North Carolina high school student becomes school’s first Black valedictorian

“When I started thinking, I’m like, ‘This is so much bigger than me,’ like representation matters,” Alecia Washington said. 

A North Carolina student is celebrating an outstanding achievement after becoming Valedictorian at R.J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Alecia Washington is the first African American student to obtain the high honor in 100 years, today!

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