Foundation funded by blacks is poised to make a difference

Foundation funded by blacks is poised to make a difference: "Foundation funded by blacks is poised to make a difference

Thursday, February 16, 2006
By Ervin Dyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A year ago, the Poise Foundation, the first community charity in the state begun and administered by black Americans, helped 28 youths to pay for Princeton Review SAT prep classes.

The students belonged to Crossroads, a foundation that helps black Americans get into private high schools and prepare for college.

Veronica Morgan-Lee, Crossroads director, said of the 28 children who took the test in the class of 2005, all went to college and they earned a total of $1.1 million in scholarships."