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Bennett College President Speaks with April Ryan

April Ryan
January 30, 2019

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Bennett College is in the news as it needs $1.9 million dollars maintain accreditation. White House Correspondent April Ryan spoke with the president of the college, Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, and asked what the White House has offered to the famed HBCU. President Trump promised during his first year in office to financially help HBCUs and then reversed course by questioning the constitutionality of financial support.

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President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan