Black students this weekend will get some extra cash for continuing in school. The California non-profit corporation Santa Monica Gems will award $25,000 in scholarships to 24 black students who are graduating from Santa Monica high schools and pursuing their studies at Santa Monica College.
A ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 5, at 3:30 p.m. in the Carter Education Center where 24 students will receive scholarship award checks. The program will be highlighted by Indira Hale Tucker, wife of the Honorable Marcus O. Tucker, Jr., Los Angeles Superior Court Judge.
The event will take place on the Calvary Baptist Church grounds at 1502 20th St.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 3, 2004. Read the original PDF.