Jennings, Cedric Lavar

[Appalachian State University convocation 2004 with Cedric L. Jennings( Visual )

1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Cedric L. Jennings, the subject of the 2004 ASU Summer Reading Program selection "A hope in the unseen," discusses the factors that have enabled him to overcome the challenges of his upbringing in Washington, DC's troubled Southeast section to later gain social acceptance and succeed academically at Brown University

Bring a Negro home( Recording )

1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In the 1950s, southern segregationists tried to scare white people by alleging a human rights campaign called "Take a negro boy home tonight," which supposedly encouraged white high school girls to bring black high schools boys home to dinner and then date them. This episode focuses on two people deeply effected by race relations in the United States: a child from an interracial marriage and a young black man who worked his way out of the ghetto and into the Ivy League

Cedric's story( Visual )

1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A documentary on Cedric Jennings, a gifted student growing up disadvantaged in Washington, D.C., tracing his path to Brown University. Ron Suskind, who chronicled Cedric in his book, A Hope in the Unseen, is interviewed

A Hope in the unseen by Cedric Jennings( Visual )

2 editions published between 2000 and 2003 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ron Suskind discussed his book, A hope in the unseen, about a student who made his way from inner city Washington, D.C. to Brown University. The student Cedric Jennings also spoke at the event. They answered questions from the audience about the writing of the book