Wallace Community College Selma's (WCCS) scholarship program has received regular monetary support from a family after learning that some of their ancestors were slave owners.Â
According to a story by AL.com, a woman named Carol Bartlett discovered that her family once owned slaves in Lowndes County.
She and her daughter, Sarah Glover, decided to approach Lowndes County native Catherine Coleman Flowers, who is a writer and environmental activist. They were then directed to Southern Education Foundation in Atlanta, which suggested that they benefit the scholarships of WCCS.Â
Since 2021 WCCS has received a total of $150,000. The money is donated to the Catherine Coleman Flowers scholarship.Â
Scholarship recipients were celebrated along with the Glover family on campus on Feb. 2.Â
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