This fellowship will assist students at the three historically Black colleges and universities, Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University, which comprise the Atlanta University Center Consortium.

Lee expressed tremendous admiration for the HBCU experience in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2012.

“Being taught by African American faculty, people really took a deep interest in educating and one of the things I learned at an early age was the importance of education,” said the prideful “Morehouse Man,” according to Essence.

Spike Fellows Program

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