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Mantavius Presley, Mantavius Presley scholarships, $1 million scholarships student. student earns $1 million in scholarships theGrio.com
March 26, 2025
Mantavius Presley, a senior in Douglasville, GA, was accepted to over 60 colleges and awarded over $1 million in scholarships.
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August 1, 2023
The Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI) has welcomed 132 new scholarship recipients from 26 states who will study at…
Kyle Savage, Jr.
May 27, 2022
Kyle Jr. was looking forward to attending Hampton University in the fall, so a Facebook campaign was launched to assist…
diploma thegrio
March 28, 2022
A high school student from Georgia has been accepted to nearly 50 colleges and awarded a total of more than…
Black Graduates
February 1, 2022
27 HBCUs and historically Black medical schools have been awarded $20 million as part of a 10-year commitment from the…
January 26, 2022
Albany, Georgia native and 4.0 student Kenyari Sawyer has been accepted into 48 colleges and received over $600K in scholarships.
March 17, 2021
Laila Johnson was accepted into every single school for which she applied, winning $1.8 million in pledged funds for her…
4th Annual TIDAL X: Brooklyn - Arrivals
February 15, 2021
Florida-born rapper Kodak Black will fund a law school scholarship in honor of Meadow Pollock, one of 17 Parkland school…
Jordan Nixon thegrio.com
March 10, 2019
Jordan Nixon, a 17-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia can choose between 39 colleges after she was accepted into all of them…
Goucher College
March 9, 2019
Jordan Nixon is only 17, but she’s already hit the scholarship jackpot by being awarded $1.6 million in scholarship money.
August 26, 2018
The Carters' new initiative will award $1 million in scholarships to “exceptional” high school seniors with financial needs.
September 30, 2011
NEW YORK -- On Thursday night, Jay-Z hosted a carnival at the Hudson River Park pier for his Shawn Carter…