This collection contains the open access scholarship of the faculty of Morehouse College. Open access is the ability to distribute and access scholarly research without restriction.
This publication series highlights selected scholarly and research contributions of the Atlanta University Center (AUC) community. The bibliographies, which are compiled by the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, illustrate the richness of faculty contributions within each institution and across the AUC community.
Gladstone Lewis Chandler was an English professor at Morehouse College from 1931 until his death in 1965. During his 34 year tenure, he served as the faculty representative for the Maroon Tiger, the student-run newspaper, and taught three generations of Morehouse graduates, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Outside of his career as a professor, Chandler was also involved in the Atlanta community as an active civic worker and the leader of campaigns for the YMCA, the Community Chest, and the UNCF. He was a member of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church as active participant in the Vestry and the Men's Club. He also served as president of the neighborhood club Fountain Drive-Morris Brown Drive community club , where he led a successful battle to prevent a highway from being built through the neighborhood. Beyond his civic activity, Chandler was the first African American to conduct a campaign for a mayoral candidate in the city of Atlanta. The photographs in this collection document the personal and professional life of Gladstone Chandler and the Chandler family.
Black Past Black Futures features host Dr. Corrie Claiborne interviewing guests on their research and work in different areas of Africana Studies and Black Studies.
The African Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt) gathers data-rich ethnographies from across Africa and the African Diaspora. Our growing repository of video and audio documents what UNESCO calls intangible cultural heritage (ICH), including oral history, performance and ritual. ADEPts list of research sites includes locations in Africa, the Caribbean and North America and will continue to expand.
The Maroon Tiger, Morehouse College’s weekly student run newspaper was first issued in 1898 as The Athenaeum. The publication was renamed The Maroon Tiger in 1925 and became a monthly publication. The newspaper highlighted student life and campus activities, poetry, fiction and opinion. By November of 1996 the Maroon Tiger had begun to publishing a quarterly supplement “to re-visit the tradition of the Afrikan griot by documenting the actions, traditions, iniquities and ideologies of the 21st century Morehouse man.” The Maroon Tiger continues today as a student-run weekly publication at Morehouse College.
This collection is comprised of communication publications from Morehouse College throughout the 20th century providing information and reports on campus news, announcements, events, statistics, administrative issues, faculty, staff, board members, Alumni Association, students, and alumni. The title of the publication changed throughout the decades and administrations from the Bulletin to the Alumnus during different times.
The Morehouse College Journal of Science sought to bring to the teachers of Science in African-American Schools articles on methods of instruction and curriculum organization in both secondary schools and colleges. It additionally sought to publish and highlight articles by African Americans in the profession, giving publicity to individual ideas and methods of interest, and to point out and emphasize the practical application of the theories of science.
The Morehouse College Catalogs range from 1932-1964. This collection includes the College Catalogs, “M” and the Companion. The catalogs provide information on academic course offerings, college policies and procedures, fees, administration and faculty, student organization, and alumnus listings. The “M” and The Companion are student handbooks containing school information, calendars, student activities, chants, songs, and college history.
This collection highlights the role of women in traditional and contemporary styles of music making throughout Nigeria. It is curated by Quintina Carter-Enyi based on her master's work at the University of Georgia
Duro Ladipo (1931-1978) was at the peak of his career as a playwright, composer, director and actor when he died suddenly at the age of 46. Between 1961 and 1978, Ladipo's Travelling Theatre toured twenty countries, performing in major venues like Madison Square Garden in New York City. Coinciding with Nigerian Independence (in 1960) and born out of the salon atmosphere of Mbari-Mbayo Art Club, Ladipo's plays combined Yoruba history and legends with performance traditions of chant, song, drumming and dance. This collection represents an effort by his family and AUC scholars to preserve and share his significant legacy with the public in Nigeria, the United States, and around the world.
