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Jarrett Adams: Falsely Accused Man Re-enters Society as an Attorney
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Jarrett Adams: Falsely Accused Man Re-enters Society as an Attorney

Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire ContributorFebruary 20, 2020

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, thirteen years after being exonerated, Adams was admitted to the Wisconsin State Bar. Adams was joined by Keith Findley, a co-founder of the Wisconsin Innocence Project at a ceremony celebrating his bar admission at the Wisconsin State Capitol.

Tennessee Student is Centennial Scholar Recipient of Ossie Davis Scholarship
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Tennessee Student is Centennial Scholar Recipient of Ossie Davis Scholarship

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentNovember 28, 2019

Earlier this month, after a rigorous selection process, the family of the late actors and activists, together with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), announced that Lane College senior, Jade Allen, is the recipient of the Ossie Davis Legacy Scholarship. “We are always motivated by mom and dad’s love of education and what a struggle it was for each of them to get higher education and the sacrifices that their parents made,” Davis Day told NNPA Newswire.