Skip to content
The Ledger
On this day

February 14th

1 event recorded on The Ledger.

  1. 1867
    The Rise

    Morehouse College founded

    Augusta Institute opens in the basement of Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia, with William Jefferson White as its first teacher. The school later moves to Atlanta and becomes Morehouse College, the alma mater of Martin Luther King Jr.

On This Day: 380 entries across the calendar. See the full 400-year timeline →