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James Patterson Gives Away $5.3M

Post author By Beth Holmes
Post date October 3, 2022

James Patterson donates $5.3M to Howard University and other recipients after speaking about racism in publishing. James Patterson, who competes with Stephen King for the highest paid author and has sold more than 400 million copies of the several hundred novels published under his name, has been throwing money at the future of writing lately. […]

Tags Howard University, James Patterson, PEN America, scholastic book clubs

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Homeless to Howard’s James Ward Proves Even the Homeless Can Be Successful

Post author By admin
Post date October 21, 2013

James Ward and Jessica Sutherland
IMG: via Homeless to Howard

James Ward is a freshman at Howard University. He is on track to become a physicist. He also used to be homeless. James’ mom, Sherell, raised three kids as a single mom who suffered from alcoholism. Growing up, the family hadn’t ever had a stable home until they moved into the Union Rescue Mission when […]

Tags #homelesstohoward, education, ellen, homeless, homeless to howard, homeless to howard james ward, Howard University, james ward, jcpenny, the ellen show, Union Rescue Mission

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