WBTVG Teams With NAACP To Launch ‘All American: Homecoming’ HBCU Scholarships
deadline.comWarner Bros. Television Group will support Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) on and off screen by partnering with the NAACP to create the WBTVG All American: Homecoming Grand Slam Scholarship.Unveiled on Wednesday during an All American: Homecoming panel hosted by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), the scholarship is inspired by the WBTV series and will award $100,000 in grants to 10 students ($10,000 per scholarship) pursuing degrees at various HBCU institutions across the United States.
The initiative makes for the Studio’s first time collaborating with the NAACP to offer scholarships to HBCU students.“We are thrilled to partner with the NAACP on the All American: Homecoming scholarship, which will provide financial support to students at HBCUs as they pursue their dreams through education.
And we are also excited to celebrate the dynamic on-screen depiction of HBCU life at Bringston University in this powerful new show from Nkechi Okoro Carroll and Berlanti Productions,” said Warner Bros.
Television Group Chairman Channing Dungey.“Honoring my family and friends who attended HBCUs by bringing Bringston University to life has been a dream come true.
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