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We are excited and APPRECIATIVE to welcome the support of Dr. Vincent Harding
(world-renowned scholar and activist, best known for his work with and writings on Dr. Martin Luther King and for famously drafted Dr. King’s speech at Riverside Church entitled “A Time to Break Silence” in which King spoke out boldly against the Vietnam War).

Dr. Harding encourages us to bring that same spirit to our Morehouse Movement to rethink and reinvent our beloved College with the following statement:

“This is a time when our country is being pressed to rethink itself and to try to rework what its purpose is both at home and in the world. Morehouse should see itself as being qualified and called to play a leading role in that whole rethinking of this country and its citizens—especially in terms of the vision of democracy that has been a part of this country’s best dreamers ever since we came to this place and ever since the country was founded. That determination was to create a just society—and we have added to it the determination to create a multiracial and just, compassionate society. All of that seems to be well within the circle of Morehouse’s best sense of purpose.”

Last semester Dr. Harding was a visiting professor at Morehouse and taught a class entitled “Martin Luther King and the Future of America.” Several of the young alumni and Men of Morehouse who are key participants in our effort to remake Morehouse are those who took that class. In it, Dr. Harding challenged the students saying: “You keep looking for Malcolm. But maybe you ARE Malcolm?”

Only by locking arms across generations and constituencies can we hope to help Morehouse reach the fullness of its potential.

THANK YOU, DR. HARDING!!!

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What People LIKE YOU Are Saying:

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"There is 'no way' that Morehouse can be blind to change and transition. If Morehouse still wants the best of the best, [we] must adjust to the 'norms' of the society and culture in which the pool of the 'best' thrives."
- Duane Foster '92

"Thank you for this loving and incisive call to action, brother."
- Jafari Sinclaire Allen ('90)

"Brother @imarzipan’s letter is the beginning of a new day for our beloved institution."
- Paul Daniels II, Morehouse ('12)

"You have made numerous valid points. Future Morehouse brothers will thank you one day."
- Regina Boone Mekasha, Spelman ‘92

"Thank you for writing it. I hope it is effective at creating change at Morehouse."
- Kamari Alexander, Spelman ‘97

"In my opinion, we all need to stand firm on institutionalizing an IG [Inspector General]."
- Maurice Champagne, Morehouse (‘03)

"I've always felt that if Morehouse is going to be around for its bicentennial, the College must think out of the box and out of the gate."
- Tori Griffin, Morehouse (‘03)

"It is important to make matriculation through Morehouse more enjoyable in very basic ways - this I believe, beyond anything else, is what resonates most in the minds of graduates when they decide whether or not to reinvest in the college."
- Donovan X. Ramsey, Morehouse (‘10)

"I believe that Morehouse's biggest problem is that [it seems to care] cares more about the people that work here then it does about the vision of the college."
- Morehouse administrator [name withheld]

"By providing public access of this letter, you have opened the door for other HBCUs to address their own challenges."
- Rachel Williams, Dillard Univ SGA President 2011-12

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The excerpts above are just a brief sample...some are from the initial June-04-2012 letter by Alumnus Hutchins to The Board.
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