Now 53 and having earned three college degrees, Shearin is asked what he thinks about that high school counselor who declared him “not college material.”
“It will allow us, in a manner of speaking, to bring these people back to life,” Johnson said. “People in the community who were important and contributed to the community.”
Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer and conductor Derrick Hodge will lead a masterclass at NCCU on Friday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. in the B.N. Duke Complex Jazz Band Room.