Talent Should Never Be Derailed by Tuition

Providing emergency college tuition support for African American students in need.

OUR MISSION

Talented Twelve exists to provide emergency college tuition support to African American high school graduates and college freshmen in need, ensuring that financial hardship does not derail their pursuit of higher education. We empower promising young scholars to persist in their academic journeys while instilling a sense of responsibility to uplift future generations.

We envision a future where every African American student has the opportunity to complete their higher education without interruption due to unexpected financial burdens—creating a stronger, more educated community of leaders committed to paying forward the support they
once received.

High school graduates receiving support: Approximately 70-80% of African American high school seniors supported by nonprofits go on to enroll in college.

Through generous donations all of our scholars will have the opportunity to thrive.

William Edward Burghardt “W. E. B.” Du Bois (1868-1963) was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and excelled in his community’s public schools. Encouraged by his teachers to pursue academics, DuBois earned bachelor’s degrees from both Fisk University and Harvard University. He engaged in postgraduate studies at the University of Berlin and Humboldt University, and later became the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. at Harvard. He believed that Booker T. Washington’s focus on technical and vocational education for blacks did not go far enough, and in this address eight years after Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise” speech, DuBois explains his approach to education for blacks.

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Talent Should Never Be Derailed by Tuition

OUR MISSION

W.E.B. DuBois, The Talented Tenth, 1903

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