“…once I received the MC Lyte #EducateOURMen Scholarship to Dillard, I knew that I was destined to have a fulfilling college experience that was beyond my wildest dreams and I cannot thank MC Lyte, Lynn Richardson and the Hip Hop Sisters Foundation enough for investing in me and being one of my strongest support systems,” said Joshua Williams, a valedictorian at historically Black Dillard University.
A Missouri legislator is asking the governor to pardon a man who was sentenced to eight years in prison for starting a fire at a store during a protest over a fatal officer-involved shooting.
According to Ms. Williams, Josh’s injuries are extensive; he needs repair of the popliteal artery that was only partially repaired, a torn peroneal nerve; every part of the knee was torn, ACL, PCL, Meniscus, LCL, and torn tendons in the thigh and leg. According to Mrs. Williams, early on, Josh’s prognosis was so bleak, that doctors in Virginia told her there was nothing left to do, and to possibly find a nursing home for Josh to live in there. “We, in turn, had a medical airplane fly him back to California, where he was admitted into Cedar Sinai, said Mrs.
A 24-year-old man shot to death in Inglewood was a former linebacker at Oregon State University, and his killer remains at large.