Greif Scholarship Winner Meets Obama

By: Anne Bergman

October 29, 2009 7:44 AM

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• President Obama with Kalief Rollins, 17, in the Oval Office

When 17-year-old Kalief Rollins of Carson met President Barack Obama on Oct. 19, he gave the president a custom-made “Caution: Educated African American Male” T-shirt.

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