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#1. All 272 seniors at Benjamin E. Mays High School were recently accepted to which Atlanta-based HBCU, as long as they graduate from high school with a 2.0 GPA or higher?
It’s Morris Brown College.
Founded in 1881, Morris Brown lost its accreditation in 2002. Without accreditation, the school could no longer access federal funding, including federal financial aid and Pell grants, and could not offer international student visas.
In 2022, the college announced it had received full accreditation from the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), a Virginia-based accreditation agency.
#2. Which political figure, alongside former President Donald Trump, was charged with interfering in the 2020 election?
It’s Michael Roman.
A Trump campaign staffer and onetime White House aide, Roman was charged with several conspiracy counts related to the Republican elector meeting and the filing of the elector certificate in Georgia. Roman has pleaded not guilty to the charges in Georgia.
He was also charged in Arizona. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had a lawyer in Arizona yet.
#3. On Thursday, Atlanta police and Georgia state troopers dismantled a camp on the grounds of which metro Atlanta university?
It’s Emory University
Multiple demonstrators who had set up an encampment on Emory’s campus to protest the Israel-Hamas war and a controversial public safety training center in Atlanta that opponents dub “Cop City” were arrested by the Atlanta Police Department, Emory Police Department and Georgia State Patrol Thursday morning.
#4. What website has filed bankruptcy amid defamation lawsuits related to 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories?
It’s the Gateway Pundit.
The website, founded by brothers Jim and Joe Hoft, faces several defamation suits, one of which is a lawsuit from Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss over false claims about election fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election that resulted in their harassment.
#5. Which Atlanta organization received a $1.5 million grant to develop a regional infrastructure improvement plan?
It’s the Atlanta Regional Commission.
On April 19, the Atlanta Regional Commission received $1.5 million through the FHA’s PROTECT Grant to develop a regional Resilience Improvement Plan.
