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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE RECEIVES $20 MIL The Black Stars Annual T ONews R2015 EC RUIT PROFESSORS Awards Dinner will honor Mayor

MOREHOUSE has received DavidCOLLEGE Dinkins, Rep. Charles a $20 million anonymous gift to Clarke, expand Rangel, Rep. Yvette academic programs and professorships R. Donahue Peebles, Barbara at the College, the only liberal arts Arnwine, Inez Barron, Sabrina institution in the nation dedicated to the Lamb, Dr. Rudy Crew, Stephen education and development of Black Byrd, Alia Jones,largest and the men. The contribution—the giftCentral Park Five of gross ever designated forsurvivors faculty positions at injustice Morehouse—will be used18 to from fund six on December 6:00pm – endowed professorships thatHarlem, will enhance 10:00pm at MIST 46 West innovation and research in several 116th Street. academic areas.

“Each honoree chosen for Morehouse College President David recognition has demonstrated A. Thomas, Ph.D., (middle) and leadership and vision in Provostexceptional Kendrick Brown, Ph.D., (right) presenther Adria Ph.D., profession chair or Welcher, his respective or of the Sociology Department, (left)significant endeavor and in some with themeasure prestigious Materialstowards hasVulcan contributed Company Teaching Excellence Award in this creating a more just society at Morehouse's Commencement in country,” says Black May. National recipients of thisStar awardNews founder and publisher are recognized for their dedication toMilton Allimadi. “Obviously much teaching, ability to inspire students, and work contributions thebe academic community. needstoto done here and

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Pioneering producers Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones, through their With the addition of the anonymous gift, company Row Production, nearly $290 millionFront has been generated brought “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” for the "Making Men of Consequence" andto“A Streetcar Named Desire” Campaign date. a multi-ethnic cast to "We arewith grateful to the anonymous Broadway. Ininvestment 2016 they bring donor for this generous in our faculty," said with HodanOscar Hassan, “Eclipsed” Winner Vice President Institutional LupitaofNyong ’O to Broadway.

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Advancement. "This significant gift fuels Honorees, the so-called Central our ongoing commitment to excellence Park 5, areand collectively in higher education our abilityand to offer students transformative academic individually heroes. They are experiences that help them reach their survivors of one oftothe ugliest full potential." miscarriage of justice in New York’s

Founded in 1867, Morehouse is history; having been College railroaded majority. She now leads The was a member of the New York the nation's only college founded to and unjustly convicted for a crime Transformative Justice Coalition. City Council, representing the educate men of color. Ranked th they did not commit and for which Arnwine was for 26 years executive 40 council district in Brooklyn, as Georgia's top liberal arts college for they served long prison sentences director of the Lawyers’ Committee succeeding her mother, Una S. men, Morehouse produces more Black ranging seven years to 13 years for Civil Rights Under the Law. men who T. Clarke. In the current 114th go on tofrom receive doctorates than before being exonerated when the any other college in the country and is a Congress Clarke serves on Inez Barron, honoree, formerly a top feeder school for Black men entering actual rapist confessed. They are: the Energy and Commerce State Assembly member, is nowprestigious graduate schools and MBA around the The professorships willworld.” be added to the Yusef Abdus Salaam; Raymond Committee, responsible for a New York City council memberprograms. Also named Georgia's #1 small DivisionThe of Business and Economics, the gala starts at 6:00pm with a Santana Jr., Antron McCray, Kevin consumer protection, food and a champion of education for college, Morehouse educates a selective Division of Humanities, Social Sciences, cocktail hour to be followed by the Richardson, and Kharey Wise. safety, energy development, public Media, and the Arts (HSSMA), and group of 2,300 students each year, 60 our youth. Image health, Source: PRcommunications, Newswire dinner and awards ceremonies. There the the Division of Science, Technology, percentThe of whom families withfocuses Blackcome Starfrom News, which Honoree Imhotep Gary Byrd is household incomes of $40,000 or less, will be musical entertainment environment, and interstate and Engineering, and Mathematics, including by on investigative journalism, has a legendary radio talk show host yet many of whom are highly recruited by of the U.S. Surgeon General; which focuses on expanding investment opera singerProfessions. Cassandra Douglas the Office the Office of Health international commerce. been featured as a result of some if the Olympics; as well as the recipients' in academics, including distinguished and executive producer, radio DJ,Fortune 500 companies. The College has "Our faculty are the heartbeat of this and from harmonica phenomenon its news scoops, on CNN, The New R. of Donahue honoree, is faculty poet, platforms the NobelPeebles, Peace Prize and positions, curricular and institution. They lead our academic songwriter, music recordingcreated more Black male Rhodes William Galison. David Dinkins is York Daily News, The New York the Academy Awards. The College the programming, and evidencea leading developer and is founder ofacademic programs, develop theLifetime intellect of our artist and producer, rapper, writerScholars than any other HBCU and has honored for Achievement top producer of Black men who go on to based research. The fundraising goal The Village The Peebles Co., the nation’s largest and community activist. He beganthe #1 Post, students, and challenge them to go out in core curriculum amongVoice, HBCUsand Brill’s — he was New York City’s first receive doctorates, and is the top-feeder for that pillar is $100 million. Currently, Content magazine. the world and be great. They have fueled African American-owned real his career asmore a radio infullBuffalonationally. It is the nation's top producer African American mayor and alsoschool for Black men entering top-ranked employs thanDJ 300 the success of thousands of Morehouse of Black male graduates in the social estate firm with $3.5 billion worthMorehouse Past Black Star News honorees at agefaculty. 15. For over 30 years, he’s sciences, welcomed to theMBA programs as well as managerial and and-part-time Men," said David A.Nelson Thomas,Mandela Ph.D., and the top HBCU producer of properties under development have included: Noble (Like It been a talk show host at WBLS and executive positions in business. cityofafter his release in 1990. President Morehouse College. "This of Black male graduates Gil in business "Investing in Morehouse College's or management — he was one Is), Rep. Maxine Waters, Soledad WLIB in New York City. Headministration, management, operations, transformational $20 million gift will allow The anonymous $20 million gift was facultyradio is critical to maintaining Rep. Charles Rangel, also honored of the pioneering developerswho talentedalso O’Brien (CNN), Ms. Camille Cosby, us to increase the ranks of our esteemed a Friday radio talk English, foreign languages, mathematics, contributed to the "Making Men of the College'shas reputation andnight relevance for Lifetime Achievement, helpedCampaign, turn around and revitalize and talented professors so that we can has Consequence" statistics, philosophy, religious studies, Voza Rivers (New Heritage Theatre), the largest as a world-class show oninstitution WBAI. of higher in Congress since 1971. He fundraising is the once-blighted Anacostia uphold served the legacy of excellence in our and physical As the national initiative in Morehouse's learning," said Provost Kendrick Brown, Errol sciences. Louis (NY1 News), Amel Honoree Sabrina founderepicenter for thought leadership on a recipient ofveteran The Bronze classrooms as our as faculty medal for neighborhood in Washington, D.C. 157-year history. The goals of the $500 Ph.D. "At Morehouse, we areLamb, developing Larrieux (Entertainer), Dr. William of World of Money, is a champion retire." helping save soldiers behind enemymillion A human rights and equity, Morehouse campaign are to expand men with integrity and intellect to become champion of African-American Pollard (Medgar Evers College), of financial for youth-- sheis committed to helping the nation line during the Korean Morehouse's abilityempowerment to offer scholarship leadersliteracy and innovators. Morehouse, which educates moreWar. than economic Peebles’ 21st-century is Edwardscaused (NY Jets), addressHerm the challenges by Nayaba supportcontemplating to any deservingastudent, That takes resources—not onlyabout funds handling for teaches knowledge 2,300 students annually, has worldpossiblerecruit run for NYC Rep. Yvette Clarke is a Democratic Arinde (Amsterdam News), institutional racism, income and healthLa-Verna new faculty at the top of their fields, invest technology and classroom but money, budgetingmaterials, and planning. class academic programs that have been mayor in 2017. member of the US House of Fountainlack (Columbia care disparities, of accessUniversity), to capital, in innovative academic programs, and to also a significant investment in attracting especially successful at cultivating men Dr. Rudy Crew, honoree, is one of Representatives from New detrimental public policy, and theDesiree need Dancy Lillian Roberts (DC37), fund campus improvements. Honoree Barbara Arnwine, civil accomplished professors to Morehouse of distinction who rise as leaders in every th for high-quality education. Learn more the nation’s leading educators. He’s York whose 9 who will continue to elevate our profile in district covers (New York Times), Greg Floyd (Local field, including the U.S. Congress; the rightsthe lawyer, is afalls champion Specifically, donation under theof about Morehouse College at morehouse. all academic areas." much of central Brooklyn. Before campaign's U.S. Department of Homeland Security; 237), Rev. Al Sharpton (National president of Medgar Evers College protecting rights ofpillar, ethnic "Inquiry voting with Distinction" edu. entering Congress in 2007, she Action Network), and many others. of The City University of New minority groups — the emerging

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