Jair Hilburn, Editor-In-Chief During the press tour of the film “The Hate U Give,” members of the cast and crew made an appearance at the Atlanta University Center to give more insight to the movie. Before “The Hate U Give” became a movie, it was a #1 New York Times Bestseller book by Angie…
Torrence Banks, Campus News Editor Two sports-related Alternative Crown Forums at Morehouse College this week will feature panelists from all three AUC schools. They will include Edwin Moses and Mark Anthony Green from Morehouse, Tareia Williams from Clark Atlanta University and Nzinga Shaw from Spelman. Sports and social justice is the overall theme of the…
Brycen Saunders, Arts & Entertainment Editor Since its inception last year by former Spelman student, Eboni Ellis, the Women in Hip-Hop Collective at Spelman College has been dedicated to redefining women’s roles in the industry. Created out of a lack of representation with women in Hip-Hop at Spelman, the organization wanted to create a safe…
Jair Hilburn, Editor-In-Chief The time has come where we crossed the barrier and leave the past in the past – where 2018 came to a conclusion and 2019 began. With reigning in the new year, New Year’s Resolutions are starting to brew. However, this year, they will be different from the past because I’ve come…
By Roderick Diamond II Martin Luther King Jr.’s 90th birthday would have been on January 15. Ever since his death in 1968, his life and legacy have been carried on by loved ones, friends and institutions all across the world. His alma mater, dear ole Morehouse, holds several events surrounding the King Holiday yearly….
By Jonathan Simmons Down 21-10 going into the fourth quarter, the Maroon Tigers of Morehouse College found themselves trying to dig out of a hole against the Miles College Golden Bears during the Chicago Classic last September. After the Tigers scored to begin the quarter and cut the deficit to 21-17, Morehouse and Miles…
By C. Isaiah Smalls II ’18 Reclining in his arm chair, Moses Few thought long and hard. It had been over 70 years since he left Booker T. Washington High School as an 11th grader. A struggling Morehouse College had opened up its doors to high schoolers during World War II and, after passing its…
By Roderick Diamond III The King was only a mere man. You know how you look at your favorite athlete, celebrity, musician, or public figure in a different way than anybody else on the planet. They are put on a higher pedestal in society and seen as unable to do no wrong regardless of their…
By Ron Thomas Maroon Tiger Adviser Professor Delores Stephens, who joined the Morehouse English Department in 1964, knew Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in ways that few people did. While he was a civil rights icon to the rest of the world, Stephens knew him as her own pastor, as the father of a little…
“Although he may not be recognized outside of campus, we definitely know his worth here,” Freeman said. “I think next year will definitely be the year he receives proper credit.”
