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Crusaders for Crusaders Career Day: Alum meet virtually with students
By Destiny Jenkins-Jones | May 6, 2021King’s first all-exclusive alumni career day took place via Zoom on April 22.
King’s first all-exclusive alumni career day took place via Zoom on April 22.
This school year has been a rollercoaster ride for the Crusaders boys varsity basketball team. They won two championships but faced several hurdles to get there.
In June 2020, King senior Danielle George started opened an online boutique, RoyalB Kloset, which is named after her two nieces, Royal and Brazyl.
Destiny Jenkins-Jones argues that the point of an HBCU is to give Black students -- and only Black students -- a chance to receive a higher education.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, all Secretary of State branches in Michigan were closed. This left many new drivers without a license and other citizens without an ID.
King's Destiny Jenkins-Jones reflects on the virtual start her the school year.
Senior Ridgeley Hudson has worked in his community since the age of 10 by participating in several outreach initiatives within his community and school district. He is a member of the executive board of the Detroit Public Schools Community District Council. Also, he is a youth minister at church, Perfecting Triumphant Overcomers Church located in Detroit.
On Jan. 19 and 20, King held the 11th Annual MLK Legacy March: “The Dream & the Dean, The Legacy Lives.” This showcased civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “dream” and Congressman John Conyers Jr.’s activism to maintain the “dream.”
Ronald Perkins, Jr., band director, will start a new job with the U.S. Army. He began training Nov. 18 but won’t start the actual job for a year.
