; Whereas Howard University has graduated some of the most accomplished African Americans in history—including, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, author Toni Morrison, and United States Ambassador Andrew Young; Whereas 5 current Members of Congress are graduates of Howard University; Whereas in the case of Johnson C. Smith University, the institution was established on April 7, 1867, as the Biddle Memorial Institute by Reverend S.C. Alexander and Reverend W.L. Miller in Charlotte, North Carolina; Whereas the first football game with African-American players was played at the Biddle University in 1892—in what today is called the Commemorative Classic; Whereas Johnson C. Smith is the first historically Black college and university in the South to offer professional courses in education; Whereas Johnson C. Smith University has produced numerous politicians including, but not limited to, Eva Clayton, the first African American to represent North Carolina in the House of Representatives since the 19th century; Whereas in the case of Morehouse College, the institution was founded by the Reverend William Jefferson White in Augusta, Georgia, in 1867; Whereas Morehouse College was moved from Augusta, Georgia, to its current location in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1879; Whereas Morehouse College is the largest men’s college in the United States, enrolling over 2,000 students; Whereas Morehouse is 1 of only 2 historically Black colleges and universities to produce a Rhodes scholar; Whereas Morehouse has graduated a number of African-American luminaries—including Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, film director Spike Lee, and the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.; Whereas 2 Members of Congress are graduates of Morehouse College; Whereas in the case of Morgan State University, the institution was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, as the Centenary Biblical Institute in 1867 to train former slaves and freedmen for the Methodist ministry