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DETROIT, MI - When
Toney Bro n of Detroi t
received the Jetter informing'
him he s grand prize win­
ner of the S 1 0,000 Kool­
Aid/Amalg mated
PubJi hers, Inc., scholar hip
s eepstakes, the first thing
. he thought a, "I hope it's
not a mistake!"
Later, hen Bro n
received hi invitation '0 be
pre ent at the aw rd
ceremony, held earlier thi
year at the Chicago Hilton in
tribute to BI ck Hi tory
Month, "l kne it wa n't a
dre m, after all," he ay.
The schol r hi p can be
u cd for llendance at one of
117 AFEO (N tional As-
ociation ('or Equ I Oppor­
tunity in Higher Education)
in titutions • which annually
gr duate one-third of II
Black student receiving un­
dergr du tc and profe sional
degree in the U.S. Brown
. y hi choice will prob hly
be Wayne County Com­
munity College.
The 37-year-Old Detroit
n rive currcntly pends four
evenings a week pur uing a
degr?e in computer cience at
SER Metro College. His day
re pent working Nr Chrys­
ler Fleet Service in Detroit.
When a ked ho he
pend his lei ure time •
Brown laugh . "What lei ure
time? I tudy hard, catch up
on wh t leep I can nd spend
much time po ible with
Toney, Jr .• my t l-ycar-old
son." .
II KO t W II 0 L .. : .. ' ...
high school before gr duat­
ing -- "I thought I had .more
enough knowledge air dy",
hc a ys - - today take ad­
vantage of every opportunity
to encourage teen gcr to
tay in school.
"I dropped out of chool,
nd now I'm P ying for it,"
he . ay . "I'.m spending my
night. trying to get the cduca- .,
tion and job I could have had
t enty years· ago. I don't
ant to . ce other kids go
through th t -- and they don'r
have to. At the time it may'
not seem important to t y in
school but kid hould ju t
tough it out. Later in life.
I they will be glad thcy did."
Brown. who attendcd
Detroit', Northwestcrn High,
has .ince taken a number of
cour c to ' hancc his ability
.to I nd . job 8. 'a computer
• pro rammer or ystem
nalyst. He completed a pro­
gram in accounting at Detroit
In thute of Commerce. at­
tended Michigan State Cor
two year, and took course
t Control Data Technical
School -- all while holding
down d ytimejob • fir t ith
th U.S. Department of So­
ci I Security for eight year
nd then a a, pot welder for '
inner of
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Chry ler.
Brown h four brother
and one iter and "they've
given me inspiration to ork'
toward my career goal," he
ay • Hi ister, a graduate of
the Univer ity of Michigan
work in computer cience
for General Motors in'
Detroit. One brother, ho
e rncd a degree in electrical
engineering, i a Master Starr.
Sergeant in the U.S·. Air
Force nd another brother i
pur uing career in certified
intelligence t Wayne St te.
Second, third, and fourth
pi ce winner or the scholar-
ship sweep takes - each of
hom received S5,OOO
choiar hop - were Linda �
Haithcox of Greenbelt,
Maryland; Scott Harris of
College Park, Georgi; nd
Jo eph Roberts of Brooklyn,
New Yor •
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