After it was announced this week that a Long Island, New York high school senior was accepted to all eight Ivy League schools, NewsOne decided to pay tribute to other students who also achieved major milestones over the past couple of years.
11 year old Marley Dias grew tired of reading books about white boys and dogs and complained to her mother about the lack of literature that reflected black girls as the protagonist. Dias’ mother– unwilling to simply accept her complaints–challenged her 11 year old, and what her daughter did next makes her eligible for the 2016 Awesome […]
