Despite superior grades, she wasn’t named the first Black valedictorian of her high school. Now, nearly 40 years later, she’s been given the title.
Tracey Meares was awarded the title on April 16 by the superintendent of Springfield Public Schools District 186 after a screening of the documentary"No Title for Tracey," which recounts her story.Despite earning superior grades, Meares was shared the title of"Top Student" with a White student at her 1984 graduation.
Read More"The resonance that the film has had with so many people is also incredibly powerful," Meares said."The ways structural racism and race discrimination can work are not the kinds of ways that people understand, right? It's not always really obvious. But it's still deep."Tracey Meares shown in her senior yearbook. "Gestures of reconciliation are important and necessary," she added.
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