Atlanta Travel Guide


Atlanta: The City of Higher Learning

Morehouse College, Graves HallMorehouse College's Graves Hall

School Daze: Atlanta is home for six HBCUs: Clark Atlanta University, Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Morris Brown College and Spelman College.

Did you know? Morehouse College is the only all male historically black institution of higher learning in the United States.

Prominent Morehouse Alumni: James M. Nabrit, Jr. (1923), Samuel M. Nabrit (1925), Martin Luther King Jr. (1948), Lerone Bennett Jr. (1949), Maynard H. Jackson (1956), Major R. Owens (1956), Julius E. Coles (1964), Calvin O. Butts III (1972), Edwin C. Moses (1978), Edwin C. Moses (1978) and Shelton "Spike" Lee (1979).

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            • Moe’s Southwest Grill

              3722 Roswell Rd Ne
              Atlanta, GA 30342
              404-231-1690

            • Cheesecake Factory

              3024 Peachtree Road North West
              Atlanta, GA 30309
              (404) 816-2555

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              2166 Peachtree Rd NW
              Atlanta, GA 30327
              (404) 351-2442

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            • Maggianos

              3368 Peachtree Rd Ne
              Atlanta, GA 30326
              (404) 816-9650

            • Chops Steakhouse

              70 W Paces Ferry Rd Nw
              Atlanta, GA 30305
              (404) 262-2675

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            • Gladys Knight and Ron Winans' Chicken & Waffles

              529 Peachtree St.
              Atlanta, GA 30308
              404-874-9393