UHV Awards Scholarships To Winners Of Black History Month Poster Contest (With Video)

UHV Awards Scholarships To Winners Of Black History Month Poster Contest (With Video)

The winners of the Black History Month Poster Contest stand with some of the award-winning posters Friday at the contest reception at UHV. Brennen Gray, front left, a Vickers Elementary School fifth-grade student, won first place, and Lola Rivera, a fifth-grader at Schorlemmer Elementary School, won third. Behind them stand UHV President Vic Morgan, left; James Murphy Jr., president of the Victoria Black History Steering Committee Inc.; and Victoria College President David Hinds. Matthew Trenck, a fifth-grade student at Vickers Elementary School, won second place but was unable to attend

When choosing a subject for his poster, Brennen Gray looked up a website that features African American Purple Heart recipients. “I wanted to do something about someone who had saved lives,” said Brennen, a 10-year-old Vickers Elementary School student. “I really wanted to show that a person’s race doesn’t have to matter. Anyone can help other people, and their skin color isn’t important.” Brennen was awarded first place Friday during the Black History Month Poster […]