NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Announces 2011 Scholarship Recipients
NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) is proud to announce its 2011 Herbert Lehman Education Fund and the Earl Warren Legal Training Program scholarship recipients. LDF's Scholarship Programs were envisioned by Thurgood Marshall as an important means of addressing the financial disparities that prevented African-American students from attending the previously segregated colleges and universities of the South. The Lehman Fund, created in 1964, and the Warren Training Program, incorporated in 1972, have provided financial assistance and nurtured the careers of African-American attorneys and activists dedicated to civil rights and public interest work for five generations.
593 students of all colors applied for scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year, the largest number in four application cycles. From this extremely talented pool, 53 outstanding were awarded Lehman Scholarships (which are provided to undergraduates) and 22 earned awards from the Warren Program (which are provided to law students). The applicants were a diverse group of dedicated individuals from almost all 50 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.
"Our world and our nation face perilous times, but meeting these bright young students through their applications have shown me, once again, that the work of idealistic, passionate young people will only serve to make our world a better and more just place," said Karen Thompson, Director of LDF's Scholarship Programs.
Fifty years after the award of the first LDF scholarships, the shared purpose of both the Lehman Fund and the Warren Program remains clear: to provide scholarships that will help students achieve their academic goals, to involve students in advancing the cause of civil rights and to assure that the doors thrown open by Brown v. Board of Education remain open. Previous recipients of the Warren and Lehman Scholarships include: Marian Wright Edelman, Anita Hill, Congressman James Clyburn and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee.
The 2011 Herbert Lehman Education Fund Scholarship Recipients:
Idorenyin |
Akpan |
University of Pennsylvania |
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Asha |
I. |
Anderson |
University of Southern California |
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Nkongho |
Beteck |
University of Maryland, College Park |
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Chelseyah |
Bolden |
Xavier University of Louisiana |
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Julian |
D. |
Brew |
University of Notre Dame |
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Rejerio |
J. |
Burton |
University of Florida |
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Kiah |
A. |
Clingman |
University of Southern California |
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Christopher |
A. |
Dean |
Connecticut College |
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Alexandria |
S. |
Fields |
Parsons The New School for Design |
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Toni |
S. |
Flake |
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
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Brendan |
M. |
Gill |
Berklee College of Music |
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Jasmyne |
L. |
Grismore |
Williams College |
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Zachary |
T. |
Hall |
United State Military Academy |
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Christopher |
J. |
Hunter |
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Alicia |
F. |
Johnson |
SUNY, Binghamton |
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Destiny |
A. |
Johnson |
Colorado State University |
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Stephan |
C. |
Johnson |
Dartmouth College |
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Aaron |
D. |
Jones |
Mississippi State University |
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Terrell |
J. |
Jones |
Florida A & M University |
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Alanna |
J. |
Kaplan |
SUNY, Geneseo |
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Alexandria |
L. |
Lee |
University of California, Davis |
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Kristina |
Logdberg |
Stetson University |
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Shamira |
Y. |
Lukomwa |
University of Chicago |
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Jennifer |
K. |
Lunceford |
Brown University |
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Shakeria |
E. |
McGuire |
University of N. C. at Greensboro |
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Allison |
N. |
McKenzie |
Berklee College of Music |
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Ke'von |
M. |
Miles |
University of Connecticut |
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Terik |
A. |
Miller, Jr. |
Rider University |
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Meadeshia |
S. |
Mitchell |
Howard University |
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Ricardo |
O. |
Mullings |
Brown University |
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Ridwan |
Olatilewa |
SUNY, Binghamton University |
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Lanita |
S. |
Patton |
University of Florida |
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Lizelle |
A. |
Pernia |
LaSalle University |
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Linda |
H. |
Pham |
University of California, Berkeley |
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Kristina |
A. |
Redd |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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John |
W. |
Ross, III |
Hampton University |
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Jonathan |
D. |
Seals |
University of Denver |
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Bobby |
J. |
Shaw |
Donnelly College |
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Uri-Biia |
H. |
Si-Asar |
Howard University |
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Cera |
H. |
Smith |
California State University, Long Beach |
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DiAnthony |
A. |
Talmadge |
Chapman University |
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Sara |
M. |
Theiss |
Harvard College |
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Imani |
C. |
Thomas |
West Chester University |
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Demetrius |
R. |
Tyler |
Florida A & M University |
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Gia |
M. |
Velasquez |
Yale College |
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DeShaunya |
R. |
Ware |
University of Missouri - Columbia |
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Chad |
C. |
White |
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga |
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Jacoba |
R. |
White |
Purdue University |
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Raymond |
L. |
Wilkes |
Louisiana State University |
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Dreshad |
L. |
Williams |
The Art Institute of Portland |
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Jessica |
L. |
Wilson |
Princeton University |
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Martin |
Zamora |
University of California, San Diego |
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Jane |
Zhu |
University of Pennsylvania |
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The 2011 Earl Warren Legal Training Program Scholarship Recipients:
Maheisha |
L. |
Adams |
University of California Hastings College of Law |
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Delania |
C. |
Barbee |
University of Connecticut School of Law |
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Melissa |
D. |
Chastang |
Harvard Law School |
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Leon |
G. |
Creary |
University of Wisconsin Law School |
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Valerie |
C. |
Ezie |
Columbia Law School |
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Cinthia |
N. |
Flores |
University of California, Irvine School of Law |
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Jarrid |
L. |
Green |
Howard University School of Law |
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Warren |
Henderson |
Pepperdine University School of Law |
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Mariam |
A. |
Hinds |
Stanford Law School |
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Ashley |
R. |
Hodges |
Georgetown University Law Center |
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Felecia |
D. |
Hunter |
Howard University School of Law |
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Amina |
L. |
Kirk |
University of Michigan Law School |
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Jaimie |
K. |
McFarlin |
Harvard Law School |
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Britany |
M. |
Nunez |
Benjamin Cardozo School of Law |
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Chika |
Okafor |
Yale Law School |
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Bruce |
S. |
Reilly |
Tulane Law School |
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Jessica |
L. |
Rofe |
New York University School of Law |
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Calista |
L. |
Ross |
University of California Los Angeles School of Law |
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Rukayatu |
Tijani |
University of California Berkeley School of Law |
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Chaloea |
M. |
Williams |
Boston University Law School |
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Marcus |
E. |
Williams |
Southwestern Law School |
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Michele |
A. |
Yankson |
New York University School of Law |
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ABOUT LDF:
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America's premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 70 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments.
Contact: Mel Gagarin, LDF 212-965-2783, [email protected]
SOURCE NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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