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Atlanta high school students among National Merit Scholars

April 7, 2011

Several Atlanta seniors are among 800 being recognized with $2,500 scholarships by the National Merit Scholarship Corp, it was announced Wednesday.

They winners and their schools are: Kegan A. Antone of Westlake High; Ashley Brown Grady High; Robert Franklin of the Westminster Schools; Grayson Fuller of Grady High; Arianne Kaldeway of Atlanta International School; Abaho Katabarwa of Lakeside High; and Gina Price or Benjamine E. Mays High.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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