Massey is active on several corporations and foundations, including Motorola Inc., Bank of America Corporation and McDonald’s Corporation.
The all-male historical Black college recently inherited the personal papers of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. thanks to Atlanta business and civic leaders, who borrowed $30 million to bring the papers to King’s alma mater.
Morehouse’s successes have been tempered recently by violent incidents that include the killing of a student allegedly at the hands of current and former Morehouse students.
“A fact that has been almost completely overlooked in the news and reports about African American men is that not all of them are failing,” Massey said. “Many – including the overwhelming majority of the students at Morehouse – are, in fact, succeeding. Perhaps the most significant testament to this fact is our 2006 graduating class, which included 529 young men, mostly African American, who earned bachelor’s degrees – the highest number in Morehouse history, and more than any other college or university in the nation.”
--Diverse Staff
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