This video is titled, “Black Excellence Awards Banquet: Making the Grade” held in McKinnon Hall, Moseley Center on April 21, 2001. The mission of the Black Excellence Awards Banquet is to recognize, celebrate, and affirm the presence of black students at Elon University.” The 2001 “Black Excellence Awards Banquet: Making the Grade” program included: the “Welcome” by L’Tanya Richmond, Director of Minority Affairs; the “Invocation” by Monica (Unknown last name); “Dinner”; the “Introduction of the Speaker” by Miss Bethany Carter (Class of 2001); the “Speaker”, Glenda Phillips Hightower, the first African American student to attend Elon College in 1963 until her sophomore year; “Elon College Student singers” (unknown names); the “Presentation of Awards” by Mr. Richard McBride, College Chaplain and Director of Church Relations and Dr. George (Smith) Jackson, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students; and the “Recognition and Charge to Students” by Mrs. L’Tanya Richmond, Director of Minority Affairs. The speaker, Glenda Phillips Hightower talked about the importance of her education which included: meeting Dr. J. Earl Danieley on her first day attending Elon; telling of the 1963 Civil Rights Movement; and attending college was her education that nobody could take away. Some names included: Nwadiuto Chinyere Akah, Monica LaNice Allen, Bianca Alisa Ashton, Tiffany Nicole Avery, Brian Garrett Baham, Shannon Lore Brown, Bethany Monique Carter, Joy Renee Carter, Keith Lowell Davis, Carmen Michelle Dixon, Adina Iman Dorch, Shayla Danielle Ferguson, Winston A. Ford, LaToya Virginia Fore, Ablavi Louise Gbenyon, Dione Takiyah Guy, Sherra Tiffany Howard, Malika Sharae Irving, Rebecca Ann Jackson, Summer Jamie Johnson, Linnell Denard Jones, Talita Michelle Jordan, Tonya Renae Laws, Candyce Lynne Marsh, Jaya Sherrai Martin, Danielle Shanna Matthews, Mariam Jeneen McLeod, Anika Shani McMichael, Darnell LeShawn McNeal, Zaire Elisha Miller, Jada C’Nell Moore, Jason Allen Moore, Danielle Demele Mosley, Deatres Renee Newson, August NeCole Peoples-Robertson, Aimee Lynn Pickett, Judyth Nausicaa Richardson, LaToya Jamycee Rose, Lundon Brigette Sims, Damian Andrew Smith, Florencia Christina Smith, Martin Van Buren Swindell, Nina Paige Tann, Lauren Denise Taylor, E’Vera Renae Tune, Crystal Adreena Webb, Nicole Charmaine Wright, and Kimberly Rei Yeargin. The Black Excellence Awards Banquet was officially named the Phillips-Perry Black Excellence Award Banquet in 2006 in honor of Elon’s first black student, Glenda Phillips, and the first black graduate, Eugene Perry. Videos before 2006 are labeled as "Black Excellence Awards Banquet (YEAR)," and videos after 2005 are labeled as "Phillips-Perry Black Excellence Awards Banquet (YEAR)".