On a momentous graduation day at Georgia Tech, history came full circle as Ronald Yancey, the university’s first Black graduate, proudly handed his granddaughter, Deanna Yancey, her diploma 59 years after he made history and broke barriers at the institution. At Georgia Tech’s recent graduation ceremony in McCamish Pavilion, countless students celebrated the culmination of […]
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