BLACK HISTORY MOMENTS: Shreveport-Bossier-DeSoto African American Scholarship Awards Banquet
Katie Latin, founder of the Shreveport-Bossier-DeSoto African American Scholarship Awards Banquet (Source: Ken Latin)
By Domonique Benn | February 16, 2021 at 10:21 AM CST - Updated February 17 at 12:57 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - For more than 33 years, the Shreveport-Bossier-DeSoto African American Scholarship Awards Banquet has been providing scholarship money to students headed to college.
BLACK HISTORY MOMENTS: Interview with Ken Latin
Katie Latin is the founder of the organizer and she believes every child deserves a chance to get a college education. Her son, Ken Latin, says the scholarship money helps defray the cost of education for the students. However, the big fundraiser will not happen in 2021 because of the pandemic. The mission remains the same though: to raise money to make a difference.