Brown, college’s first Black student, recognized at event.
Mercilee Brown (from left) and her Rodney Brown, the first African American student to attend Lake City Junior College stand with Travis George, Lelia Williams and Tony Cardenas during an FGC Black History Month Proclamation ceremony on Tuesday morning. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Florida Gateway College’s past and future merged Tuesday morning as both current students and the college’s first Black student observed the beginning of Black History Month.
