And five of Roosevelt’s African-American male undergraduates - education major Howard Brown (pictured above with several teens in a Wabash Building classroom), special education student Jason Curry, theatre major Jalen Eason, journalism student Josh Hicks and political science major Frank Pettis - are leading by example with advice about college as a means to success.
“We are focusing on positives, and that means giving young African-American males the support and tools they need to get ahead,” said Al Bennett, director of the St. Clair Drake Center, who came up with the concept for the program that the Drake Center could offer annually.
