A pivotal chapter in the history of Alabama A&M University and higher education in Alabama was recently commemorated when the federal courthouse in Rome, Georgia, was officially renamed the Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse in honor of the late U.S. District Judge Harold L. Murphy.

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