SR139: SR139 Morris Brown College Day; recognize March 21, 2025

This resolution from the Georgia Senate recognizes March 21, 2025 as Morris Brown College Day at the state capitol. It recounts the college's history: founded by ministers of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Georgia after the Emancipation Proclamation, chartered by the State of Georgia in May 1885 as the first institution in the state under African American patronage, and opened in October 1885 with Mrs. Mary McCree as principal. The resolution states that for more than 130 years Morris Brown College has educated students from around the world. It resolves that the Senate recognizes the designated day and directs the Secretary of the Senate to provide a copy of the resolution to Morris Brown College.

• Formally designates March 21, 2025 as Morris Brown College Day at the Georgia state capitol.
• Recites the historical founding of Morris Brown College by AME Church ministers and its 1885 state charter.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and send a copy of the resolution to Morris Brown College.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a ceremonial recognition.

This resolution primarily affects Morris Brown College, an Atlanta-based historically Black institution, by honoring it with a commemorative day. It does not impose duties on the public, businesses, or other government agencies beyond the Secretary of the Senate's clerical task.

While the resolution carries no legal or funding consequences, it publicly honors Morris Brown College's founding and long history within Georgia's Senate, and provides the college with an official record of that recognition for its own use.

• Whereas clauses describe the college's 1885 founding by AME Church ministers and its charter as the first Georgia institution under African American patronage.
• The resolved clause designates March 21, 2025 as Morris Brown College Day at the state capitol.
• The final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy of the resolution available to Morris Brown College.

1. 2025-02-06Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-02-05Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Donzella James (D, SD-028)Primary sponsor
• Sheikh Rahman (D, SD-005)
• RaShaun Kemp (D, SD-038)
• Jason Esteves (D, SD-035)
• Kenya Wicks (D, SD-034)
• Ed Harbison (D, SD-015)
• Derek Mallow (D, SD-002)
• Randal Mangham (D, SD-055)
• Nan Orrock (D, SD-036)
• Sonya Halpern (D, SD-039)
• Michael Rhett (D, SD-033)
• Freddie Sims (D, SD-012)
• Gail Davenport (D, SD-017)

• Morris Brown College
• historically Black colleges
• state capitol recognition
• Georgia Senate resolutions