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2 GO MI WS INSIDE MOREHOUSE. OCTOBER 2010 Inside Morehouse is about the people who make up the Morehouse College community. To tell those stories, WE NEED YOU to send us your ideas, comments and thoughts, along with your news, information about your new books or publications and your commentary for sections like My Word. To send us your information, contact Inside Morehouse Editor Add Seymour Jr. at aseymour@morehouse.edu For more up-to-the minute information about academic departments, adminsitration, athletics, registration, financial aid, as well as the people and activities at Morehouse College, go to X www.morehouse.edu MOREHOUSE - " '>• ' ~ Director of Public Relations Toni O'Neal Mosley tmosley@morehouse.edu International Group of Ambassadors Get Close Look at Morehouse and King Collection Ambassadors from around the world view documents from the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection. By ADD SEYMOUR JR. A mbassador Bockari Kortu Stevens of Sierra Leone has long been an admirer of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ’48. “The ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, I learned it by heart as a student in those days,” Stevens said after he and 50 ambassadors from around the world were intro duced to King and Morehouse during an Oct. 13 visit to the Atlanta University Center’s Robert W. Woodruff Library. “To this day, I can say every single word of it by heart,” he said. “It shows my affinity towards King and my admiration for what he did. So for me, Morehouse represents that legacy.” Stevens’ story is just one of many as the international digni taries got an up close look at Morehouse and the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection. It was part of their “Experience America” tour of Atlanta. Sponsored by the U.S. State Department, the tour gives ambassadors an opportunity to see U.S. cities they’ve been curi ous about. Their interest in Morehouse mirrors the College’s emphasis on international relations, said Julius Coles, director of the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs and Office of Global Education. “We also are taking the whole process of internationalization of our curriculum very seriously,” he said. “We are seeking to double, even triple, the number of stu dents who participate in study abroad programs.” Chinese Studies Program seniors Sean Haythe and Jermaine McMihelk recited poems in Mandarin Chinese; senior Ali Osman talked about his study abroad experiences in China and Turkey; and Boris Dobrijevic, a freshman from Johannesburg, South Africa, talked about his journey to Morehouse. Vicki Crawford, executive director of the Morehouse King Collection, gave an overview of the 10,000-piece collection housed in the Woodruff Library. The ambassadors also saw a video detailing the College’s acquisition of the Collection. “I was very moved when I was looking at the video. I had to fight back the tears,” said Ambassador La Celia Prince of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. “This is a rich legacy. Atlanta is the home of the civil rights movement and it would have been a sin and a shame for these documents to not be vested in the rightful owners, which are the people of Atlanta. So I was very moved and I think it even heightened my appreciation of Dr. King.” Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed agreed. “When you see the enormous amount of human sacrifice that was put forth to provide the lives we have today - for both black people and white people - it’s hard not to be moved by the details of it,” he said. “It’s one thing to have a view of the archi tecture, if you will. I think it’s another thing altogether to look at the details that make up Dr. King’s life.” ■ Executive Editor Vickie G. Hampton vhampton@morehouse.edu Editor Add Seymour Jr. aseymour@morehouse.edu Calendar Editor Julie Pinkney Tongue jtongue@morehouse.edu Photographers Philip McCullom Add Seymour Jr. Graphic Design Ellis Design Web Services Vince Baskerville Hana Chelikowsky Kara Walker Administrative Assistant Minnie L. Jackson Inside Morehouse is published monthly during the academic year by Morehouse College. Office of Communications, Office of Institutional Advancement. Opinions expressed in Inside Morehouse are those of the authors, not necessarily of the College. Two Streets Renamed to Commemorate Atlanta Student Movement By VICKIE G. HAMPTON Fifty years ago, Lonnie King ’69 was a foot soldier in the civil rights movement, racing through the streets that connect ed Atlanta University Center schools as he strategized and recruited for the non-violent Atlanta Student Movement. The movement grew from lunch counter sit-ins to a boy cott of downtown Atlanta shops and restaurants. It dealt a blow to Atlanta’s Jim Crow laws and triggered one of the nation’s most significant movements for social change. Because of King and 4,000 other AUC students’ historic stance against segregation and racial injus tice, two AUC-area streets now have been renamed to pay homage to their accomplisJiments. Fair Street from Northside Drive to Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard has been renamed Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard, and SNCC Way is the new moniker for Raymond Street. But King, who went on to serve as SNCC chairman, does not want to stop there. As the Morehouse representative on a commission established in August to plan the commemora tion of the student movement, he insists more must be done In Atlanta and on AUC campuses to honor thestudents. “We have to do more than just change a street name,” King said. “All of the [AUC] institutions need to rededicate themselves to bringing forth this legacy.” “The 22 people on the com mission will do their best to address this oversight of our city founders and others by making more visible representation of what those young people did 50 years ago.” Andrew Young Joins Leadership Center as Scholar-in-Residence Ambassador Andrew J. Young, has accepted an invitation to serve as Distinguished Scholar- in-Residence with the Lead ership Center at Morehouse College. In his position, he will con duct public lectures, participate in academic programs, forums and workshops and serve as a critical resource on his areas of expertise. “We all know Ambassador Young for the role in played in the civil rights movement and his illustrious career as con gressman, ambassador, mayor, author and entrepreneur,” said Melvinia King, interim execu tive director and professor of Leadership Studies should be Melvinia King, interim execu tive director of the Leadership Center and professor of Leadership Studies. “He brings an extraordinary gift to the College. Now more than ever we need an advocate for peace and justice.” Last year, the Center began working closely with the Andrew Young Foundation and its executive director, Andrea Young in developing a special topics course Social and Political Change in the 20th Century that is being offered this semester. His joining the staff seemed a natural extension of this work. “Beyond titles and acco lades, his presence on the cam pus provides the platform and opportunity for student, faculty and staff to experience firsthand his wisdom and unmatched cre dentials,” King said.