Photo By Getty Images By Niles Garrison, Staff Writer In honor of Black History Month, members of the Maroon Tiger want to highlight this prominent alumni of Morehouse College. Morehouse is home to names such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Edwin C Moses, and John David Washington. Though, we have yet to honor a…
Edit From ESPN By: Marlon “MJ” Scott Patrick Mahomes is just special. The now two-time NFL MVP had an excellent performance to win his second Super Bowl ring. He led the Kansas City Chiefs to victory over the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35. The Eagles received the kickoff and marched right down the field which…
By Ron Thomas It was the perfect way to start Black History Month for Morehouse journalism students. Thursday morning, Morehouse College announced its new partnership with the Ida B. Wells Society co-founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. IBWS is devoted to developing more black investigative reporters who work in the spirit of Ida…
Photo by: Kollin Washington By: Bennie Williams, Staff Writer On Feb. 2, at a regularly scheduled Crown Forum session, student organizers took to the stage to highlight the proposed construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, known as ‘Cop City.’ At Morehouse, Crown Forum is held weekly at 11 am in the Martin Luther…
Photo by Ayiana Davis-Polen By: Auzzy Byrdsell, Staff Writer The call for Black educators is utterly important in the development and contextualization of minority students in the United States. On January 27, 2023, Morehouse College students attended the panel discussion, Black Education Matters to learn more about the different careers and duty in education for…
Photo by Kollin Washington By: Colin Royal and Bennie Williams When the majority of people think about George Floyd, they tend to recount the tragic events of May 25, 2020, when Floyd was murdered by officer Derek Chauvin. However, co-authors Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa of “His Name is George Floyd” sought to change this…
AUC representatives at The Democracy Summit: Julaiza Alvarez (Clark Atlanta), Maleika Stewart (Spelman), Shannay Porter (Clark), Morehouse’s Professor Ron Thomas, Auzzy Byrdsell, Professor Nicole Carr, Ronnie Simon ’22, Jalen Brown./Photo by Unknown. By Auzzy Byrdsell, Contributing Writer Black reporters who self-identify as pro-democracy journalists are so important in American society, yet they are so scarce….
Photo by Saul Martinez New York Times By Andy Harris, Editor in Chief Some people are more ambitious than others in their life goals, and the 45th president appears to want to emulate that truth. Former U.S president Donald Trump has announced that he will be running for president once again in 2024. After a…
By Kennedy Edgerton, Opinions Editor When Barack Obama was elected president on Nov. 4, 2008, hundreds of members of the Morehouse community and television cameras from several networks were packed into Douglass Hall to hear the results. Ron Thomas, who was in his second year as director of the Morehouse journalism program, was among the…
Photo by Lucas Wilson By Auzzy Byrdsell, Contributing Writer For generations, the nature of the Men of Morehouse has been to be well read, well traveled, well dressed, well spoken and well balanced. Tomorrow on November 1, Morehouse College will inform students about an opportunity to pursue a career in the Foreign Service that will…
