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Kenyan Student Is the First Black Homecoming Queen in California

 Kenyan Student Is the First Black Homecoming Queen in California
Kenyan Student Is the First Black Homecoming Queen in California

Californiaโ€™s oldest university just named its first black homecoming king and queen.

Seniorsย Daniel Harris-Lucas and Diana Busakaย were crowned Thursday night at San Jose State University, beating out 22 other applicants who all submitted a nomination, two letters of recommendation, a personal statement, a resumรฉ and newsclips about them.

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โ€œItโ€™s a great accomplishment,โ€ Harris-Lucas told NBC Bay Area. โ€œBut itโ€™s probably overdue. Iโ€™m glad to beย part of history. But this probably should have happened years ago.โ€

SJSU first caught national attention at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, when two of its students, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, placed in the 200-meter race and raised their black-gloved fists in the iconic black power salute. A statue of them stands on the SJSU campus today.

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Seniorsย Daniel Harris-Lucas and Diana Busakaย were crowned Thursday night at San Jose State University, beating out 22 other applicants who all submitted a nomination, two letters of recommendation, a personal statement, a resumรฉ and newsclips about them.

โ€œItโ€™s a great accomplishment,โ€ Harris-Lucas told NBC Bay Area. โ€œBut itโ€™s probably overdue. Iโ€™m glad to beย part of history. But this probably should have happened years ago.โ€

SJSU first caught national attention at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, when two of its students, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, placed in the 200-meter race and raised their black-gloved fists in the iconic black power salute. A statue of them stands on the SJSU campus today.

Source-ebony.com

Kenyan Student Is the First Black Homecoming Queen in California

 

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