Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Morehouse College, Tuskegee University, Clark Atlanta University, Albany State University

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Morehouse College, Tuskegee University, Clark Atlanta University, Albany State University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Claflin University, Paine College, Stillman College, Benedict College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Lane College, Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium, Panther Stadium, Albany Municipal Coliseum, Charlie W. Johnson Stadium, Rothrock Stadium, Albert J. Sloan-Alumni Stadium, Stillman Stadium, Wildcat Stadium, B. T. Harvey Stadium, Alumni Field. Excerpt: Morehouse College is a private, all-male, historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Wabash College, Morehouse is one of three remaining traditional men's colleges in the United States. Morehouse has a 61-acre (250,000 m) campus and an enrollment of approximately 3,000 students. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 and 100% of the school's tenure-track faculty hold tertiary degrees. Along with Clark Atlanta University, Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse School of Medicine and nearby women's college Spelman College, Morehouse is part of the Atlanta University Center. Morehouse is one of two black colleges in the country to produce Rhodes Scholars, and it is the alma mater of many African-American leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., filmmaker Spike Lee, actor Samuel L. Jackson, former CEO of Godfather's Pizza and Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain, Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses, former Bank of America Chairman Walter E. Massey, the first African-American mayor of Atlanta, Maynard Jackson, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis W. Sullivan, and former United States Surgeon General David Satcher, among others. On February 14, 1867, just two years after the American Civil War, the Augusta Institute was founded by William Jef...