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NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune: A 13-year-old mother, a murdered father and a scholarship to Yale
By Danielle Dreilinger
Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune
A product of the C.J. Peete housing projects, Leonard Galmon, 17, artist, veteran of one of the worst schools in New Orleans, oldest of six children, son of a 13-year-old girl and a murdered drug dealer; whose family always ran out of food stamps before the end of the month, who at times came home to find the electricity turned off, other times forced to sleep with friends and family with never any money of his own -- is going to one of the most prestigious institutions in the country, Yale University, after being chosen as one of only 26 of 5,500 applicants to win a Ron Brown Scholarship, which provides extra money plus support to keep promising future black leaders on track.
``As the oldest child, Leonard cooked and helped with homework, filling, in a child's way, the role of the head of the household. "Life wasn't easy, but I always knew at least one other kid, someone else, who had it worse," he said. "I don't want people feeling sorry for me." http://goo.gl/lGrkHD
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THIS AND STAT
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-Bill Lucey
June 25, 2014
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