Massey is active on several corporations and foundations, including Motorola Inc., Bank of America Corp. and McDonald’s Corp.
Morehouse, the all-male historically Black college, recently inherited the personal papers of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. thanks to Atlanta business and civic leaders, who borrowed $32 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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