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Dr. Hrabowski graduated at 19 from Hampton Institute with highest honors in mathematics. At the University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign , he received his M.A. in mathematics and four years later his Ph.D. (higher education administration/statistics) at age 24. Dr. Hrabowski is co-author of the books, ''Beating the Odds, Raising Academically Successful African American Males'', published in . A child-leader in the Civil Rights Movement , Dr. Hrabowski was prominently featured in Spike Lee ’s 1997 documentary, '' Four Little Girls '', on the racially motivated bombing in 1963 of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing . Dr. Hrabowski serves as a consultant to the National Science Foundation , the National Institutes Of Health , and universities and school systems nationally. He is a member of the American Academy Of Arts And Sciences and the American Philosophical Society , He also holds honorary degrees, including most recently from Duke University , the University of Illinois, Gallaudet University , the Medical University Of South Carolina , Binghamton University , and Goucher College . Hrabowski is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha , the first intercollegiate Greek-letter Fraternity established for African Americans. |
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