From BTW Valedictorian to Naval Academy to Ford Executive

Submitted by Audrey Avery

Special to the New Journal and Guide

It is a little known Black History Fact that a Black man who graduated first in his Booker T. Washington High School Class of 1966 became the first Black person from Virginia ever to graduate from the United States Naval Academy, completing the Academy in 1970 with a BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering…

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