,,iv  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,december #a1       
#bjag,mr4 ,lewis of ,georgia 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4 
,richmond1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of        
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1    
,mr4 ,woodall1 ,mr4 ,collins of         
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,jody ,b4 ,hice of       
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,ferguson1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1
 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,ms4 ,clarke 
of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4        
,norton1 and ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman7    
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce           
,,resolution  ,recognizing the #aejth   
,anniversary of ,morehouse ,college and 
its contributions to the ,united ,states
 and the world4  ,whereas ,morehouse    
,college is a historically ,black men's 
liberal arts college located in         
,atlanta1 ,georgia1 with a mission to   
develop men with disciplined minds who  
will lead lives of leadership and       

service2 ,whereas ,morehouse ,college   
has a long tradition of excellence that 
started during an era in which          
segregation and discrimination prevented
 ,african ,americans from earning       
college degrees2 ,whereas ,morehouse    
,college was founded as ,augusta        
,theological ,institute in #ahfg in     
,augusta1 ,georgia1 with the purpose of 
preparing ,african-,american men for    
careers in theology and education2      
,whereas1 in #ahgi1 ,augusta            
,theological ,institute moved to        
,atlanta and became ,atlanta ,baptist   
,seminary and1 in #ahhe1 relocated to   
its current site in the ,west ,end      
neighborhood of ,atlanta2 ,whereas      
,atlanta ,baptist ,seminary was renamed 
,atlanta ,baptist ,college in #ahig and 
then ,morehouse ,college in #aiac in    
honor of ,henry ,l4 ,morehouse1 the     
corresponding secretary of the ,northern
 ,baptist ,home ,mission ,society2      
,whereas1 in #aibi1 ,morehouse ,college1
 along with ,spelman ,college and       

,atlanta ,university1 formed the        
predecessor of the modern ,atlanta      
,university ,center1 today comprising   
,morehouse ,college1 ,spelman ,college1 
,clark ,atlanta ,university1 and the    
,morehouse ,school of ,medicine2        
,whereas under the leadership of its    
sixth president1 ,dr4 ,benjamin ,mays1  
,morehouse ,college became nationally   
recognized for academic excellence and  
educated and inspired a generation of   
leaders in the struggle for civil       
rights2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,martin ,luther   
,king1 ,jr41 a native of ,atlanta1 who  
became the leader of the civil rights   
movement and earned the ,nobel ,peace   
,prize in #aifd1 graduated from         
,morehouse ,college in #aidh2 ,whereas  
,morehouse ,college students became     
leaders and pioneers in the civil rights
 movement1 issuing ,an ,appeal for      
,human ,rights1 launching an #ah-month  
series of sit-ins and protests to       
desegregate ,atlanta known as the       
,atlanta ,student ,movement1 and        

integrating the ,university of ,georgia2
 ,whereas1 in #bjjf1 ,morehouse ,college
 acquired the ,martin ,luther ,king1    
,jr4 ,collection1 containing thousands  
of hand-written notes1 sermons1 letters1
 books1 and other artifacts belonging to
 ,dr4 ,king2 ,whereas ,morehouse        
,college1 the ,nation's largest men's   
college and the only men's historically 
,black college or university1 currently 
educates nearly #b1bjj students and has 
a network of #ag1jjj alumni representing
 #dj ,states and #ad countries2 ,whereas
 ,morehouse ,college offers #bf majors  
in the three academic divisions of      
,business ,administration and           
,economics1 ,humanities and ,social     
,sciences1 and ,science and             
,mathematics2 ,whereas ,morehouse       
,college encourages a broad worldview   
through teaching methodologies and study
 abroad programs and promotes           
self-discovery through character        
development and the study of the history
 and culture of ,black people2 ,whereas 

,morehouse ,college1 the first          
historically ,black college or          
university to graduate a ,rhodes        
,scholar1 has graduated four ,rhodes    
,scholars2 and ,whereas included among  
,morehouse ,college's illustrious alumni
 are ,cabinet secretaries2 ,members of  
,congress2 diplomats2 ,federal judges2 a
 ,surgeon ,general of the ,united       
,states2 ,state legislators2 leaders in 
sports1 the sciences1 and the arts2 and 
the first ,african-,american ,mayor of  
,atlanta3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that 
the ,house of ,representatives          
celebrates and honors ,morehouse        
,college for its rich #aej-year legacy1 
for its service to the                  
,african-,american community1 and for   
its contributions to the ,united ,states
 and the world4