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About white house
William Jefferson White House is a three-story residential building that houses 110 students in double-occupancy rooms. It is one of the four buildings in the “Quad” and is only a few feet away from the Fredrick Douglass Learning Resource Center. It is also home to the Morehouse ROTC Yellow Ribbon Program Center of Excellence, housing all ROTC students.
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Did You Know
The son of a slave, Rev. William Jefferson White founded Augusta Institute, which would become Morehouse College, at Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta, GA. He served as a trustee of the young college. Even before the Civil War, he opened a secret night school. After the war, he was appointed educational agent of the Freedmen’s Bureau and also served as a trustee of Atlanta University. He co-founded and served as president of the Colored Georgia Baptist Sunday School Convention. A journalist, he advocated an end to Jim Crow, voting rights, and educational access and was the first manager of what would become the largest Black-owned printing office in the country. His life was threatened for his advocacy