North Carolina high school gets its first Black valedictorian in 100 years
North Carolina high school gets its first Black valedictorian in 100 years
Francis Akhalbey
Alecia Washington’s mother praised Gwendolyn Bailey, the first Black student to attend R.J. Reynolds High School post-segregation, for laying the foundation for her daughter to write her name in the school’s history books.
No Black student had emerged as valedictorian at the North Carolina high school in 100 years, however, Washington recently made sure that was no longer the case when she walked across the stage after attaining that feat, WXII 12 reported.
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Francis Akhalbey
Alecia Washington’s mother praised Gwendolyn Bailey, the first Black student to attend R.J. Reynolds High School post-segregation, for laying the foundation for her daughter to write her name in the school’s history books.
No Black student had emerged as valedictorian at the North Carolina high school in 100 years, however, Washington recently made sure that was no longer the case when she walked across the stage after attaining that feat, WXII 12 reported.
READ MORE: North Carolina high school gets its first Black valedictorian in 100 years https://face2faceafrica.com/article/north-...
