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At the
height
of the
Great
Depression
jobs
were
hard to
come by,
especially
for
African-Americans
who had
moved to
northern
cities.
Violet
Lewis, a
bookkeeper
in
Indianapolis,
Indiana,
was
concerned
by the
number
of
unemployed
black
youths
she saw
in the
city. At
the
time,
public
and
private
higher
education
schools
would
not
accept
African
American
students,
so in
1928,
Lewis
began
offering
classes
in
secretarial
work at
her
house.
As the
school
grew, it
moved
into a
storefront,
and the
Lewis
College
of
Business
was
founded.
In
September
of 1939,
Lewis
College
opened
in
Detroit. |
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At the
height
of the
Great
Depression
jobs
were
hard to
come by,
especially
for
African-Americans
who had
moved to
northern
cities.
Violet
Lewis, a
bookkeeper
in
Indianapolis,
Indiana,
was
concerned
by the
number
of
unemployed
black
youths
she saw
in the
city. At
the
time,
public
and
private
higher
education
schools
would
not
accept
African
American
students,
so in
1928,
Lewis
began
offering
classes
in
secretarial
work at
her
house.
In
September
of 1939,
Lewis
College
opened
in
Detroit. |
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Gov.
Whitmer
Signs
Bill
Re-Establishing
Michigan’s
First
Historically
Black
College
LANSING,
Mich. -
Governor
Whitmer
signed
House
Bill
5447 and
5448 to
facilitate
the
reopening
of the
Lewis
College
of
Business
as the
Pensole
Lewis
College
of
Business
and
Design
in
Detroit
as
Michigan’s
first
and only
Historically
Black
College
or
University
(HBCU).
“I am
proud to
play a
part in
helping
reopen
the
Pensole
Lewis
College
of
Business
and
Design
in
Detroit,”
said
Governor
Whitmer.
“I am
committed
to
expanding
educational
opportunities
for
Michiganders
across
our
state to
put
Michigan
first.”
“Thank
you to
Governor
Whitmer
and all
of our
partners
for
helping
the
grandchildren
of
Violet
T.
Lewis,
Pensole
and
College
for
Creative
Studies
establish
an HBCU
in the
state of
Michigan,”
said Dr.
D’Wayne
Edwards,
founder
of the
Pensole
Design
Academy
in
Oregon
and
future
president
of the
Pensole
Lewis
College
of
Business
and
Design.
“Our
goal is
to
celebrate
Violet
T.
Lewis’
life’s
work she
established
in the
city of
Detroit
in 1939.
Today
moves us
forward
to
another
major
step in
continuing
her
legacy
with the
support
of our
founding
partners
College
for
Creative
Studies,
Target,
and The
Gilbert
Family
Foundation.”
“Michigan’s
first
historically
Black
college
shut its
doors
eight
years
ago.
Next
year,
those
doors
will
reopen,”
said
Rep. Joe
Tate, D
–
Detroit.
“I was
proud to
work
with
colleagues
on both
sides of
the
aisle
and the
governor
to have
an HBCU
back in
the city
of
Detroit.
I look
forward
to
seeing
the
Pensole
Lewis
College
of
Business
and
Design
create
valuable
opportunities
for its
students
and
businesses
across
Michigan
and
Detroit.”
"Thanks
to Gov.
Whitmer
and
bi-partisan
legislative
support,
Detroit
now has
the
first
HBCU
anywhere
to
reopen,"
said
Mayor
Mike
Duggan.
" As a
predominantly
Black
city,
this
helps
send a
clear
message
that we
are
building
one
city,
for
everyone
with
opportunity
for
everyone."
“Michigan’s
creative
talent
has long
been an
important
part of
its
economic
success.
This is
underscored
by the
fact
that the
state
boasts
the
highest
concentration
of
commercial
and
industrial
designers
in the
country
and that
Detroit
is the
only US
city
recognized
as a
UNESCO
City of
Design,”
said Don
Tuski,
president
of
College
for
Creative
Studies.
“ I want
to thank
Governor
Whitmer
for
taking
action
to
support
this
pipeline
of
underserved
talent
alongside
the
countless
partners
who have
stood up
to make
this a
reality.
We can
create
generations
of
equitable
access
to the
skills
that
will
lead to
good-paying
jobs and
create
products
and
services
that can
define
the
future.”
“Partnering
with
D’Wayne
Edwards
to
create a
tuition-free
academy
by
reactivating
a
Historically
Black
College
or
University
is a
tremendous
opportunity
for
Detroit
and the
Black
community
on so
many
levels,”
said
Sen.
Marshall
Bullock
(D-Detroit),
chair of
the
Michigan
Legislative
Black
Caucus.
“I’m
eager to
see the
ingenuity
that
will
once
again
come
from
students
at the
PENSOLE
Lewis
College
of
Business
and
Design,
as well
as the
future
they
envision
for
their
communities.”
“Today
Governor
Whitmer
made
history
when she
signed
this
legislation
into law
to
rebuild
the
Lewis
College
of
Business,”
said
Katrenia
L. Camp,
President
of the
Detroit
Alumnae
Chapter
of Delta
Sigma
Theta
Sorority,
Inc.
“This
will
give
countless
students
a
once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity
to
follow
in their
parents’
and
grandparents’
footsteps
by
attending
an HBCU
right
here in
the city
of
Detroit.
This is
our
opportunity
to build
pathways
of
opportunity
for
people
to learn
and live
at their
fullest
potential.”
The
Lewis
College
of
Business
operated
in
Detroit
from
1939
until
2013.
The
college
originally
received
its HBCU
designation
in 1987,
and the
reopening
school
is
requesting
HBCU
recognition
from the
state.
Pensole
Lewis
College
of
Business
and
Design
is
expected
to open
in 2022,
on the
campus
of the
College
for
Creative
Studies
in
Detroit.
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