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Saturday, November 8, 2008

A New Spirit, Tallahassee Democrat

November 1, 2008

Nearly one year ago, Florida A&M University and its supporters were anxiously awaiting word about the school's accreditation status. In the midst of a dark time, FAMU board of trustees Chairman Bill Jennings gave credit to one man for being a point of light in a perilous situation.

"If you walked around campus, it was sort of like a dark cloud over the university," Mr. Jennings said of the period before James Ammons took over as university president on July 2, 2007.

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