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Atlanta officers won't face charges from 2020 arrest of 2 college students

5:33am May 24, 2022

by Ayana Archie

On bodycam footage, officers are shown confronting two young Black adults, Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young, after the pair were out past curfew following protests over George Floyd's death.

Members of the Morehouse College speech and debate team at the 2019 Pi Kappa Delta National Championship at Hofstra University. Coach Kenneth Newby is seen at the center, and student debater Daniel Edwards is at front left.

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A Reckoning After Morehouse Withdraws From Debate Tournament, Citing 'Anti-Blackness'

7:11pm April 30, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

"This tournament was a culmination of years of innate and not-so-well concealed racism within the debate community that came to a head," says Daniel Edwards, the Morehouse College team captain.

Robert F. Smith, founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, speaks at Morehouse College on Feb. 17, 2018 in Atlanta. Smith announced on Sunday he will pay off the student debt of the college's entire 2019 graduating class.

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Robert Smith Pledges To Pay Off Student Loans For Morehouse College's Class of 2019

6:13pm May 19, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The billionaire founder of investment firm Vista Equity Partners made the surprise announcement in front of roughly 400 students while delivering the college's commencement address on Sunday.