The Treasures That Education Can Reveal

In 1967, the Harlem Preparatory School opened in an old armory with forty-nine students—over 200 had applied—and by the end of the year the enrollment topped seventy students. The efforts of that first year bore fruit when all 70 of Harlem Prep’s students were accepted to colleges: the State University of New York, Fordham University, Berkeley, New York University, Wesleyan University, Vassar College, Utica College, and Park College.To read the full text click here