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A COMMUNITY TRADITION

Crown Forum is a communal tradition that is mandatory for all students and that extends from the 19th century founding of the School to the 21st-century Institution of today. The spiritual core of Crown Forum provides a grounding space where students are connected to and develop their dynamic humanity.

There is special attention given to the articulation of and exposure to social justice across Crown Forum sessions. Accordingly, the radical interdependent community of students is prompted explicitly within the dimensions of justice, identity, action, and diversity. And there is the demand of students to understand their responsibility with respect to servant leadership and a global citizenry.

REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES

Crown Forum is inclusive of traditional 11am meetings on Thursdays and Alternative Crown Forums [i.e. Crown Forum Classrooms and Crown Forums After Dark]
It is mandatory that students earn a passing grade of “P” for six semesters of Crown Forum in order to graduate from the College.
Crown Forum is a no-cost, credit-bearing requirement with 0.5 credit hour earned per semester. Accordingly, if you fail Crown Forum it negatively impacts your GPA.
A passing grade is earned for one semester of Crown Forum by demonstrating attendance in a minimum of eight Crown Forum sessions. Eight sessions are earned by attending said session AND by earning a minimum of 70% for the corresponding session prompt. If you attend a session but do not earn the required 70%, you do not receive credit for that session.
Crown Forum attendance is self-documented by the student scholar with the completion of session-related prompts that are administered through Canvas AND in reporting seat assumed for Crown Forum with the completion of a short survey via QR code projected at the end of each Crown Forum session.
It is the responsibility of the student to complete session prompts and the seating survey in order to document attendance. This is the ONLY way one’s attendance and grade for Crown Forum is determined.
There are no “excuses” accepted for missing Crown Forum or opportunities to “make-up” missed sessions as there are at least 12 traditional Crown Forum sessions per semester.
Students are encouraged to track their attendance and scores on completed Crown Forum prompts through Canvas to determine progress and success.
If there is technical difficulty with your Canvas engagement that compromises your ability to complete Crown Forum sessions, notify your advisor, IT, and crown.forum@morehouse.edu immediately so that a resolution can be found quickly.
Transfer students are required to complete one semester of Crown Forum for each semester they are in residence at the College, not to exceed six semesters.
Study Abroad students, like traditional in-residence scholars, are required to complete six semesters of Crown Forum.
Standing Crown Forum Office Hours occur in-person after each session and on Wednesdays from 4:30pm – 6pm virtually.
It is the responsibility of the student scholar to ensure they are enrolled in Crown Forum for the six semesters required.
If you have not earned credit for six semesters of Crown Forum at you time of graduation, you have not fulfilled graduation requirements and will not participate in graduation exercises [baccalaureate, commencement].
Understanding that Crown Forum contributes three credit hours to the minimum 120 credit hours needed to graduate [0.5 credit hour per semester], if you do not complete the full Crown Forum requirement, whatever deficit will be reflected on your academic record relative to credit hours earned.

SCHEDULE

FALL 2026

September 3 — Crown Forum Orientation, A Year of Meaning Making
September 10 — Opening Convocation
September 17 — SGA Crown Forum [w/Christopher Lambry, Jr.]
September 24 — Morehouse College: Performance or Practice, w/David Wall Rice, PhD ’95
October 1 — Responsible Sexual Citizenship w/ Tina Davis, PhD and Love is Respect
October 8 — The Color of Wealth w/Dr. Darrick Hamilton and Rev. Delman Coates, PhD ’95 [via ICLS]
October 15 — Lanny Smith is Actively Black
October 29 — Installation of the Rev. Dr. Jason R. Curry ’92 as Dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
November 5 — Freddie Noel via HEP
November 12 — Sule Welch ’93
November 19 — Howard Thurman Crown Forum

CROWN FORUM AFTER DARK

September 15 — After Dark: 5th Annual International Education Symposium
October 1 — After Dark: 1526 Anniversary w/ Ron Daise
November 10 — After Dark: “Black. Single. Mother. Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging” w/ Jamilah Lemieux

Schedule

Spring 2027

January 21 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Lecture
February 4 — Otis Moss Jr. and Otis Moss III Oratorical Contest Addresses
February 11 — Founders Day Crown Forum
March 18 — B.R. Brazeal (Alumni) Crown Forum
March 25 — Bayard Rustin Crown Forum
April 1 — Phi Beta Kappa Crown Forum
April 8 — Scholar’s Day Crown Forum
April 15 — Benjamin Elijah Mays Crown Forum
April 22 — Senior’s Day Crown Forum

Contact Us

crown.forum@morehouse.edu

David Wall Rice

Crown Forum Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology

Kyree Davis-Townes

Adjunct Professor

READING LIST

In the spirit of scholarship and widening the aperture of Crown Forum engagement please click the link below to access the most up-to-date Reading List.

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