African-American high school seniors honored

The National Achievement Scholarship Program will announce todaythe winners of a combined $2.5 million in scholarships nationwide.

The program, which is conducted by the National Merit ScholarshipCorp., honored 800 scholastically talented black high school seniors.The scholarships can be used at any regionally accredited U.S.college or university.

Here are the Illinois and Indiana winners:

ILLINOIS

Chicago: Roderick G. Baker, Akilah Terry and Bardford R. Williamsof Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Corinne N. Charity and EmilyH. Harris of Walter Payton College Preparatory, Precious A. Edmonds,Devry Advantage Academy, Abdel H. Halloway, …