104-year-old Cass Tech alumna awarded at graduation ceremony as one of school’s first Black students

104-year-old Julia Esaw was the honored guest at the Cass Technical High School graduation ceremony in Detroit. Aside from watching another generation finish their education, the experienced alumna, who graduated from Cass Tech in 1939, mounted the stage to be recognized by the institution.

During the ceremony this month, Lisa Phillips, the principal of Cass Tech, gave Esaw the Distinguished Alumni Award.

“We don’t push the history enough with our children because if you know where you came from, you know where you’re going and to see this beautiful lady, Ms. Esaw on stage at 104, the kids have something to think about, something to achieve and never tell us what you can’t do because she did it against all of the odds,” Phillips said, according to WXYZ…

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