Co-founder of BET donates $4 million to UI School of Music
URBANA – The University of Illinois was not exactly a diverse place when Sheila Johnson arrived in 1966.
One of perhaps 150 black students on campus, the promising musician and future millionaire found a friend and mentor in Dan Perrino.
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