Two Florida Students Make History as the First African-American Males to Finish 1-2 In Their High School Class In 37 Years: ‘Nothing Wrong with Being Smart’
For the first time in recent history, two Black male students graduated with the top honors at a Jacksonville High School. Despite the school being overwhelmingly Black, the last time both honors went to young men of African descent was in 1985 when Lee Baker (valedictorian) and William Jones (salutatorian) graduated. Jeffrey Francis and Darrell Worrell (Screenshot/FirstCoastNews)…