The #AUC & The National Center for Civil and Human Rights

Marcus Dubose and Mohammed Jackson

On Day 3 around 8am, we met with  Dr. Wilson from Morehouse College. Dr Wilson was an inspiring black man. The Republicans stated that if they get into office they will guarantee cuts on the help of federal government dollars which will basically close down 50 of our HBCU’s. Dr Wilson was also recommended by President Barack Obama to be the executive director of the White House initiative on HBCU’s since 2009. HBCUs are also very advanced when it comes to academics and, Morehouse was one of the first HBCUs to have a Rhodes Scholar. HBCUs are institutions of higher learning established prior to 1864 with the education of black Americans as their primary mission.

We met with our amazing alumni from Clark Atlanta University named Mija Mason, Isis Walls, TaKenda Holmes(Tk), Astiee Carver and Taniya Bazille. They began to tell us about how college is and how not to stress and just try to enjoy yourself as much as possible. They told us one amazing and quite smart tip “START OFF STRONG AND DON’T GET TOO COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR ROOMMATES.” They introduced us to one of their companions named Marvin he is a senior majoring in Computer Engineering, he told the group  more about his major he said there’s no difference between computer science and computer engineering. He also stated that Clark is one of the best colleges for Computer science and everything can be easy; all you have to do is just apply yourself and make a commitment to what you do.

Morris Jackson

Meeting a Morehouse President made me feel enlightened. You never really get to see the president of a college but I’m so grateful to meet this one. He brought a strong presence of righteousness when he came into the room and it anointed us all. He really made me want to go to that college because I feel like I can be a strong man just like Dr. Wilson. I asked him, what is Morehouse going to look in about five years and he replied with the truth. He said he wants to raise more money, and be on par with Spelman College. 

At the end of the MOREHOUSE IS THE COLLEGE THAT I WANT TO ATTEND. 

Marcus Dubose

The 3rd day we were in Atlanta we meet with the President of Morehouse and had a short but meaningful conversation with him. In this conversation he asked who was a senior and if they applied to Morehouse, I thought he was talking to the entire group when he asked if we applied and I was waiting to see other peoples answers but he was actually talking to me. I said I hadn’t and he told me I should and that he would be looking for my application. My peers said that he could sense something in me and that’s why the question for the group was directed at me. When the President of a college tells me to apply, you bet I’m going to put my own ideas to the side and apply! 

Renelle Malone

I felt humbled once I had the opportunity to just step foot in presence of such historic artifacts. We started off in the Morehouse Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Exhibit. We had a chance to read some of Dr.King’s early letters hand-written by him. Although,a lot of us had a hard time reading his article ,excluding Ms.Regina, we kept going. This was basically starting off the whole theme for the rest of the museum tour.I personally thought that the theme of the museum was perseverance.It came to me that is probably was the theme or the message, because when I was reading Dr.King’s letters, there was a type of drive, I felt like I had to keep going. This feeling was also repeated when I had the chance to sit at a lunch counter and experience what African Americans would go through when they sat in a public restaurant or cafe.

Jenna Pierre 

As we walked into the two glass doors of the Center of Civil and Human Rights I felt the excitement and the strong presents of our people who were thirsty for knowledge of our own history. The first thing I saw when coming into the building was a massive poster of a hand with different civil and human rights protest that have happened over the years. This made me think back to my academy back home called SJA ( Social Justice Academy) where we talk about different racial, political, and social issues that happen around us.  Seeing some of Dr. Martin Luther King’s documents from Morehouse, the first three words that came to mind were inspiring, empowerment, and relevant. But one of the things that stood out to me most was a letter that King wrote to jailed female students from Atlanta who took a leap of faith and believed in King enough to follow him in the non violence movement. Also, in the time period of the 60’s, women and girls were not respected or even recognized for doing positive or empowering things. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. recognized what they had accomplished in using nonviolence.