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With Nation’s New President, Promise and ‘No Excuses’ for Black Students

by KAREN BRANCH-BRIOSO and RONALD ROACH , January 21, 2009

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Retired schoolteachers Judy Brooks and Barry Brooks of Amherst, Mass., at the Inaugural. One of their first dates was MLK's I Have A Dream Speech at the other end of the Mall.

Franklin told Diverse that the Obama presidency demands a strong response from the HBCU community, particularly as institutions that can spark transformative social change among African-Americans across the United States.

“The most exciting message I’ve heard from students, having worked to help elect Obama, can be summarized in two words: no excuses,” said Franklin. “After this election, there will be no excuses for our academic underperformance, no excuses with disrespect to women, and no excuses for bad behavior. And so we hope to leverage the Obama factor to transform all Black boys and ultimately lead the renaissance of the entire Black community.”

--Jamal E. Watson contributed to this report from New York

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