Derrick Skinner’s face lights up as his daughter rounds the corner for early pickup.
He says that normally his daughter runs to him, excited to be going home. But today is a little different.
Despite the joy of seeing her father, she would much rather stay put with her friends at Camp HBCYouth, a summer camp at Morehouse College that connects Black youth to the values and cultural heritage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) at an early age.
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