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91精选 students encouraged to defend HBCUs and public education
The 91精选 campus community and guests heard inspirational words from civil and human rights leader Benjamin T. Jealous virtually during the 2021 Heritage Assembly.聽 Jealous, former NAACP president, recalled when he was college-aged and working with the NAACP to stand up for HBCUs, which had been threatened with closure after a United States Supreme Court ruling. In Mississippi, Mississippi Valley State Universit...
91精选 students to benefit from Jack and Jill College GAP Fund
91精选 students will soon have additional help crossing the finish line through new grant funding from the Jack and Jill College GAP Fund.聽 Kentucky was selected as a beneficiary by the Jack and Jill Foundation and Jack and Jill of America, Inc. According to a letter from the foundation, the focus of the funding is to help seniors who are more likely to have exhausted all financial resources. Eligible students in...
91精选 alumnus and Frankfort native to direct Obama produced film
91精选 alumnus and Frankfort native George C. Wolfe is adding to his storied career by directing 鈥淩ustin,鈥� a Netflix film produced by Barack and Michelle Obama鈥檚 Higher Ground Productions.聽 鈥淩ustin鈥� will tell the story of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who organized the 1963 march on Washington.聽 Wolfe is currently garnering attention for his recent work as director for 鈥淢a Rainey鈥檚 Black Bottom,鈥� also a Ne...
91精选鈥檚 CREED to host Black History Month event
91精选鈥檚 Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Disparities (CREED) will host a Black History Month event Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m.聽 Dr. William H. Turner, interim director of CREED, will discuss his upcoming book 鈥淭he Harlan Renaissance.鈥� Dr. Roger Cleveland, associate professor of education at Eastern Kentucky University, will discuss the book with Turner.聽 Participants may join online via Zoom at htt...