What went from a big ceremony with Black folks trying to barter and get more graduation tickets in order for family members to see them walk across a stage and get their diploma, has now been replaced by virtual celebrations and lawn signs.
Gabrielle Pierce worked four years at Xavier University in Louisiana–the school that leads all other schools in graduating Black doctors, only to end with something being sent in the mail.
An epidemiologist studies the causes of diseases and other types of serious health problems in the public to stop them from spreading.
Seeing the disappointment in his little girl’s eyes, Torrence Burson did what any father would do: he made it happen for her, in spite of the circumstances.
“After all those years, you’re going to walk across somebody’s stage if I have to build you one myself,” Torrence Burson told FOX13.
