Apple and Southern Company put up $50 million to help connect HBCU students with industry. Propel’s real test is what students get to make, who sees it, and where that access takes them.
Melvin Hines was one of 68 kids in his high school class to graduate. He built Upswing so the other students - the adult learners, the first-gen, the ones nobody texts back - get a fair shot at the finish line.