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Emmy1: Douglass seniors Kamar Graves and Drake Glover receive an Emmy for their rap video “Peace.”
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Douglass students win Emmy

By Nathan Lymon and Khalil Wilson | May 25, 2016

Douglass Academy valedictorian Kamar Graves, senior Drake Glover and junior Deon Butler won an Emmy award last month from the Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their music video “Peace.” The video was shot in front of Douglass Academy as part of a project for the Lyricist Society, a school hip-hop club headed by staff member Quan Neloms.

Douglass senior Chase Davis is surprised and tearful as Douglass senior class vice president Kamar Graves calls all the seniors to the front to pin Davis.
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Senior support

By Khalil Wilson and Michael Betty | May 25, 2016

When Douglass seniors gathered in March for the annual pinning ceremony, Chase Davis had a dilemma. Traditionally, parents of Douglass students will stand and pin their child during the ceremony.

Douglass security guard James Richards was recently hospitalized with pneumonia and missed almost two months of work. He returned to the halls of Douglass on Jan. 12.

Officer Richards returns to patrol

By Nathan Lymon and Khalil Wilson | February 28, 2016

Douglass security guard James Richards was recently hospitalized with pneumonia. Richards first experienced shortness of breath so he went to the doctor and got sent to the hospital when they found out that his oxygen level was 81, which is lower than what it was suppose to be.

Douglass senior Drake Glover is the lead rapper for the Lyricist Society’s new song, “Peace.” The group has recorded original songs under the direction of Douglass teacher Quan Neloms since 2010.
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Douglass students write, perform, edit music video

By Khalil Wilson | February 28, 2016

Black Lives Matter, police brutality, black-on-black crime and being aware of what’s happening in one’s own community congeal lyrically in the song “Peace,” written by a Frederick Douglass Academy senior Drake Glover and featured by junior Deon Butler, as part of a Lyricist Society project. Glover has been apart of Lyricist Society since the beginning of his junior year at Douglass. “The music wasn't very hard to write, but it took some time,” said Glover, who wrote the song with Butler.

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