Word: scholarshipped
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...irony that achievement should have acquired such a stigma within the black community. Hard work, scholarship and respect for family values have long been a cornerstone of black identity. In the years before the Civil War, many black slaves risked their lives learning how to read. In 1867, just four years after the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans founded Morehouse and Howard universities. According to the Bureau of the Census, between Reconstruction and 1910, the literacy rate among Southern blacks climbed from 20% to 70%. "There has always been a strong pressure toward educational achievement," says Mae Kendall, director of elementary...
Healey passed up scholarship offers from basketball powerhouses such as Penn State and the University of Virginia (currently ranked number one in the country), choosing Harvard instead...
...committee is concerned more with scholarship than with teaching ability, the students alleged...
East said she received scholarship money forher Miss Metro Jackson victory, but would notdisclose the amount...
Commission Opposes Scholarship Policy...