Michigan's first historically Black college plans to reopen with help from major leaders and corporations. Former Nike and Air Jordan designer, D'Wayne Edwards, created a proposal for the state of Detroit to recognize the importance of reopening Michigan's first and only HBCU, Lewis College of Business. BREAKING: Pensole Footwear Design Academy founder D’Wayne Edwards has acquired the Lewis College of Business in Detroit, Michigan’s 1st HBCU originally founded in 1928. The Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design will open in 2022 with free tuition & design education access. pic.twitter.com/DCIb8RXUV5 — Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) October 12, 2021 On Tuesday, the City of Detroit announced that the HBCU, which went under in 2013, would reopen its doors for students in December, slightly changing its name to the PENSOLE Lewis College of Business and Design (or PLC). Classes are scheduled to begin in March. Edwards, the founder of the PENSOLE Design Academy in Portland, Oregon,...