.

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