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Harlem School Of The Arts
Jalen Rose’s Academy Graduates Its First Class
Former NBA Star Jalen Rose poses with the graduating class.
Raising Funds Through Kickstarter Campaign
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They have played at the legendary Minton’s Jazz Club
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The former NBA star opened the school in 2011 and graduated his first class on Saturday. 100 percent of the graduating class will be at- tending college, Trade/techni- cal School, or received military acceptance.
In 2011, Jalen Rose put his money where his heart is and started a school in his hometown of Detroit. On Sat- urday, the 13-year NBA player now turned ESPN/ABC ana- lyst told the 100 young men and women of the graduating
College Student’s Remains Finally Found
TIMOTHY HAMLETT
NEW YORK --- The body of Timothy Hamlett—the 20- year-old college junior who was reported missing in De- cember—has been found in New York City’s Hudson River, the New York Daily News re- ports. Officials have ruled his death a suicide.
Hamlett was a student- athlete at the University of Pennsylvania on the school’s track team. His parents re- ported him missing after ex- pecting him to come home for the holidays. Hamlett’s par- ents encouraged Hamlett to withdraw from school because of behavioral changes they say they saw in their son. He be- came aggressive, they say, and became addicted to male-en- hancement pills and energy supplements.
Hamlett’s mother, Katherine Hamlett, de- scribed the closure she feels knowing what happened to her son, but also the confusion surrounding his death.
Timothy Hamlett’s last- known whereabouts were traced to the city’s George Washington Bridge, from which, it is believed, he jumped to his death. Officials said his last-known cellphone service was near the bridge. His wallet was found nearby in a dumpster.
class, "The only person that you are destined to become is the person you decide to be," Rose said.
According to the Detroit News, all of the students who started at the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy in 2011, graduated and 100 percent of that graduating class will be attending college, Trade/tech- nical School, or received mili- tary acceptance.
The Detroit News notes that many of the "students worked hard and received full
scholarships to the schools of their choice, including Uni- versity of Michigan, Univer- sity of Michigan-Dearborn and Michigan State Univer- sity" bringing the "total amount of gift aid for the Class of 2015 exceeding $2.1 million."
Each senior received a tablet and were treated to in- spirational speeches from De- troit native rapper, Big Sean, who many may not know graduated from high school with a 3.7 GPA.
Barbershops In Alabama
Black Union Soldier Honored 100 Years Later In Nevada
The grave of Pvt. Private Scott Carnal, of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, was given a military funeral nearly 100 years after he died.
Stocked With Books
Thanks To Attorney
An article published last year about a Florida barber- shop that promotes literacy sparked a movement miles away in the cities of Prichard and Mobile, Ala.
Freddie Stokes
launched Books for Boys about three weeks ago. He initially intended to establish small libraries, of about 75 books each, in two or three barbershops, but the re- sponse to his initiative was so overwhelming that Stokes says he’s now able to establish libraries in at least six barbershops. The first one will open in mid-June.
“We don’t want to stop until all the barbershops in this community have li- braries,” he says, with an air of reserved confidence that it will be done.
Stokes is supplying books with which Black boys can identify. “When our boys say they don’t like to read, a lot of that is coming from not being interested in reading about characters that don’t look like them,” he explains. His growing stockpile in- cludes biographies, such as
Barbershop in Pritchard, AL. Atty. Freddie Stokes sup- plied books to 6 barber- shops.
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X, 12 Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muham- mad Ali and Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope.
In addition to promoting literacy, Books for Boys aims to raise self-esteem. Stokes grew up in public housing and struggled early in school, having to repeat the third grade.
A teacher inspired him to read books, including those about successful African Americans, which allowed him to dream big and ulti- mately achieve his goals.
A runaway slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and lost a leg after being wounded in battle finally received recognition Sunday, nearly 100 years after he died in Nevada.
Nevada historians say they decided to hold a military fu- neral for Pvt. Scott Carnal of the 1st Kansas Colored In- fantry because it's unlikely he received any recognition after his death in 1917 in Dayton, about 40 miles south of Reno.
Carnal was long forgotten until modern researchers dis- covered that he belonged to the United States Colored Troops and was severely wounded in the Battle of Honey Springs in what is now Oklahoma on July 17, 1863.
He was roughly 73 when he died, and no obituary on him has surfaced.
Over 200 people, many of them wearing Civil War-era attire, paid tribute to Carnal and other unsung veterans at the Dayton Cemetery during the ceremony staged by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Historical Soci- ety of Dayton Valley and sev- eral other groups. Firing squads and a bugler stood to offer three-volley salutes and play taps. A riderless horse led by a man circled Carnal's grave.
John Riggs of the Sons of Union Veterans said Carnal was a hero for putting his life on the line to preserve the Union and abolish slavery. The Virginia-born Carnal joined the Union Army in Kansas in March 1863, shortly after running away from his slave master in Missouri. He was about 19 at the time.
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