TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — It’s been 60 years because the first African American attended Florida State University, a historic milestone of variety and inclusion that continues until today.
The occasion included speeches and leisure however most significantly it acknowledged and acknowledged the contribution of black college students at FSU and the affect they’ve had on the campus, particularly, college students who attended FSU between 1962 by way of 1966. During that point FSU had their first black undergraduate, graduate, and PhD pupil.
President of FSU’s National Black Alumni Ahli Moore is a former pupil of FSU and believes it is very important host formal ceremonies to honor these college students to proceed to maneuver the college ahead.
“If we didn’t celebrate, if we didn’t acknowledge, and then celebrate things like this then the people that paved the way, the trail blazers, the people who had to fight in order for us to have these rights to go to a university like this, it would all be in vain. We want to make sure that, that history is not forgotten,” mentioned Moore.