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Teen is 1st Black valedictorian in her school s 152-year history
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City School District of Albany
Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield is the first Black student to be named valedictorian at Albany High School in New York s 152-year history. Onovu will graduate in June with a 4.0 GPA.
This 17-year-old is the first Black valedictorian in her New York high school s 152-year history.
Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield will graduate in June from Albany High School with a 4.0 GPA. It s overwhelming and really surreal to me, especially hearing from Black girls from other schools that it inspired and motivated them, reaching out to me [saying] it was so nice to see one of us in there, Onovu told Good Morning America. It s not really a win for just me, it s a win for my community. I feel a responsibility now. I m not only representing myself. I m representing a group of people.
City School District of Albany(ALBANY, N.Y.) This 17-year-old is the first Black valedictorian in her New York high school's 152-year history. Onovu Otitigbe
After 152 years, Albany High School Finally Gets a Black Valedictorian
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Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield ended an extremely long stint of a lack of Black Girl Magic representation. Albany High School now has a Black valedictorian, because of the student’s passion for educational excellence. WYNT reported that Otitigbe-Dangerfield broke this barrier and became the first Black valedictorian in the school’s history. And while reflecting on previous times, the news station mentioned that this significant milestone is rooted in Reconstruction, just after the Civil War in 1868. It took a whopping152 years for the barrier to be broken by a student who reportedly has earned a nearly perfect grade point average.
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