The internet, he hoped, would quickly yield sources of funding for an outstanding student from Ramsay High School—a highly regarded magnet with a 95 percent graduation rate. Gray’s quest, beginning in his junior year, stretched on for seven frustrating months. “The process was stressful,” he remembers. With no computer at home, Gray headed to the public library, where he waited an hour or more for 30-minute access to a handful of desktops. 
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It all paid off. He recalls vividly the instant he was notified about his first grant: a Horatio Alger scholarship for $20,000. “I stepped out of class to take the call. I ran back in and gave my teacher a big hug. That was the moment college became a reality for me.” 

Gray landed a whopping $1.3 million in scholarships. He chose Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he majored in business administration. (“I’m covered until my PhD,” he says.) 

J. Cole: Be Free
Sean Coombs BET Honors acceptance speech about "Hard Work."

Fruitvale Station

Director Ryan Cooler:
"When you hear about them (Pit Bulls) in the media, you hear about them doing horrible things. You never hear about a Pit Bull doing anything good in the media. And they have a stigma to them … and, in many ways, Pit Bulls are like young African-American males. Whenever you see us in the news, it’s for getting shot and killed or shooting and killing somebody–for being a stereotype"