Morehouse College

At a packed political forum at Morehouse College — Atlanta's storied and historically black school for men — a moderator posed a question that cut to the sensitive heart of things on a campus that has produced Martin Luther King Jr. (Class of '48) and current GOP darling Herman Cain (Class of '67). The question: "Does Cain represent the modern Renaissance man of Morehouse?" A charged murmur rippled through a crowd of about 100 undergraduates. Traditional African American notions of social justice are part of the very DNA of Morehouse, founded in 1867 to educate recently freed slaves.

At a packed political forum at Morehouse College — Atlanta's storied and historically black school for men — a moderator posed a question that cut to the sensitive heart of things on a campus that has produced Martin Luther King Jr. (Class of '48) and current GOP darling Herman Cain (Class of '67). The question: "Does Cain represent the modern Renaissance man of Morehouse?" A charged murmur rippled through a crowd of about 100 undergraduates. Traditional African American notions of social justice are part of the very DNA of Morehouse, founded in 1867 to educate recently freed slaves.

A collection of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s handwritten documents and books won't be sold at auction and instead will be given to his alma mater. A coalition of business, individuals and philanthropic leaders led by Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin bought the collection for an undisclosed amount, said Morehouse College President Walter Massey.

Halfway through rehearsal, the basses got an earful. "Your start is too aggressive! Like boom, boom, flap, flap, upside the head," conductor David Morrow shouted Sunday from a dark spot offstage in Club Nokia at L.A. Live. "It's not about the volume, it's about the quality. " And with that, the Morehouse College Glee Club ? the world-renowned, historically black, all-male choir that has sung at the Olympics, the Super Bowl and the funeral of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ?

Ray Charles must have been singing in his grave as friend after friend paid a heart-pounding tribute during a glitzy Beverly Hills fundraiser for historically black Morehouse College.

Michael Brewer, a senior at Morehouse College, was strolling purposefully around this storied campus on a hot spring day, his heavy frame dripping sweat, his hands clutching a small stack of fliers. "No more hate," the fliers read, in a stylish typeface. "No more discrimination. No more." "What's up, brother?" Brewer said in a lilting, cheerful voice as he approached a fellow student in a dark business suit. "Take one of these, if you will." The young man gave the flier a glance.

Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey donated $1 million to Morehouse College to establish the Oprah Winfrey Endowed Scholarship Fund. "I have traveled around the country and witnessed the education crisis our young African-American men face," Winfrey said at Morehouse's 105th commencement Sunday. "Today marks the beginning in my personal efforts to halt that crisis."

About 60 wheelchair-bound protesters occupied the Morehouse College president's office Monday, demanding that college officials help arrange a meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Louis W. Sullivan. The group, American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, wants Sullivan, a former school official, to redirect 25% of Medicaid's $17.5-billion nursing home budget to programs that would provide home care for the disabled.

The midnight-blue tour bus that carried music legend Ray Charles around the country has begun a new career at Morehouse College in Atlanta. The bus, donated to the college by the Ray Charles Foundation, will be on display outside the college's arts center and may be used for trips by student groups. Emblazoned with Charles' likeness, the vehicle is equipped with 35 customized seats, four televisions and a kitchen.

In an effort to increase the number of blacks entering science and engineering fields, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech signed agreements Tuesday for a joint academic program with seven historically black colleges and universities in the South. "The black colleges and universities have a great resource we have not been tapping," said Martin Leipold, manager of the program for JPL. He said the Pasadena area lab will offer summer research jobs to the students, and JPL scientists and Caltech professors will lecture at the schools.

Michael Brewer, a senior at Morehouse College, was strolling purposefully around this storied campus on a hot spring day, his heavy frame dripping sweat, his hands clutching a small stack of fliers. "No more hate," the fliers read, in a stylish typeface. "No more discrimination. No more." "What's up, brother?" Brewer said in a lilting, cheerful voice as he approached a fellow student in a dark business suit. "Take one of these, if you will." The young man gave the flier a glance.

Walter Massey was a shy black boy from Hattiesburg, Miss., unsure of his place in the world, when he arrived as a 16-year-old freshman at Morehouse College. Nearly 40 years later, he returned to change the school that changed him.

A collection of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s handwritten documents and books won't be sold at auction and instead will be given to his alma mater. A coalition of business, individuals and philanthropic leaders led by Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin bought the collection for an undisclosed amount, said Morehouse College President Walter Massey.

The midnight-blue tour bus that carried music legend Ray Charles around the country has begun a new career at Morehouse College in Atlanta. The bus, donated to the college by the Ray Charles Foundation, will be on display outside the college's arts center and may be used for trips by student groups. Emblazoned with Charles' likeness, the vehicle is equipped with 35 customized seats, four televisions and a kitchen.

Atlanta Mark Ridley-Thomas Assembly member, 48th Assembly District * We went to Atlanta to see my twin sons off to college. They're freshmen at Morehouse College. There were a number of ceremonies. One was called "Welcome to the House," where they had presentations [in the voice of] many historical figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., who was a Morehouse graduate, Howard Thurman, Maynard Jackson. Some of the upperclassmen took on these roles.

Ray Charles must have been singing in his grave as friend after friend paid a heart-pounding tribute during a glitzy Beverly Hills fundraiser for historically black Morehouse College.

I was saddened by Raspberry's commentary. My immediate reaction is that the letting down is just the other way around. Raspberry, even while claiming to be an admirer, has shown that at the first sign of accusation of wrongdoing he is willing to join the ranks of the accusers, taking whatever has been said as truth. Admirers like that are not themselves to be admired but must be pitied as being small men of little consequence. No matter how many so-called scholars of the stature, or maybe ilk, of Claybourne Carson, claiming to be "committed admirers of King," come forth with vile charges of plagiarism, I for one, and I think I am not alone, will not relinquish my faith and love for a very great American.

Atlanta Mark Ridley-Thomas Assembly member, 48th Assembly District * We went to Atlanta to see my twin sons off to college. They're freshmen at Morehouse College. There were a number of ceremonies. One was called "Welcome to the House," where they had presentations [in the voice of] many historical figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., who was a Morehouse graduate, Howard Thurman, Maynard Jackson. Some of the upperclassmen took on these roles.

Oxnard resident Paul Leslie Tanaka died at his home Monday. He was 46. Tanaka was born Feb. 29, 1952, in St. Paul, Minn. He moved to Ventura County from Malibu in 1993. Tanaka earned a medical degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, and graduated from the University of Georgia's School of Pharmacy. At the time of his death, he worked as a psychiatrist at a clinic in Oxnard. Tanaka was described as a dedicated husband and a caring doctor who enjoyed fishing and boating.

Former Ram wide receiver Dwight Scales has resigned after one year as coach at Morehouse in Atlanta, saying he wanted to pursue coaching in the World League of American Football.