Ron Settles Memorial Foundation offering scholarships to Black students pursuing criminal justice

During the social and racial upheaval of 2020, one family came together to remember one of their loved ones who was lost to police violence in Signal Hill decades ago. The first cousins of Ron Settles formed a foundation in his honor to provide scholarships annually for Black students graduating from high school. Each year since 2020, they’ve granted up to two scholarships to students in each of the areas of Los Angeles County, Shelby County Tennessee, and the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

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