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Janai, Profiles
JANAI DESPISES GANGSTA RAP BUT LOVES MATH
ON THE FUTURE: “I want to be a doctor and find a way to help with breast cancer.”
ON BREAST CANCER: “On my mom’s side of the family there’s a high risk. My grandma died of it. If my mom ever had it, I’d want to be one of the people to help save […]
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Janai, Profiles
BLACK COLLEGES STRONGER THAN EVER
“With a high school diploma you can’t do a lot,” Janai, 16, of Michigan said. However, she has no plans to stop at high school. Janai wants to go to college and then to medical school.
According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, only 1,869 African Americans earned doctorates in 2004. If […]
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