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Meet the woman who filmed her mom's reaction to law school acceptance to show 'black joy'
Meet the woman who filmed her mom's reaction to law school acceptance to show 'black joy'Melinda Oliver said her journey to law school "was not the smoothest," but that her mom, Linda, had been with her "every step of the way."
NBC News
June 10, 2020, 4:58 PM EDT
By Gwen Aviles
Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/meet-woman-who-filmed-her-mom-s-reaction-law-school-n1229361
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Melinda Oliver had been refreshing her email routinely for the past few days, waiting on a notification that might change her life.
When she didn't receive an email by 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, however, she decided to take her dog for a walk. She figured the business day was nearly over and that she probably wouldn't be hearing from DePaul University College of Law that day.
She was proven wrong when 15 minutes later the message finally arrived. She braced herself as she opened the email, but she hadn't needed to. Oliver had not only been accepted to the program, but she had been awarded an annual $40,000 scholarship in recognition of her "achievements, personal qualities and potential to contribute to the DePaul community."
"I called my sister, huffing and puffing and immediately she asked me, 'what's wrong?'" Oliver said. "I told her nothing was wrong, but that I'd been accepted to law school with a scholarship and I was overwhelmed."
When she didn't receive an email by 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, however, she decided to take her dog for a walk. She figured the business day was nearly over and that she probably wouldn't be hearing from DePaul University College of Law that day.
She was proven wrong when 15 minutes later the message finally arrived. She braced herself as she opened the email, but she hadn't needed to. Oliver had not only been accepted to the program, but she had been awarded an annual $40,000 scholarship in recognition of her "achievements, personal qualities and potential to contribute to the DePaul community."
"I called my sister, huffing and puffing and immediately she asked me, 'what's wrong?'" Oliver said. "I told her nothing was wrong, but that I'd been accepted to law school with a scholarship and I was overwhelmed."
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Mel @ladyfromdalou
If you need to see a little black joy, please watch my moms reaction when I told her I got into law school with a $40,000 annual scholarship
If you need to see a little black joy, please watch my moms reaction when I told her I got into law school with a $40,000 annual scholarship
Nothing better than watching the joy of a mother seeing her child succeed in life. Congratulations to Melinda and her mom!
KY
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It was nice to see other lawyers offering to help her out with other things (rent and such), of course, a MAGAt had to make an appearance. 
