Who is Mr Collegiate African American?

Answer 1

Damany Mayfield, a sophomore student at Virginia State University, was named Mr. Collegiate African American™ 2001, at the 10th Anniversary Pageant held at Prairie View A&M University in Texas on April 3. Damany's win is the beginning of the rest of his life. Listening to the nay Sayers, "the rest of his life" is a statement Damany, 21, was not supposed to here. You see he is among the three out of four African American men who are winning against the odds. They are not on drugs nor in prison, and certainly not in the grave at 21, as others would have us to believe. Look in the dictionary and next to the definition of WINNER, is a picture of Damany, and others like him who are achievers and are making positive contributions to society. Mayfield is the son of Claude and Johncie Mayfield of Charlotte, North Carolina. In addition to his title as Mr. Virginia State, Damany is President of the Student Ambassador's Club, Vice President of the Junior Class and Resident Assistant. His career ambition is to earn a law degree and to work in government. He enjoys reading books by Black authors, writing poetry and speeches; and modeling. The Mr. Collegiate African American Scholarship Pageant, the first of its kind in the country, was created in 1991 to educate and celebrate the many positive contributions of African American men and to reduce the negative images that are fed to young people. Past pageant winners include the first Mr. Collegiate, Charles Clemens(1992-Lincoln University-PA); Steven Daniels (1993-94 Alabama State); Stacey O. Washington (1994-95 Virginia State), Christopher Sanders (1995-96 Kentucky State); Adoris Turner (1997-99-Jackson State) and most publicly notable among the winners is Steven Daniel, a television actor and recording artist in Los Angeles. For pageant information, email request to mrcollegiate@iwon.com, or write: Mr. Collegiate African American, P. O. Box 2906, Prairie View, TX 77446-2906 or call 713-927-6947. © 2001 Mr. Collegiate Pageant Systems