Former Nike Designer Plans To Open The First HBCU Dedicated To Design

Essence Magazine:

By Kevin L. Clark ·Updated October 13, 2021

Black Excellence continues to expand as D’Wayne Edwards announced plans to reopen Michigan’s only historically black college and university next year in Detroit.

Edwards is the founder of the PENSOLE Design Academy in Portland, Oregon, and is behind the draft proposal for state authorization to recognize Lewis College of Business as Michigan’s only HBCU.

It is an impressive task worth accomplishing since Detroit has undergone a resurgence with companies

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