Integration at VSU - The Spectator
Integration at VSU 1,054 Views In the spring of 1963, Drewnell Thomas and Robert Pierce Jr. walked across a stage to receive their high school diplomas from Valdosta’s all-Black Pinevale High School. Then they walked right into the history books. Thomas and Pierce both graduated with honors from Pinevale, but another academic achievement managed to outshine that one: Thomas and Pierce were the first Black students to attend VSU, then Valdosta State College. Pinevale High closed its doors for the final time in 1972, but the impact its two 1963 graduates had on the VSU community lives on tod...
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