Texas high student makes history as her school’s first Black valedictorian
A senior in Rusk, Texas, has become the first Black person to graduate as valedictorian at her school. Trinity Asberry’s grandmother was the first to suggest she’d made history at Rusk High School according to CBS 19.
“The first thing I did when I found out is I called all my family members, ‘Hey I’m valedictorian!’ ” she said, “My grandma told me, ‘Hey I think you might have made history; I’ve been here a long time and I’ve never heard that happen,”
Asberry engaged her school’s administration, teachers, and a local newspaper to go through the city and school’s archive to verify her history-making accomplishment. The scholar said, “They didn’t have the resources to tell me that information. So we checked with the NAACP and they couldn’t find that information as well.”
She was resourceful and did her own research talking “with community members and alumni from Rush HS.” The family and school received confirmation of the historical moment from the board of educators and then she was able to declare she was “the first and I was really excited for that.”
Asberry teacher Gerald Hawkins is amazed at the teen’s ability to balance her academics and extracurricular life. Along with being a top scholar, the teen participated on the basketball team, cheer, student council, softball and track.
“I think losing her mom has motivated Trinity at a young age. It has helped her reach the stars to make her mom proud,” Hawkins said. “Truly a historical moment that needs to be celebrated. I think for minority students to see this historical moment happen will help motivate them to succeed academically. If they put their minds and put in the work, they can also accomplish this.”
Asberry plans to attend Texas Southern University in the fall where she will become apart of the university’s pre-nursing program. After two years, she plans to transfer to the University of Houston and complete a bachelor of science in nursing.
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