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Three African-American students were selected as 2019 Rhodes Scholars.

Dr. Myron Rolle—who put off an NFL career because he was a Rhodes Scholar—plans to become a physician with a specialty in neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in June.

Each year the Rhodes Trust awards exceptional postgraduate students with a scholarship to pursue studies in all fields at the prestigious University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.  The competition for the coveted honor is tough, but this year, five African-Americans intellectual talents have received the scholarship and are on their way to leaving their imprint, […]