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. This is such a ridiculous situation since the vast majority of them have attended prestigious colleges and universities, and received degrees in different fields of study. A popular misconception is that the educations they did earn were in areas like Liberal Arts, or other…

prestigious colleges and universities, and received degrees in different fields of study. A popular misconception is that the educations they did earn were in areas like Liberal Arts, or other general fields of study, which didn't challenge their mental…

armor against segregation and prejudice. As the civil rights movement reached her town, where racism ran out of control, Ms. Rice says she felt insulted from the confusion all around her. Ms. Rice worked her way to college by the age of 15. Then, she…

of four children of Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Finch Lee. Harper Lee attended Huntingdon College 1944-45, studied law at University of Alabama 1945-49, and studied one year at Oxford University. In the 1950s she worked as a reservation clerk with Eastern Air…

on college entrance exams, he was only fifteen years old when he began freshman year at Morehouse College. His quest for knowledge did not end in the classroom, however. He continued to broaden his horizons throughout his entire life. On a visit to India in 1959…

by a distracted jaunt at Howard University. Although she spent nearly four years at the esteemed institution, she graduated with only a two-year Associates degree. It was during this time at Howard, that Hurston published her first stories. Starting in a college…

beginning a great life after college. Primo was captured with a resistant group from Italy. He used his college education and degree in chemistry to stay alive. The above quote brings a similar quote to mind. “What does it profit a man if he gains…

in the United States Navy had sent him postcards of exotic ports. He was the first member of his family ever to go to college. He started at Georgia Southwestern College in 1941 for only a year. Then followed by a year at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he…

to the large amounts of money athletes can make and their in ability to negotiate contracts. A college degree is not absolutely necessary to be a sports agent. Many successful agents skipped college to persue their career. However, a college education does aide…

George Washington Carver was a good innovator and developed many useful agricultural products. Carver worked with many agricultural and plants. He went to a good college and worked and studied at one. George lived a plantation life in Missouri…