Scholarship Corner (June 27-July 3, 2019)
Connect History to Life
Racial justice essay contest
Exploring the Civil Rights Movement and racial justice to find personal connections could win Anne Arundel teens $5,000. Their challenge: Write a 700- to 1000-word essay exploring the connection between a past event and a present-day issue of race and class, reflecting how history informs our times and their lives.
The competition is part of The Equal Justice Initiative’s Community Remembrance Project to recognize the victims of lynching with historical markers, soil collections and a national memorial.
Open to ninth- to 12th-graders, this scholarship contest coincides with the September 7, 2019, dedication of a historical marker in Annapolis to memorialize five African American lynching victims murdered between 1875 and 1911, along with others who remain unknown. At least 40 African Americans died in racial lynchings in Maryland between 1875 and 1933.
Apply by August 7: http://bit.ly/EJI_Essay.
F. Grove Miller Maryland State Fair Scholarship
Four $2,000 scholarships awarded to Marylanders active in the 2019 Maryland State Fair and either enrolled in an accredited college or a graduating college-bound senior. Essay required
Apply by July 1: www.marylandstatefair.com.
One $2,000 award to a Marylander from a 4-H, FFA or a breed-organization dairy project, now attending a four-year college.
Apply by July 1: www.marylandstatefair.com
Awarded
Samson R. Allen, a Northern High School graduate, was awarded the $1,500 Mary Beth Harry Art Scholarship from the Arts Council of Calvert County.