West Kentucky Community & Technical College is renaming its office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to memorialize the Paducah institution’s first Black graduate.
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her name, ora lee brown. she adopted a first grade class in california and promised the students if they stayed in school and were accepted into college, she would pay for their tuition. she kept that promise and then expanded on it in a big, big way by founding the oral lee brown financial. the organization has helped provide financial support to modern 136 low income students for college. that woman making california proud. oh! there s one. manatees in novelty ts? surprising. what s come at me bro? it s something you say to a friend. what s not surprising? how much money matt saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.
and they could be broke tomorrow. education is one of the things that will set you free. reporter: brown was making just $45,000 a year as a real estate agent when she made that pledge. she managed to scrimp and save $10,000 a year for 12 years. reporter: this is the school where she adopted that original first grade class, brookfield elementary. of the 23 students, a remarkable 19 of them went to college. brown s mission to help children get an ed okaying was just beginning. she says she now hands out 20 scholarships every three years for the ora lee brown donation. i had an opportunity to make something out of myself. it makes me real thankful she is actually doing this for not only me but all the kids that doesn t have this type of opportunity. reporter: julias received a