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Kim and Tommy Sturdivant said they didn’t consider pulling their two children — son Seth at Morgan State University and daughter Mia at Howard University — out of school after the rash of gun violence that struck historically Black colleges and universities across the country earlier this month.
Us are too powerful, too meaningful to give up on,” Sturdivant said. “Security issues are serious and have to be addressed. Our kids need to be safe. The schools have to do whatever they have to, to assure that. But our kids love their U,” where “looking out for each other is part of the culture.” Andre Gilyard said he had been so busy working at his Atlanta-area insurance agency that he had not seen the news of the
U experience for him. It’s the best and it’s overall a safe environment because you’re around people who really care about you.” Violence could happen at any university, Riggins said, “so why not be on a Black college campus where you feel loved and wanted?” Jamiese Harris attended Tuskegee University in Alabama. Her daughter, Skylar, still in high school, wants to attend an
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