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Watch: 107-Year-Old Virginia McLaurin Entertains with the Harlem Globetrotters

By goodblacknews on March 16, 2016
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Virginia McLaurin and the Harlem Globetrotters (YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT)
article by Yesha Callahan via theroot.com
Virginia McLaurin, the 107-year-old woman who danced with President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama last month, is now hanging out with the Harlem Globetrotters.
On Tuesday, while volunteering at the Roots Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., McLaurin had a chance to meet Moose Weekes and Zeus McClurkin and show them her ball handling and dancing skills. On top of that, McLaurin was also presented with her own jersey with No. 107 on the back. The basketball players also donated 107 tickets to the school so the students can attend an upcoming game.
Take a look at the charming video of McLaurin and the Harlem Globetrotters:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y80tL7lsO44&w=560&h=315]

Princeton Dean and Professor Valerie Smith to become Swarthmore College's 1st African-American President

By goodblacknews on February 25, 2015

Valerie Smith, a Princeton dean and professor of literature and African-American studies, will lead Swarthmore College when the new academic year begins.<br />
Valerie Smith, a Princeton dean and professor of literature and African-American studies, will lead Swarthmore College when the new academic year begins. (Swarthmore College)

A Princeton dean and professor of literature and African American studies will lead Swarthmore College when the new academic year begins.

The school announced Saturday that Valerie Smith, 59, would become the 15th president of the 150-year-old institution beginning July 1. She becomes Swarthmore’s first African American president.
“I was really struck by the passionate commitment faculty, staff, and students have toward Swarthmore,” Smith said, ” . . . the level of deep intellectual engagement.”
Smith expressed an interest in deepening Swarthmore’s interdisciplinary work and increasing the school’s ties with its neighbors.