A Clark Atlanta University alumna is headed to the Miss USA stage after capturing one of the country’s most prominent state pageant titles.
Acacia C. McBride, a graduate of the Atlanta HBCU, has been crowned Miss California USA, earning the opportunity to represent the state at Miss USA.
For McBride, the victory represents the culmination of a journey filled with persistence, rejection and a willingness to venture far beyond the Mississippi community where she grew up…