Purdue sophomore named Frederick Douglass Fellow

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —

Charlotte Yeung, a Purdue University sophomore majoring in political science, has been named a Frederick Douglass Fellow through a program of the Center for International Educational Exchange. Yeung, of West Lafayette, is one of 12 student leaders of color who will participate in the four-week summer program, which includes stops in Washington, D.C.; Cape Town, South Africa; and Dublin, Ireland, to explore social justice leadership and to study the legacies of Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Daniel O’Connell and John Hume, among others.

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