Years, in and originally started with nine students at the basement of the sharp Street Methodist Episcopal Church celebrating 150 years and has nearly 8,000 students. A history and leg gacy tied to historically black colleges and universities. They will celebrate their 150th anniversary and these university are Morgan State University in baltimore, maryland, Howard University in d. C. Johnson c. Smith in North Carolina, Barbara Scotia in North Carolina, talledega in alabama, st. Augustine in North Carolina, alabama State University in alabama, fayet fayetteville State University in North Carolina and moore House College in georgia. In 1867, these nine historically black colleges and universities formed the largest concentration of any historically black colleges and universities established in any single year. In 1965, the Higher Education act of 1965 formally recognized 105 historically black colleges and universities, and so these 105hbcus are an important legacy to the education of africanamericans in this country. Morgans founding and morgans journey with a Wright Samuel green who was freed as a slave and purchased his wife in 1840. He was escaping the underground railroad and also assisted by harriet tugman. He was a conductor on the underground railroad and insi insisted others to freedom and caught with a pamphlet of the uncle toms cabin. When he was arrested and sentenced to prison in the city of baltimore for 10 years before being pardoned by the governor of the state of maryland on the condition he would leave the state where he went to visit his sam, junior, visiting in canada, he came back to maryland in the year maryland signed the emancipation proclamation which was the year, 1864. He met with several africanamerican preachers and those of the clergy to found what is now Morgan State University, what was then the centenary Biblical Institute of 1837. October 1 of 1864 in particular was the one that marks the africanamerican conference of thee episcopal church. They with mr. Green, their single purpose was the intellectual and moral innovation of young men of color. They were to train these young men in the ministry and these men would go off and preach not only the gospel but preach liberation. This is happening just after the emancipation proclamation being signed here in the state of maryland. After president Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation part of the United States of america. On december 25th, christmas day, 1866, the founders met and they met to organize what would then become the sent tental Biblical Institute of 1867. Nine students met at the sharp Street United Methodist Church in the basement of sharp street and that began the first class of students. On november 27th, in 1867, the articles of incorporation for the centenary Biblical Institute was founded. The journey of morgan has been a long illustrious journey taken it from the institute to 1890 to Morgan State College of 1939 and Morgan State College of 1975. A remarkable journey that began with these brave students, nine of which met in the basement of this building here at the corner of sharp and pratt at baltimores inner harbor today. At this site today there is a days inn hotel, but in 18671872, the nine students met in the lower level of this basement. They met for a systematic course of lectures of these young africanamerican men being trained in the gospel. They purchased the peyton property, in 1869, and in a noted Africanamerican Community called gallo hills in downtown baltimore. This would become the First Independent building, campus building for the new sen tental Biblical Institute and founded the Baltimore Academy founded in 1886, later known as the Morgan Academy. That academy would run from 1886 to 1927 and train several young africanamerican students as well. In 1879, the rerend john f. Goucher dedicated problem for the establishment of a larger campus building you see here designed by frank e. Davis. At this location, the centenary Biblical Institute became the Morgan College in 1890. Revv red littleton in dowed the institution and in his honor they renamed the institution Morgan College. In 1886, the centenary Biblical Institute created the Princess Ann Academy on the maryland Eastern Shore originally known as the Delaware Conference Academy and today the university of marylands Eastern Shore birthed out of Morgan State University. The original buildings you can see off to the side, only hall as well as several other buildings that form today the economic oval on the university of marylands Eastern Shore, this branch of morgan was in operation from 1886 until 1935. When it was told to maryland. The last building in 1959, a significant year when the bui building was actually demoli demolished, fireinduced, the del cohn hall, eliza smith hall bui building. It was fireinduced. It was a very significant important building erected on that campus and one that no l g longer stands and all other former buildings that related to the princess ann economy are no longer on that site. In 1891, the University Went further establishing additional branches. Lynchburg, virginia, they established the Industrial College a branch of morgan from 1891 to 1970. On that site, it was a 12 acre site that had a single building. You will notice this is same building at edmondson in fulton and they hired the same architect to create a brand for the university. They were going to build the signature campus buildings at these different branches. This is the building on the virginia collegiate Industrial Institute site. However, in 1917, this building was destroyed by fire. It was the only building that was on that site. The students and faculty who were at that location were rescued by a harriet wolfert, a faculty member at that location and she served all persons from that fire and later died from pneumonia. On the campus today, if you visited the wolfert in firmary, it is named in honor of harriet for her heroic efforts on the lynchburg campus. In 1917, the university purchased this current site where the university is presently located. On this site we have been Morgan College from 1917 to 1939, when the state purchased the campus. From mortgagan state college, 1 to 1975 and Morgan State University 1975 to present. This university was originally the ivy mill and farm, a 65 acre tract of land they purchased in 1917, 100 years ago. They purchased it from a walter thorn, from germany and he was very sensitive to the needs of africanamericans in the 1917s. This campus was a farm, the ivy mill farm and its chief crop was the stone many of the buildings were erected of. The Washington Hall building is an early building on this campus, home to walter thorn and this is a picture from 1920 so all the original buildings were farm buildings walter already had and the university immedi e immediately used for the purposes of education. They renamed this building Washington Hall in honor of the washington conference which gave rice to the centenary institute, where colored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church that founded the institution. The morgan was a state acquisition. The original purchase was 65 acres of land and additional 12 acres of land was purchased to increase the size of the campus and Bellevue Hall became an early dormitory for young men on the campus. The purpose and significance of the development of Morgan College and morgan park is quite significant within American History. There are six key milestones that relate to this. One of importance is 1913, when the Morgan College company was established to relocate the campus. Dr. John spencer, then president of the university, had organized a group of colored men who would establish an organization that would set out to find a larger plot of land for the university as it related to Andrew Carnegie gift that was given to the university. Andrew carnegie requebequest 50 dollars to the university on the condition it would build a bu d building in his honor and find larger land to erect this bui building. When the university was at edmonson and fulton, his architect from new york, edward tilden, came down to that site and told carnegie if he gave morgan 50,0 50,000 they would s outgrow that Edmonson Fulton location and it would not be a good use of those resources. They set out to find a different site. What was unique and very tumultuous about this search, as you can see in the headlines, the university could have been in park heights, however, park heights protested the university coming. There are several headlines that said, the colored will invade the area, that the tnegroe coloy will bring down the property values. There were several letters written from several high chief executives that also wrote to dr. Goucher and spencer and things like we have homes we own in this community and spent thousands of dollars to improve our properties. Please be considerate what it would mean to bring these negroes into our community. They looked at 21 sites across the state of maryland, trying to relocate this university but in 1917 they were able to reconnect to a walter thorn and ivy mill and farm and thus purchase the site where we currently are. What was important to this acquisition is that 25 acres of land would be set aside for a residential community. This is the negroe colony referenced in those 1917 docume documents. This is the campus and it is a Community Called morgan park. This morgan park sfrunt is an historic Africanamerican Community, one of the first city suburbs at the time the campus moved here, it was still Baltimore County and became Baltimore City in 1918. This very definitive community built from 1913 to the 1960s has three very strong periods of significan significances, in which houses were built and movers and sha r shakersed up a the community itself. The first home erected in the community was built by dr. Xavier oconnell, one of the first principals of the Princess Ann Academy located on marylands Eastern Shore and he bought the first parcel and erected this house that still stands in the community. The proximity of this very important community, as it relates to the Overall University is as such, just west of the campus, is another very important Community CalledWilson Park Community developed by hawilson, also africanamerin and other africanamerican individu individuals. All other areas around the campus would have been whites who protested the africanamericans coming to this community. It went as high as the Supreme Court level. The first building morgan constructed was the Carnegie Hall building. There were others that predated it but it was the oldest constructed op the cn the campu. It was designed by tilden, who was his architect and he led them to three other buildings in addition to carnegie. This is the old power plant bui building, decommissioned but a Historic Building built from the stones quarried from the site and baldwin hall, the oldest continuously occupied dormitory on the campus and houses young men and finished in the the 1920s. All the buildings that form what we call the morgan academic quad are on the morgan court and historically housed farm buildings. It was the first erected and flanked by annexations recogn e recognizing dr. John spencer and dr. Milton calloway, one of the first early black scientists, dr. Charles key, the ban any kerr hall, originally the First Library on the campus. Holmes hall named in honor of the first africanamerican president , dr. Oliver wendall homes and tubman and dr. Martin jenkins, the second afric africanamerican president. These three individuals were known as the three horsemen within mortgage dpans history. James carter was born on this site when it was the ivy mill and farm. His family was the colored family who worked for the ivy mill and farm. Wi we believe he actually introduced this property to john spencer when it came on the market and how they were able to purchase it. Dean grant and edward wilson, long time registrar and wrote the history from 1867 to 1967. And then a dormitory named in honor, the second mckeckeldin center, the governor. And mcmec en. The dixon Science Center named in honor of our graduate, the first africanamerican treasurer of the state of maryland. These two important individuals in the history of morgans State University, dr. Martin jenins, the second africanamerican president and Dwight Oliver wendall homes was the first. You see one of the First Physical models of the campus. Dr. Holmes was passing the baton to dr. Jenkins. They had laid out a 20 year physical campus plan for morgan. Much of which reflects the history of morgan today in terms of physical environment. The erection of the holmes hall, clock tower building, was pl planned and erected to be one of the guiding principles, in terms of the built environment on the campus, as far as direction. It is a significant addition to the campus and helps to orient what morgan has referred to as a long walk. This is the campus by 1967, when it celebrated its centennial anniversary. There are several very important leaders who have led this institution. It is important to note it reflects the american story, while the students were always africanamerican, the leadership originally was always white. Dr. John spencer, who was one of the early president s of the university, although white, was a long time president of morgan, from 1902 to 1937, and led it through its many establishments of branches, the princess ann, Morgan Academy, lunchburg as well as relocating to this site. Dr. Dwight oliver wendall homes in 1937 became morgans first africanamerican president. From 1867 to 1937, the university was under white leadership. Martin d. Jenkins in 1948 became the second africanamerican president and really helped to shape what became then the Morgan State College to posit n positioning it to become Morgan State University. Dr. Earl s. Richardson, who guided the campus from 1984 to 2010, certainly grew, expanded and developed Morgan State University into what many of you and i see on the campus today. And our current president , dr. David wilson, who was inaugurated in 2010 became the 12th president of Morgan State University and is leading this institution under the banner of growing the future and leading the world. Littleton f. Morgan was one of the most significant trustees of this institution. In 1890, he gave property personally and personally end endowed the institution, which is why they renamed this institution Morgan College in honor of this reference Littleton Morgan. Carl j. Murphy, the former president of the baltimore afro, was our early chartered member of the board of trustees. He joined in 1939, becoming the first africanamerican board of trustee member and then became the first chair of the board of trustees in 1953. Enolia mcmillian, was known as themy tray arc of the naacp, the National Association of the advancement of colored people. She was our first and only chair, woman chair, africanamerican chair of the board of trustees. Kweisi mfume became the chair of the board of trustees, former congressman and former head of the naacp. Morgan has had a prolific leadership at the trustee level as well as the president ial level. Morgan has had a Significant Group of alumni beginning with its first, ashbie hawkins graduated in 18