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    Dutchess Lattimore, media personality and owner of Pretty N Ink tattoo shop, shares her HBCU experience at the first HBCU Day hosted by Congresswoman Alma Adams.
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    Miss CIAA Shantavia Edmonds is a senior at Claflin University in South Carolina.
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High school students, families and community leaders heard from alumni and representatives on behalf of 21 historically Black colleges and universities at Congresswoman Alma Adams’ first HBCU Day on Sept. 7 at West Charlotte High School. Celebrity Charlotte residents Dutchess Lattimore and Chef Kevin Winston shared how their HBCU experiences helped shape them into successful entrepreneurs. Future students got a peek at student life with performances from members of the Divine 9 and Johnson C. Smith University’s band. Watch as the packed audience joined in for Swag Surfin’. Photos: Qcitymetro

Katrina covers Charlotte's Black business scene for QCity Metro. She's a Miami transplant, pescatarian and lover of the arts. She earned a public relations degree from the University of Florida. Got a...