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November 29, 2004
Online Hip-Hop Literacy Program Gets $800,000 Grant

The National Urban League's Online Hip-Hop Reader Program, which was launched here this year as a pilot program designed to enhance the reading habits, Internet usage and civic engagement of high school students, will expand its agenda and reach out to more youths thanks to an $800,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation. The foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications, also funded the pilot program.


Online Hip-Hop Literacy Program Gets $800,000 Grant :: PNNOnline :: the nonprofit news and information resource
Posted on November 29, 2004 12:27 AM



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