Morris Brown College, a private, liberal arts institution located in Atlanta, Georgia, was founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church for the
Jun 18, 2019

Morris Brown College Yearbooks

Morris Brown College, a private, liberal arts institution located in Atlanta, Georgia, was founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church for the "moral, spiritual and intellectual growth of Negro boys and girls." The original site for the school was located at Boulevard and Houston Street in Northeast Atlanta. On October 5, 1885, under the charter granted by the State of Georgia, Morris Brown College opened with nine teachers and 107 students. To prepare students for ministerial careers in the A.M.E. Church, Morris Brown opened a theology department in 1894, which became the Turner Theological Seminary in 1900. The seminary's name honors Henry McNeal Turner, a pioneering A.M.E Church organizer. Turner Seminary remained affiliated with Morris Brown until 1957, when it joined the Interdenominational Theological Center. The school operated until 1894 on the primary, secondary, and normal school levels, while the College department was established in 1894 and graduated its first class in 1898. By 1908 the school boasted an enrollment of nearly 1,000 students. It continued to offer instruction in industrial trades as well as academic fields and awarded two-year degrees in addition to four-year bachelor's degrees, but over time administrators placed greater emphasis on the development of the school's college-level curriculum. Morris Brown joined the Atlanta University Center in 1941, and along with Atlanta University, Clark College, Spelman College, and Morehouse College formed the largest consortium of HBCUs in the country. They remained members of the AUC until 2002. The yearbooks of Morris Brown College chronicles the annual activities of the institution.

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The Aurora Yearbook 1923 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Aurora Yearbook 1927 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Wolverine Yearbook 1935-1936 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1941 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1944 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1945 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1946 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1947 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1948 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1949 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1955 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1956 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1958 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1959 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1960 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1961 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1962 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1965 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1966 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks
The Brownite Yearbook 1967 African American universities and colleges, College yearbooks, College publications Morris Brown College Yearbooks