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Morgan State Wins Ford HBC Challenge | Afro

Morgan State University’s Food Resource and Expanded Shuttle for Healthy Living Year-round (FRESHLY) Program secures first place in the Ford HBC-You Mobility Challenge for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Talladega College wins second place and $10,000 to produce raised sidewalks with truncated domes that assist the visually impaired in partnership with the Alabama Institute […]

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