Zimmerman acquittal spurs Paul Quinn scholarship (historically black college)
As a not-guilty verdict was read in the George Zimmerman trial in a Florida courtroom last month, Tonya Veasey was in Washington, D.C., exchanging text messages with Paul Quinn College president Michael Sorrell.
“We were texting back and forth, but then my phone died,” Veasey said.
The shared disappointment that Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin led Veasey and Sorrell to establish the OCG PR Scholarship for Social Justice at the predominantly black South Dallas college.
“We literally kind of planned this over a few hours” after hearing the verdict, said Veasey, a Paul Quinn graduate and founder of OCG, a Fort Worth-based public relations firm.
More at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/best-southwest/headlines/20130807-zimmerman-acquittal-spurs-paul-quinn-scholarship.ece .
