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King Papers Position Morehouse For Change

Morehouse College stands to gain much more than the 10,000 documents in the collection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s writings bought by a coalition of business leaders, individuals and philanthropic leaders in Atlanta.

July 2, 2006

$32 Million Loan Brings MLK Papers to Morehouse

A coalition of civic, business and academic leaders are reportedly paying $32 million to bring a collection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s writings back to Atlanta and Morehouse College. The papers were scheduled to be auctioned for $15 million to $30 million at Sotheby’s on June 30.

June 26, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Morehouse Gets MLK Papers

A collection of Martin Luther King Jr.’s papers, manuscripts and books that was set for auction this week will instead be given to his alma mater, officials said.

June 25, 2006

Atlanta Colleges To Vie For MLK Papers, Writings, on Auction Block

When the collected papers of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. go up for auction next week, don’t expect any small-time memorabilia dealers to make bids. With a pre-sale value between $15 million and $30 million and the King family’s stipulation that the 10,000 items remain in a single collection, the June 30 sale by Sotheby’s auction house is expected to attract academic and civic institutions.

June 22, 2006

E-Book Project to Give Free Access to Third of a Million Books In July

Electronic book devotees may want to set aside some extra screen time this summer, as two nonprofits are preparing to provide free access to 300,000 texts online.

June 4, 2006

African-American

Oxford University Press Unveils African-American Virtual Library

Students, scholars, teachers and librarians now have instant access to more than 30 volumes of reference works on the African-American experience — all on one new online resource.

May 17, 2006

Professors Help Create Iraqi Virtual Science Library

A new virtual science library for universities in war-torn Iraq is up and running after more than a year of development by U.S. scientists, private companies, the U.S. federal government and Iraqi officials.

May 4, 2006

Grants & Awards

The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University (Ind.) has received a $400,000 grant from the Edmund F. Ball and the Virginia B. Ball Foundation that will allow the center to continue its semester-long immersive interdisciplinary programs. The university also recently received a $186,000 estate gift from the late J.D. Wickersham […]

April 19, 2006

University of Washington Project to Make Internet Searches More Credible

A new project at the University of Washington in collaboration with Syracuse University is aimed at addressing what is perhaps the most difficult problem in evaluating…

March 27, 2006

First Lady Highlights Education, AIDS in West Africa

In a muggy college auditorium, first lady Laura Bush this week announced a U.S.-backed program to provide 15 million textbooks…

January 18, 2006

Art, For Our Sake

It’s not just what you say, it’s often how you say it that determines the effect it’ll have on your audience…

January 11, 2006

Some of Nation’s Best Libraries Have Books Bound in Human Skin

Brown University’s library boasts an unusual anatomy book. Tanned and polished to a smooth golden brown

January 8, 2006

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